Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayan rabuwarsu, Alison ta koma tare da mahaifinta, yayin da sauran yara biyu, Mariah da ɗan'uwan Morgan, suka kasance tare da mahaifiyarsu. Carey za ta yi girma daga mahaifinta, kuma daga baya za ta daina ganinsa gaba ɗaya. A lokacin da ta kai shekara hudu, Carey ta tuna cewa ta fara ɓoye rediyo a ƙarƙashin murfinta da daddare, kuma kawai ta raira waƙa kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin samun kwanciyar hankali a cikin kiɗa. Sa'ad da take makarantar firamare, ta yi fice a batutuwan da take so, kamar kiɗa, zane-zane, da kuma rubutu, amma ba ta son wasu. Bayan ta yi shekaru da yawa tana fama da matsalar kuɗi, Patricia ta samu isashen kuɗi da za ta iya kai iyalinta zuwa wani wuri mai arziki a birnin New York. Carey ta fara rubuta waƙoƙi da ƙara waƙoƙi a gare su, don haka ta fara a matsayin mawaƙa-mai rubuta waƙoƙi yayin da take halartar Makarantar Sakandaren Harborfields a Greenlawn, New York, inda ta kammala karatu a 1987. Carey ta yi fice a cikin kiɗan ta, kuma ta nuna amfani da rajista na whistle, kodayake kawai ta fara sarrafawa da sarrafa shi ta hanyar horar da mahaifiyarta. Kodayake ta gabatar da 'yarta ga wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya, Patricia ba ta taɓa matsa mata ta bi aiki a ciki ba, kamar yadda ba ta taɓa sha'awar ba. Carey ta tuna cewa ta ɓoye ayyukanta na mawaƙa da mawaƙa kuma ta lura cewa Patricia "ba ta taɓa zama uwa mai turawa ba. Ba ta taɓa cewa, 'Ka sa ya zama kamar wasan kwaikwayo ba.' Ina girmama opera kamar mahaukaci, amma bai rinjayi ni ba. "Yayin da yake makarantar sakandare, Carey ya fara rubuta waƙoƙi tare da Gavin Christopher. Suna bukatar mataimaki wanda zai iya buga keyboard: "Mun kira wani kuma bai iya zuwa ba, saboda haka ba zato ba tsammani muka haɗu da Ben [Margulies]. Ben ya zo studio, kuma da gaske ba zai iya wasa da keyboards sosai <unk> ya kasance da gaske fiye da wani drummer <unk> amma bayan wannan rana, mu kiyaye a touch, kuma mu irin danna kamar yadda marubuta. " Carey da Christopher sun fara rubutawa da kuma hada waƙoƙi a cikin ɗakin ajiyar gidan mahaifinsa a lokacin shekarar Carey ta ƙarshe. Bayan sun hada waƙar farko tare, "A nan Mun Go 'Round Again", wanda Carey ya bayyana cewa yana da Motown vibe, sun ci gaba...  Tambaya: Wanene aka gabatar da Carey bayan ya kasa sayar da faifan demo?
Brenda K. Starr