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.
Lonely one at young so broken hearted
Traveling down the rigid road of life
Using pharmaceutical extractions
To find their paradises
Finds the high but comes down
Feeling lower
Gets down on their knees and
Starts to pray looking up to heaven for the answer
To hear a voice that says
[Chorus:]
You will know troubled heart
You'll know
Problems have solutions, trust and
I will show, you will know
Troubled heart you'll know
Every life has reasons for I made it so
Single parents trying to raise
Their children
But they would much rather not alone
Reaches out to find that
Special someone
To make their house a home
Finds someone but no one is
The right one
Gets down on their knees and
Starts to pray
Looking up to heaven for the answer
They hear a voice that says
[Chorus (a few differences with the chorus section above)]
You will know lonely heart
You'll know problems have solutions, trust and
I will show, you will know
Lonely heart you'll know
Every life has reasons for I made it so
You'll know