That was amazing, Blige said to the choir following the performance.

Thank you so much.

The first time I heard Mary J. Blige sing…I said, Thats me!

Mary J. Blige Was Moved to Tears While Watching a Youth Choir Perform Her Hits

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That girl is like me.

She sounds like me, she is speaking the way my heart speaks.'

I felt seen, Henson said.

Mary J. Blige Was Moved to Tears While Watching a Youth Choir Perform Her Hits

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And she wasn’t afraid to be vulnerable.

She went ahead and made vulnerability her superpower.

I’m speechless tonight, she later said, shaking her head.

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To all of you women out there, just keep loving on youthat’s it, she said.

This is not an easy thing, this new me, this newMary.

Its easy to revert back to the past because thats what you knew.

Because you know the pain of the past will always have a go at pull you back.