La música gospel, música espiritual o música evangélica, surgió en las iglesias afro americanas en el siglo XVIII. Se hizo popular durante la década de 1930 y resultó ser una música diferente a los himnos cristianos tradicionales. La palabra original es GodSpell, que al castellano se traduce literalmente como Historia de Dios. Sin embargo, puede también traducirse adecuadamente como Anunciar esa Historia de Dios.
El nombre Mary Mary parece evocar algo espiritual a la vez que alegre y positivo. Y esta es la razón por la que el dúo de hermanas Erica y Tina Atkins eligió Mary Mary como nombre artístico.
La música de Mary Mary, producida por el conocido productor de r&b y hip-hop Warryn Campbell (que ha trabajado en los discos de Brandy, Boyz II Men, Shanice y Dru Hill entre otros), es contemporánea, meticulosa, funky, sorprendente, con mucho soul y profundamente espiritual, pero a la vez tremendamente pegadiza.
I Know it now that I was such a fool
To turn my back on you
When you had given me everything
I let you you down I know that's true
Now I come to realize that
There are no happy days because
You're not here, I need to know if
There's a chance for me again
All I need is one minute of your time
5 seconds of it may change your mind
10 seconds to make you see
15 to say Lord I'm sorry
For all the things I've done
I'll take 20 more to say that you're the one
9 to think it through
I'll take the one to say I love you
Late a night when I was all alone
You held me in you arms
I strayed away olny to find
There was no place to hide
Lord please hear me when I say
I'll give my life you whatever I've got to do
Show me Lord and I will live for you
All I need is one minute of your time
5 seconds of it may change your mind
10 seconds to make you see
15 to say Lord I'm sorry
For all the things I've done
I'll take 20 more to say that you're the one
9 to think it through
I'll take the one to say I love you
I'm not willing to, to give up on you
Knowing that you've always stood right by me
Until you forgive me my world won't turn
So if you hear my Lord, I'm saying that I'm
sorry
Said I'm sayng that I'm sorry
All I need is one minute of your time
5 seconds of it may change your mind
10 seconds to make you see
15 to say Lord I'm sorry
For all the things I've done
I'll take 20 more to say that you're the one
9 to think it through
I'll take the one to say I love you