The Salt Lake Tribune
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Take it if you can
A couple Utah songwriters say Mary J. Blige ripped off one their songs: "Take me as I am."

Jay Brian Ballard, of West Valley City, and Kim Jones, of West Jordan, sued in federal court, claiming they wrote the lyrics and music of "Take Me As I Am" in 1995. It turned up a decade later, they say, on Blige's multi-platinum-selling album "The Breakthrough."

You can listen to it here.

If Blige is savvy, she'll offer to record* one of star sniffer Sen. Orrin Hatch's songs and Utah's top politician will make the lawsuit disappear.

*Might I recommend Orrin's "Many Different Roads: A Tribute to Diana Princess of Wales and Mother Teresa."

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