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If you would like to share Mary Mary lyrics with other users of this site, please see the bottom of this page on how to submit Mary Mary lyrics. Members include Erica Atkins and Tina Atkins , vocalists. Sisters Erica and Tina Atkins make up the gospel duo Mary Mary, which has broken the gospel barrier and found mainstream success. Their first album, Thankful, won a slew of awards for the duo, including a Grammy.

Their second album, Incredible, was released in The Atkins sisters grew up in Inglewood, near Los Angeles, in a large family--they have five other sisters and one brother.

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Their father, Eddie Atkins, was a preacher and their mother, Thomasina, played piano and was a choir director in their church. Gospel music was the only music allowed in the house, and both women cite gospel acts like Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, and the Clark Sisters among their leading influences. The sisters weren't always on the same page about their singing aspirations: Erica first dreamed of being a singer at age two; plagued by shyness, Tina was a little slower to pursue the dream.

They toured the United States, performing as many as eight shows per week. That tour led to parts in Matthews's Sneaky, which kept them on the road for more than a year.

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They both returned home and tried to hold down retail jobs and attend college, but music soon had them back on the road. Watching from behind the scenes and experiencing the demands those artists had to deal with prepared the sisters for what they would be up against once they went out on their own. When they did set out as Mary Mary, both sisters agree, they had a better understanding for what an artist has to deal with; beyond making it onstage every night, there are endless interviews, rehearsals, band conflicts, and management, lighting, and stylist issues to contend with, among countless other details.

It's amazing how God plans your life out for you and you don't even have a clue how all these pieces connect. God has a plan. The sisters formed Mary Mary after meeting producer Warryn Campbell in