... matter in survival. It was hard for her and the roommates trying to get the rent together every month. Food was ever a more scarce for them. A box of macaroni and cheese would last them a week. For several months it was so bad that Mariah would live on a bagel and an iced tea a day which she would bum off of a sympathetic deli ... up orders, and anything else you can imagine. Mariah had said on a VH1 interview one time," I had this real bad attitude when I used to work. I would think to myself why am I here? I want to be in a studio singing and doing my own thing." During her breaks at ...

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