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JANFAN4L

Mariah :: Make It Happen (1991)

::: APPRECIATION



This is probably my all-time favorite Mariah song. I just listened to it recently and felt the urge to spotlight it. Love the message in this track and identify with it SO MUCH.

Mariah :: Make It Happen (1991)

Not more than three short years ago
I was abandoned and alone
Without a penny to my name
So very young and so afraid
No proper shoes upon my feet
Sometimes I couldn't even eat
I often cried myself to sleep
But still I had to keep on going
Never knowing if I could take it
If I would make it through the night
I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And now I've found my way...

::groovin'::

Chorus:
If you believe in yourself enough
And know what you want
You're gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)
And if you get down on your
knees at night
And pray to the L*rd
S/he's gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)

::clapping hands::

You're gonna make it happen (Oh Yeah)

I know life can be so tough
And you feel like giving up
But you must BE STRONG
Baby just HOLD ON
You'll never find the answers
if you throw your life away
I used to feel the way you do
Still I HAVE[!] to keep going

Never knowing if I could take it
If I would make it through the night
I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And now I've finally found my way

Chorus

Make it happeennnnn
Make it!
We're gonna make it
Make it!
Oh, make it!

Oooooohhhhh
Ohhhhh
Make it thru tha nite

I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And finally found my waaaaayyyyy

::violently clapping hands:::

--best part--

I ONCE WAS LOST
BUT NOW I'M FOUND
I GOT MY FEET ON SOLID GROUND!!
THANK YOU L*RD!!

::music sharply cuts out::
IF YOU BELIEVE WITHIN YOUR SOUL
JUST HOLD ON TIGHT
AND DON'T LET GO!!!
YOU CAN MAKE IT!
MAKE IT HAPPPPEEEEENNNNN


::raises hands to the sky in spiritual ecstacy::

We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it


If you believe in yourself enough (We're gonna make it)
And know what you want (We're gonna make it)
You're gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)
And if you get down on your
knees at night
And pray to the L*rd
S/he's gonna make it happen...





Make it happen.





The "feet on solid ground" edit.
[Edited 3/1/06 3:39am]
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Reply #1 posted 03/01/06 4:05am

dag

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She looks great in that picture.

Nice song, cool lyrics.
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Reply #2 posted 03/01/06 4:08am

peppeken

Mariah sucked then, sucks now and always will. Her screechy voice and slutty image are horrendous ..who buys her cds ???? sad
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Reply #3 posted 03/01/06 4:11am

missfee

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this was when Mariah could really, really blow!!! I love this song, i love most of her earlier stuff anyway...
I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
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Reply #4 posted 03/01/06 4:14am

roundables

This is like the one song besides VOL she can still kill. She suprised me w/ how well how sang this at Live 8.
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Reply #5 posted 03/01/06 6:50am

beret1022

JANFAN4L said:

::: APPRECIATION



This is probably my all-time favorite Mariah song. I just listened to it recently and felt the urge to spotlight it. Love the message in this track and identify with it SO MUCH.

Mariah :: Make It Happen (1991)

Not more than three short years ago
I was abandoned and alone
Without a penny to my name
So very young and so afraid
No proper shoes upon my feet
Sometimes I couldn't even eat
I often cried myself to sleep
But still I had to keep on going
Never knowing if I could take it
If I would make it through the night
I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And now I've found my way...

::groovin'::

Chorus:
If you believe in yourself enough
And know what you want
You're gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)
And if you get down on your
knees at night
And pray to the L*rd
S/he's gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)

::clapping hands::

You're gonna make it happen (Oh Yeah)

I know life can be so tough
And you feel like giving up
But you must BE STRONG
Baby just HOLD ON
You'll never find the answers
if you throw your life away
I used to feel the way you do
Still I HAVE[!] to keep going

Never knowing if I could take it
If I would make it through the night
I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And now I've finally found my way

Chorus

Make it happeennnnn
Make it!
We're gonna make it
Make it!
Oh, make it!

Oooooohhhhh
Ohhhhh
Make it thru tha nite

I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And finally found my waaaaayyyyy

::violently clapping hands:::

--best part--

I ONCE WAS LOST
BUT NOW I'M FOUND
I GOT MY FEET ON SOLID GROUND!!
THANK YOU L*RD!!

::music sharply cuts out::
IF YOU BELIEVE WITHIN YOUR SOUL
JUST HOLD ON TIGHT
AND DON'T LET GO!!!
YOU CAN MAKE IT!
MAKE IT HAPPPPEEEEENNNNN


::raises hands to the sky in spiritual ecstacy::

We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it


If you believe in yourself enough (We're gonna make it)
And know what you want (We're gonna make it)
You're gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)
And if you get down on your
knees at night
And pray to the L*rd
S/he's gonna make it happen...





Make it happen.





The "feet on solid ground" edit.
[Edited 3/1/06 3:39am]



Oh, my God!! This song has such significance in my life...not just back then, but today.
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Reply #6 posted 03/01/06 7:19am

JackieBlue

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JANFAN4L said:

::: APPRECIATION




Chorus

Make it happeennnnn
Make it!
We're gonna make it
Make it!
Oh, make it!

Oooooohhhhh
Ohhhhh
Make it thru tha nite

I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And finally found my waaaaayyyyy

::violently clapping hands:::

--best part--


The "feet on solid ground" edit.
[Edited 3/1/06 3:39am]


lol @ violently clapping hands

Say what you will about Mariah but this song is a great motivator. It gets me every time and never sounds dated.
[Edited 3/1/06 7:23am]
Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off
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Reply #7 posted 03/01/06 8:50am

purplecam

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One of my favorite Mariah songs and simply one of her best period. I can put that on repeat and never get tired of it.
I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that
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Reply #8 posted 03/01/06 9:53am

CrozzaUK

She looks fantastic in that picture. She really should go back to her natural hair colour, it suits her face much more. As someone pointed out, 90-97 was her best period.
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Reply #9 posted 03/01/06 10:35am

DynamicSavior

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falloff @ that leather jacket in the video. How much do clothes cost in the matrix? I can listen to this. I LOVE me some early 90's Mariah. Have you ever heard those HIGH ASS notes she hits at the end of "All In Your Mind"? That shit is insane.
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Supa is my gay messiah and he eats homeless dandruff sammitches on the bus.
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Reply #10 posted 03/01/06 12:13pm

dammme

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roundables said:

besides VOL

I would pick VOL instead
"Todo está bien chévere" Stevie
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Reply #11 posted 03/01/06 2:10pm

Safireseven

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That song is awesome and uplifting.A personal favorite of mines too.
"We all got a space to fill"
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Reply #12 posted 03/01/06 2:13pm

Ellie

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Love it, but I prefer the MTV Unplugged version.
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Reply #13 posted 03/01/06 2:14pm

thesexofit

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DynamicSavior said:

falloff @ that leather jacket in the video. How much do clothes cost in the matrix? I can listen to this. I LOVE me some early 90's Mariah. Have you ever heard those HIGH ASS notes she hits at the end of "All In Your Mind"? That shit is insane.


I love all in ur mind. Even if it does sound like michael bolton should sing it.


"theres gotta be a way" is great, thanx to its vocals.
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Reply #14 posted 03/01/06 2:56pm

piepie1976

She really could blow back then. Anyone have an idea as to what happended to that voice? She seems to have devolved from a live singer to a studio singer. All the stuff she does now sounds great when it's spliced and diced on her records but the girl can't do that stuff live. She'll sing the verses live and then cuts to memorex when the song gets more difficult. I just think it's weird cuz she's never been known to have a drug problem or to smoke. I can't think of any other reason you would lose your voice.


missfee said:

this was when Mariah could really, really blow!!! I love this song, i love most of her earlier stuff anyway...
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Reply #15 posted 03/01/06 3:12pm

JANFAN4L

JackieBlue said:

JANFAN4L said:

::: APPRECIATION




Chorus

Make it happeennnnn
Make it!
We're gonna make it
Make it!
Oh, make it!

Oooooohhhhh
Ohhhhh
Make it thru tha nite

I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And finally found my waaaaayyyyy

::violently clapping hands:::

--best part--


The "feet on solid ground" edit.
[Edited 3/1/06 3:39am]


lol @ violently clapping hands

Say what you will about Mariah but this song is a great motivator. It gets me every time and never sounds dated.
[Edited 3/1/06 7:23am]


lol

I remember listening to this song on my iPod and I got into an elevator with a few people in it. This song was playing. The lady next to me actually could hear what I was playing and said, "Now that's something I need to hear right now..." then we just got in some mini-chitchat about staying motivated and holding on to your dreams. All because of this song!
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Reply #16 posted 03/01/06 5:10pm

DynamicSavior

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JANFAN4L said:

JackieBlue said:



lol @ violently clapping hands

Say what you will about Mariah but this song is a great motivator. It gets me every time and never sounds dated.
[Edited 3/1/06 7:23am]


lol

I remember listening to this song on my iPod and I got into an elevator with a few people in it. This song was playing. The lady next to me actually could hear what I was playing and said, "Now that's something I need to hear right now..." then we just got in some mini-chitchat about staying motivated and holding on to your dreams. All because of this song!

Oh lord. You sound JUST like my sister. She's a "lamb" and I'm a HARDCORE Nippy fan and we would ALWAYS clash. Both or our rooms were on the 3rd floor, and she'd be blasting Mimi and I'd be blasting Whitney and we'd run in each others rooms and un plug the stereo speakers or scratch the c.d. up or take the WHOLE stereo. We made that shit more serious than it needed to be. Then I got into Prince and it was all cool. Once I had her convinced that he wrote "Sweet Thing" for Chaka after he sung it on that Musicology special evillol
One of Dansa's org hornies woot!
Supa is my gay messiah and he eats homeless dandruff sammitches on the bus.
mad HULK NEED LAID, HULK SMASH!! mad
The reigning queen of GD. All bitches step down.
Prince.org: Where's Mani?
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Reply #17 posted 03/01/06 6:08pm

728huey

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piepie1976 said:
She really could blow back then. Anyone have an idea as to what happended to that voice? She seems to have devolved from a live singer to a studio singer. All the stuff she does now sounds great when it's spliced and diced on her records but the girl can't do that stuff live. She'll sing the verses live and then cuts to memorex when the song gets more difficult. I just think it's weird cuz she's never been known to have a drug problem or to smoke. I can't think of any other reason you would lose your voice.


This was around the time when her voice was at its peak form. It stayed that way through her Music Box album, and to this day, I can't stop listening to her remix of "Anytime You Need A Friend." Her vocals on that just blow me away.


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Reply #18 posted 03/01/06 6:27pm

VANITYSprisonB
YTCH

I remember not liking as mush at the time but it has grown on me and I love it now. This is one of the very few songs from the early period that Mariah still loves to do live. I think because it's a song she wrote on her own without Mottola making her do it like alot of the stuff on those early records. It's the most soulful song on EMOTIONS.

At some event last year to promote MIMI, a fan requested 'Prisoner' and she refused to do it, she said something like 'most of the early records are filled with crap songs'. Meaning, she was under Mottola's/Sony's rule and they wanted to make her more of an adult contemporary artist...in which they succeeded. Though I love alot of the early records...I can understand that they carry some negative feelings for her...but I would give anything to hear her sing songs like 'Til the End of Time' and ' Vanishing' again

peace
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Reply #19 posted 03/01/06 6:35pm

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They always play this song in basketball games too.

A great uplifting song. Plus she doesnt use her extra high vocals at the end of the track.

It gets kinda repetitive by the end though.

I love the lyrical arrangement.

The Emotions album had some classy trax...
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Reply #20 posted 03/02/06 12:07am

JANFAN4L

paisleypark4 said:



It gets kinda repetitive by the end though.


But that's the best part love

Everything after 3:20 is almost transcendental to me.
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Reply #21 posted 03/02/06 2:03am

dag

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CrozzaUK said:

She looks fantastic in that picture. She really should go back to her natural hair colour, it suits her face much more. As someone pointed out, 90-97 was her best period.

nod I just love her hatural looks, the eyebrows, the hair. She looked gorgeous back than.
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Reply #22 posted 03/02/06 6:02am

DynamicSavior

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You know what I just realized? This song reminds me a LOT of "Love Will Save The Day" by Whitney. Anybody else hear that? Especially the remix on her greatest hits c.d. which I payed $40 for. But tis worth it.
One of Dansa's org hornies woot!
Supa is my gay messiah and he eats homeless dandruff sammitches on the bus.
mad HULK NEED LAID, HULK SMASH!! mad
The reigning queen of GD. All bitches step down.
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Reply #23 posted 03/02/06 9:33am

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This came from back in the days when Mariah was positive, very pop, and looking sexy with her clothes on!!!

It was also around this time that we'll have a freah new rivalry due to musically & personal differences: Mariah vs. Madonna!
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Reply #24 posted 03/02/06 9:35am

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Ellie said:

Love it, but I prefer the MTV Unplugged version.


Hell yeah!!! biggrin Mariah keeps it real Unplugged.
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Reply #25 posted 03/02/06 10:10am

JazzyJ

JANFAN4L said:

::: APPRECIATION



This is probably my all-time favorite Mariah song. I just listened to it recently and felt the urge to spotlight it. Love the message in this track and identify with it SO MUCH.

Mariah :: Make It Happen (1991)

Not more than three short years ago
I was abandoned and alone
Without a penny to my name
So very young and so afraid
No proper shoes upon my feet
Sometimes I couldn't even eat
I often cried myself to sleep
But still I had to keep on going
Never knowing if I could take it
If I would make it through the night
I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And now I've found my way...

::groovin'::

Chorus:
If you believe in yourself enough
And know what you want
You're gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)
And if you get down on your
knees at night
And pray to the L*rd
S/he's gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)

::clapping hands::

You're gonna make it happen (Oh Yeah)

I know life can be so tough
And you feel like giving up
But you must BE STRONG
Baby just HOLD ON
You'll never find the answers
if you throw your life away
I used to feel the way you do
Still I HAVE[!] to keep going

Never knowing if I could take it
If I would make it through the night
I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And now I've finally found my way

Chorus

Make it happeennnnn
Make it!
We're gonna make it
Make it!
Oh, make it!

Oooooohhhhh
Ohhhhh
Make it thru tha nite

I held on to my faith
I struggled and I prayed
And finally found my waaaaayyyyy

::violently clapping hands:::

--best part--

I ONCE WAS LOST
BUT NOW I'M FOUND
I GOT MY FEET ON SOLID GROUND!!
THANK YOU L*RD!!

::music sharply cuts out::
IF YOU BELIEVE WITHIN YOUR SOUL
JUST HOLD ON TIGHT
AND DON'T LET GO!!!
YOU CAN MAKE IT!
MAKE IT HAPPPPEEEEENNNNN


::raises hands to the sky in spiritual ecstacy::

We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it


If you believe in yourself enough (We're gonna make it)
And know what you want (We're gonna make it)
You're gonna make it happen
(Make it happen)
And if you get down on your
knees at night
And pray to the L*rd
S/he's gonna make it happen...





Make it happen.





The "feet on solid ground" edit.
[Edited 3/1/06 3:39am]



Damn you took me back to 1991, when I didn't have took many cares in the world, of course I was only 9.
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Reply #26 posted 03/02/06 1:27pm

CinisterCee



It's also on this^^. This is a good collection.
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Reply #27 posted 03/02/06 2:45pm

dammme

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CinisterCee said:



It's also on this^^. This is a good collection.

Is it better than the #1s?
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Reply #28 posted 03/02/06 3:00pm

CinisterCee

dammme said:

CinisterCee said:



It's also on this^^. This is a good collection.

Is it better than the #1s?


Definitely. It's more of a "singles" collection which you will remember just as well as her number one hits. Plus it encompasses all of the Sony years because it was released a couple years after #1s.
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Reply #29 posted 03/02/06 6:52pm

JANFAN4L

CinisterCee said:

dammme said:


Is it better than the #1s?


Definitely. It's more of a "singles" collection which you will remember just as well as her number one hits. Plus it encompasses all of the Sony years because it was released a couple years after #1s.


This set is more laudable than #1s -- I felt that collection was too narcissistic.
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