Mary J. Blige

Released: November 5, 2013

Featuring: Nas

Songwriter: Traditional

Producer: Raphael Saadiq

[MJB]
There's a star in the east on xmas morn
It will lead you to the place that the savior's born

[bridge]
Leave your ewe's and leave your rams
Leave your sheep, and leave your lambs
Follow, follow
Follow thou star of bethlehem

Rise up shepherd and follow (follow)
If you take a good heed to the angel's word
You'll forget your flocks, you'll forget your herds

[bridge]
Leave your ewe's and leave your rams
Leave your sheep and leave your lambs
Follow, follow
Follow the star of bethlehem

Rise up shepherd, rise and follow

Rise up (x8)

[Nas]
Yeah I'm the noble one
Obi wan kenobi one
Drunk mind speaking sober toungue
About the Holy One
Spread the word spread the word
Y'all Christ is born
The devil's rule over earth now is soon gone
So let the [??] burn y'all been warned
2000 years ago now the angels sound the horn
No crown of thorns, bow down praise him
New god flow? nah, but my style's amazing
[??] my army suit's my tuxedo
I'm a ghetto prophet to my people
A ghetto peace adonis
Criminal mind but at least I'm honest
So i seek what the savior promised
Then i climb where i can stand the highest
So i can tell it to every man woman and child what the time is
We sending this to all nations, the birth of Christ calls for celebration! yeah

[choir and MJB]
Rise up (x4)

Rise up shepherd (x6)

Mary Jane Blige (b. Jan 11 1971) grew up in the projects of Yonkers, New York. A random decision to record a cover of “Caught Up in the Rapture” by Anita Baker in a pop-up recording booth at a mall led MJB to getting signed by Uptown Entertainment. After providing background vocals on Father MC’s hit single “I’ll Do 4 U” in 1990, a young intern at Uptown named Sean “Puffy” Combs ended up executive producing Mary’s 1992 debut album What’s The 411?. Fusing hip-hop beats with Mary’s soulful voice earned her the nickname “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul”.

She followed up her debut with a string of critically acclaimed albums, including 1994’s My Life and 1997’s Share My World, as well as hit singles such as “Not Gon' Cry,” “Family Affair,” “Be Without You,” and “Just Fine.”

She also collaborated with rappers on a number of tracks, including Jay-Z’s “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” Ghostface Killah’s “All That I Got is You,” Wyclef’s “911,” Common’s “Come Close,” and Method Man’s “I’ll Be There for You/All I Need to Get By,” which was a platinum hit and won the two of them a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group.

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