Mary Mary, “Superfriend” | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 23^rd edition of Lit Music That Lifts, we’re uplifted by Mary Mary, featuring David Banner, performing, “Superfriend.”

Welcome to Lit Music That Lifts (LMTL), or Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 for short! Music Lifts seeks to highlight songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs that exude fortitude, positivity, and resolve, even in the face of adversity.  Featured songs aren’t genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better – be LIFTED to new heights!  So, for the 23^rd edition of Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 (2022), we highlight 🎵 “Superfriend” as performed by 🎙 Mary Mary featuring 🎙 David Banner.

“They’re here now, but then they’re gone / Where they at? I don’t know.” Where’s who at, 🎙 Mary Mary? Why, those so-called friends, of course! The contemporary gospel duo goes on to sing in the chorus of 🎵 “Superfriend” that “Ay, oh, they hit the door / That kinda friend, I gotta let go.”  Honestly, they totally have a point.  A friend who is not going to fulfill the role is a friend that is not needed, nor fits the definition of a true friend.  Thankfully and mercifully, the duo – and all who believe – have a much better option.  The chorus of this gem from 💿 The Sound continues:

“A super friend, a super friend

Yes sir, I got me one of them

A super friend, a super friend

I got me a super friend.”

That super friend, in Christian circles, is none other than G-O-D – the ultimate friend.  🎙 Erica Campbell goes on to sing in the verse, “No sir, there’s no halfway about him / This world could be nothing without him.” FACTS.  Of course, the Campbell sisters get a lift from an unexpected guest, 🎙 David Banner.  That’s right, Banner keeps it clean long enough to tout the goodness of God in the second verse, in addition to providing some sick ad-libs:

“And in the church, Lord I’m looked at as Satan

‘Cause in my music I curse

But I’m tryin’ to do better and that’s the thing that really hurts

All this sex and the drugs in my life mean nothin’

When my super friend hugs me at night, tears come rushin’

…So, stuntin’ is a habit when I’m grippin’ this mic

Y’all thinkin’ I’m a pimp but I’m trying to be like Christ

In real life, yeah.”

So, in other words, Banner talks about how he’s perceived by the church and church folk as an explicit rapper.  Even though he’s admittedly imperfect, he is a God-fearing man.  The thing is, many people who look down on others are imperfect and have had their own share of sins and are sinning by being judgmental.  Regardless, Banner contributes to just how awesome God, the ultimate friend – a super friend – is. That, right there, is uplifting if I do say so myself!

🎙 Mary Mary • 💿 The Sound • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 📅 2008

Mary Mary, “Superfriend”: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 23 (2022) [📷: Arek Socha, Benjamin Balazs, Brent Faulkner, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Ketut Subiyanto, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Sony Music Entertainment]