Angel.La love the pic. Mary is the bomb. There was a comment that said Mary was still Ghetto Trash. Some people never can let you forget your past especially when you have gotten that behind you. She has overcome and lessons can be learned from her. Keep doing your thing Mary.

Go Mary. The video is fly. If you are a women going thru shit, you can relate to one of the characters in the video. Love it.

I love the song, the video was straight, I really liked the part when she threw the drink in ol boy face.

I’m not really a fan of Mary J - as I think most times she sings out of tune. But I must say that I do like the song and the video. This is more within her vocal range. I also liked the darker colour hair on Mary in one part of the video, it gave her a more mature look.

besides the delay i like the video, the song is cool, i like mary doing the little acting, it’s cool…..

I love The Video.. Growth is so Beautiful.

Nice song..nice video

Mary is the QUEEN!.

I really love this song.It has a positive message.The video is alright…

Very good song and video. Mary needs to teach a class because a lot of these so-called, “artists” could really learn something.

Ever since “What’s the 411?” dropped I have loved Mary and to see how far she’s come is amazing. She continues to speak to every woman’s heart through her songs. She is definitely our generations Aretha Franklin and she’s still doing the damn thang. I LOVE YOU MARY!

I am not a die-hard Mary fan..but I really dig this. Definitely have to give her her props on this one. I swear, I can think of so many women who need to watch this and take a second look at themselves…

Wouldn’t this be her 4th Single after “One”? She had a video, promoted the hell out of that song, but black radio wouldn’t play a Mary track w/ U2 on it. Shame, that was probably her best vocal performance on the album.

Mary killed it and whoever got something negative to say, your opinion will NEVER matter, Mary is here to stay and is a LEGEND/ICON and she doesn’t follow others and not trying to please anyone but her DIE HARD fans, it’s better than ALL yall favorite gimmick artists videos and her vocals are superb and her Dalls concert proved that, if you haven’t seen Mary LIVE, you will NEVER EVER understand the meaning of a TRUE artist and singer and thats the bottom line! She is the ONLY REAL female singer in R&B that stays consistent and keeps touching millions all around the world, NONE can comapre to her, hate it or love it! This is MARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!

HAHA! Thanks ZOOM! I try!

LOL @ The RICO faggot mad at a SUCCESSFUL BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN, where is the logic? Must be a jealous faggot mad his broke dusty mama could NEVER look that beautiful at 35.

This is my favorite song on the album, thank goodness its a single…go Mary!!!

I love this song and video. It’s simple yet entertaining and it has a great message.

I really like this video because Mary represents women who face various struggles throughout their life and careers and I’m really feeling the fact she wanted to express to us that this song and video was for all women that go through the bullshit. Aside from that she has also expressed that people should accept you for who you are and not for who they want you to be and if they cant do that well to hell with them.

Almost 100 posts and 99% are positive. This only proves that the bulk of CL is not made up of negative haters, as some people would have you believe. The’yre actually intelligent folks who speak the truth, minus a dumbass here and there, and know when something is bullshit.

Now, on to my comments: tight video; it’s different and she ain’t tryin to be no sexpot like the rest of these young heffers and hoes that gotta be half nekked or booty poppin to sell a half a mil.

well it was an alright video , noithing ground breaking, the same ol’ mary video with the same scorned or angry woman concept, i wish mary would step it up vocally, and stop singing out of key.

I LOVE this song and I love the concept of the video, it represents all facets of different women and the struggles that she must deal with on a daily basis whether it be professional or personal. It’s definetly refreshing to see something different.

I loooovvvveeee this version of “Take Me As I Am” From what I heard, this is how she sings it on tour. Even though I really wanted her to release “Good Woman Down”, I now think she made the right choice with this song. The video is good too. It’s like a mixture of “No More Drama”, “Love Is All We Need”, “Enough Cryin’”, and “It’s a Wrap”. I’m proud to say that I’ve been a fan of Mary’s since the very beginning.

I will echo this is classic Mary thats why we love her. I have read where someone posted this is her same scorned woman video but Mary is singing for women to come out of that and uplift themselves keep it up Mary this was one of my favs when I got the cd

I love the video, Sister woman finally exhaled and it looks fantabulos…

Ladies she is speaking to us!!!!!

Keep it cute….

Nit Ra

Mary got that shit on lock. She is one of the strongest sisters in entertainment. I love this song. She should get Jay to jump on that track again. I love that Dead Presidents joint. I used to hustle to that

as a mary j “stan” im luving this video!!

Beatiful, absolutly amazing!! I felt so many emotions listntin and weatchin dat video, Mary’s dun it agen!!xxx

i like the song and the video - they go well together. it is very inspiring and it has a good message.

now this is nice a video w/o all that “dancing” that thesae blk girls do today haha. thnk god for fantasia,keyshia cole,mary j. (gyal who stand flatfooted and sing w/o all that fuckin dancing)

I love this song,and I love the concept of the video.FABULOUS

BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THATS WHAT U CALL A DAMN VIDEO

Mary will always reign as the hiphop queen 4 life!

I love the video. MJB is a blessing

And Mary re-did the vocals and smashed them. Mary about to win about 5 grammys this Feb.

She looks really pretty in the Video, and I Love that song, its Empowering. Take me as I am or Have nothing at all.

I agree with whoever said that they were almost a Mary stan. When I saw that, I thought to myself, “D@mmit, so am I.” Like ya’ll said, Mary has been puttin it down since “What’s the 411.” And she’s still going strong. She’s grown way past that “Queen of hip hop soul” stuff. Like someone said, Mary is the Queen of R&B.

I love the message in this song and video but I’ma need Mary to leave the swiss miss braid alone.

This is a beautiful video, i alwaysed loved this song from day one..Go MARY!

Love it. Mary is the truth. She just keep coming stronger and stronger.

She is keeping real music and QUALITY alive….not many people are these days…..I love some Mary, off key and everything, I will always love MJB!!!

To my dude Network…….The record was written as a “GROUP” effort (group, meaning “The Clutch!”) Don’t get me wrong, No one is a bigger fan of Keri than I…….feel me on that. I have song on Keri that go back farther than “Hey Ya” by Xizibit. Check the credits; there is more than one writer on this joint…………but I do agree the record is an anthem for women that have prevailed as well as women that are “enroute” to their success.

Beautiful song and video.

Someone break it down for me. What is this song trying to say, as portrayed in the video? I am asking an honest question.

im soo lovin this song and video! damn good message to send out! i luv MJB she will always b the Queen of R&B

I REALLY LIKE THIS VIDEO….

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
This video has put Mary back on in my book. I really didn’t care for that last song thats being played oh so much. This one is raw and real. Brava Mary, Brava!!!!!

I love this video!! This is why mary is the queen of hip hop soul.

That shit! Whew! It gave me chills the way she sang that! The video was right except the braid on her head. But other than that… I love this. MARY is THE SHIT! ALWAYS!!!!

I think that version was a lil’ different than the one I got. She broke that down a lil’ heavier than mine. I need that!

CHEEZITS, please read a book or something, ya dumb bitch. Probably still wiping ya self backwards. You trying to clown, fall back Buckwheet

I really liked it…I think the model part was a reference to Naomi Campbell…the hair parted and the way she looked was very reminiscent of Naomi…

I LOVE MARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She always put into words what I feel.

Well even tho Mary is sometimey with her live performances,her videos are always HOT!! The message is always true to life and as always i can def relate. Thank you MJB you are my hero.

that’s a bad bitch! SHe got acting skills too. I would love to see her in more acting roles in the future. She is real. I love the video. Take me as I am or have nothing BEEEYYUUUTTCHHHH!!

I LOVE MARY!!!! WOW!!! It is amazing she has had a rebirth right before our very eyes. I appreciate and respect her talent more and more each time! Breathtaking, this sista keeps it realer than real when bammas gettin plastic surgery left & right. Take me as I am!

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Someone break it down for me. What is this song trying to say, as portrayed in the video? I am asking an honest question.

I hear you, this is my take. MAry’s theme is standing up for yourself and telling the world respect and accept “ALL OF ME” or KIM (keep it moving). All of the characters get fed up with the same elements in life holding them down. You know, someone is always trying to take advantage of them and disrespecting who they are professionally, personally, etc. From the business executive to the struggling mother with a low-wage job MARY plays these roles b/c any of these women could have been Mary. All the characters have the same stuggles with accepting who they are and finding the courage to tell the world forget YOU, this is me. For example, the business exec stands up against sexual harrassment from the white male exec trying to feel on her booty and over-ride her authority w/ using the white model over the black model. Mary Gains back her repsect by putting his ass in check and not allowing herself to get down and rise up against the disrespect. The waitress also gets fed up on the job. After her boss yells and disrespects her she rises up and quits her job and quits her lazy man at home who sleeps all damn day instead of getting a JOB and helping out w/ the household responsibilities. He trife and she finally finds the stentgh to kick him out. She tell him off b/c she fed up w/ him taking advantage of her. The supermodel tells the world fuck all of ya’l this is me by overdosing on drugs and taking her pain out that way. And the girlfriend stands up to her over-controlling cheating boyfriend by throwing the drink on his cheating face and finaling standing up aginst him and choosing MAry over him. This video is about respect and doing you regardless. The supermodel scene is unfortunate, but it stays on the theme b/c some people feel suicide is only way the world will notice them and understand who they are. Not everyone is stong enough to weather the storm, but the supermodel character was the one who was fed up and choose to hurt herself instead of rising above the situation. The other characters do the exact opposite and weather the storm in their own way. Mary is humble enough to relate to ALL of these women and show how all of these women are connected to her. Mary cu=ould have been the business exec, waitress/mother, drugged out suppermodel, or cheated on girlfriend. In someway and at the end of the day we all struglle with loving ourselves, respecting who we are, and mustering up enough strength to ride tall in the saddle. Many of us will overcome, some of us may not, but it comes down to respecting who we are and knowing that we are children of GOD and are worthy of respect.

mary is so inspirational.

i was shouting at the screen ‘go on mary’ when she threw that drink! i love this song, many of marys’ songs are quite melancholy because they deal with real issues but i like the positive message that this one gives

The ONLY REAL singer left of the old school breed, NOBODY does it better than Mary and thats the bottom line! Yall can hate and say whatever, she still gon’ be here, more consistent than ALL these gimmicks yall praise now a days, Mary is one of the GREATEST singers of all time and will most definitely go down in history as that!

man this is my favorite track on the breakthrough.thank you mary for making me cry tears of joy when i hear this song because it reminds me to love myself and never let ANYONE TAKE MY JOY

Another chick joint . I’m tired of seeing these video about a women struggle . Like men don’t go through shit . You can put a man in each one of those scenerios . But that wouldn’t appeal to the 18 to 35 black women dimigragh ! Last time anyone of you accept a man for who he was ( without the desire to change something ).

ASS

When I first heard this song I used to cry to it because the shit was so real….Mary always manages to make me stop and take a look at the way Im handling my life……I love Mary and I love this video……shes one artist that always delivers…..Im impressed….very impressed!!!

I LOVE THE SONG AND THE VIDEO…..MARY IS KNOCKING EVERYBODY OUT RIGHT NOW

i’m loving this…..mary makes my ass want to cry when i see her videos! they’re just so, so… touching lol…..

The video has a great concept. I’m glad she didn’t wait 20 years to drop her next single like she did with “Be Without You”.

I’m a dude, but a huge Mary fan. Even though she more so caters to women, I still can switch around her lyrics so that it can reflect me. This video has to be one of the best videos I have seen in recent years. the emotion that is poured in this video is groundbreaking.

If she doesn’t win some grammy’s this february we needa strike. Because without the release of the ‘ Breakthrough ‘, a lot of us would be lost !

luv u mary j! im patiently waiting for her to put out a video to the song ‘aint really love’…dats my shi*….

Not in love with the song but I like it…I like the video more Go head Mary!

This is what R&B videos should look like. this is how they were back in the day…..i miss the old days

wow!!! i felt so touched by the song and video…this is my new favorite…

I thought that this video was really cute..i liked how in showed all the different Mary’s. Especially the Mary at the end. That fool pissed me off! Talking bout she cant have no bread …or no food! Why the hell did we come to the restaurant then?? So u can go holla at another chic? I dont think so homie!

LOVE THE VIDEO ALWAYS LIKE THIS SONG ON HER ALBUM