She says she couldn’t give advice, because her tough younger self “wouldn’t be able to hear this Mary.”
“We lived in the projects. They put you in this experiment and they want you to survive. And I suffered a lot of damage from the hands of men and thank God I survived,” Blige said. “I didn’t care about myself. I didn’t want anything for myself. I wanted to die.” Through music, Blige found a space where she could let everything within be released.
“I had nowhere to put it so I had to find a place to speak. It was through the music where people said, ‘Wow, she’s suffering from the same insecurity’ or ‘She’s suffering from the same abusive relationship‘ or whatever she’s going through in her life, me too.’” Now that she has found peace within herself, the hitmaker shares what she would tell her 13-year-old self.
“Thirteen-year-old Mary wouldn’t be able to hear this Mary. So, I can’t tell her anything,” she said. “Just go through the process. It’s gonna be alright. I know it hurts but it’s gonna be alright, and that’s what this Mary is telling her.”
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