« As much as I want you back, it’s probably better where you at, » Nick Cannon sings to ex-wife Mariah Carey in « Alone, » which samples her 1990 hit « Love Takes Time. »
Celebrity “As much as I want you back, it’s probably better where you at.” Eight years after their divorce, Nick Cannon wants Mariah Carey back. On Feb.14, Cannon unveiled his new song, “Alone,” which samples his ex-wife’s 1990 hit “Love Takes Time” from her self-titled debut album. “This is for anybody else who is #ALONE on Valentines Day,” he wrote on Instagram and Twitter. “I had to come raw from the heart on this one.” In a press release, he described the song as “the gospel of my broken soul” and reiterated that “this is as raw as it gets.” The 41-year-old, who married Carey in 2008 and had twins with her in 2011, kicks off the song by acknowledging that he “ain’t got nothing but love” for her, but planned to stay away for her benefit. He even nods to Carey’s boyfriend Bryan Tanaka, singing, “I ain’t trying to f*ck it up for ya / I keep my distance, stay in my lane / ’Cause I know you got a man, it’s a little too late.
