We Ride (I See the Future)

"We Ride (I See the Future)" is the first single (apart from the UK) released from Mary J. Blige's greatest hits album, Reflections - A Retrospective,^[1] and was released to U.S. radio in the first week of November.

"We Ride" was produced by Bryan Michael Cox and written by Cox and Johnta Austin. The premise of the song is a celebration of her new found happiness with husband and manager, Kendu Isaacs. The song contains the lyrics "from the day to the night we ride, I see the future, baby, you and I, better with time" and Cox stated "Mary's married, she's happy, in the best shape of her life, her voice is in the best shape of her life...people thought she was over, done, then she came through with The Breakthrough - "We Ride" celebrates all of that."^[2]

[edit] Music Video

The music video for "We Ride" was shot in New York in early November.^[2] and directed by Erik White. It premiered on December 9, 2006 on MTV. The video opens up similar to the "Be Without You" music video, where it overlooks New York. Mary is singing in black with a black background then goes to her riding a blue bike. Another bike which is red and black appears which is Kendu. The two ride to the beach. From there it switches from Mary singing in a fur vest to Mary singing in a white dress in front of an orchestra, both on rocks on the beach, to the end of the video.