I love Mary J Blige, Queen of Hip Hop
Soul and have a lot of her music in my collection. This song, 'Take
Me As I Am', comes from Mary's seventh studio album, The Breakthrough
2005 Geffen Records. 'Take Me As I Am', like a lot of other Mary's
songs, is soul searching soul. Laying the hurt out there, yet
remaining a survivor through the storms.
"Take Me As I Am" Mary J Blige
My hearing had started to deteriorate
quite noticeably around the release of The Breakthrough, my youngest
daughter was almost one and I was pretty much in a dark place with
the dramas of life and the backstabbing frenemies around me. Apart
from the chorus “Take me as I am, or have nothing at all...”,
I couldn't make out the other lyrics and the CD inlay, although it
was packed with fantastic images of the beautiful Ms Blige, didn't
contain any lyrics (that always p!$$*$ me off). It was a year or so
after buying the CD that I downloaded the lyrics but...even without
them, the power of Mary's voice created the imagery of self and
social acceptance. The melody in her voice grabs the heart and swims
through your soul and through the pain, suffering and torment your
going through, Mary knows and you feel so much better, uplifted.
That's the magic of music.
I always play “Take Me As I Am” in
those dark days when I've been in the company of rotten friends, when
I feel frustrated with my hearing or just feeling lack of self-worth.
If you haven't heard the song (Then Where The Hell Have You Been?),
play the youtube video above which features an audio recording of the
track with lyrics.
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