Berry Gordy

Berry saying that like he didn’t make every good singer sound like they were being audited.

Michael, you turned a bridge into a moonwalk and still asked for one more take.

Marvin, at least he let you breathe. I had to fight for every extra note like it was evidence.

Berry, you called me difficult like you weren’t allergic to letting a man breathe in the booth.

And it charted, didn’t it? That’s the part y’all keep remixing in your feelings.

Berry, you don’t manage records, you pressure-test them until they confess. And honestly? It worked.

That’s rich coming from the man who made everybody sing the same line 19 times like the studio was a hostage situation.

And yet somehow those 19 takes kept paying rent, Smokey.

I’m just saying, some of us wanted a little air in the song before it got laminated.

Berry heard ‘air’ and scheduled another meeting.