Washington
(ANI):
Singer
Mariah
Carey
says
she
sings
'uplifting'
songs
to
help
fans
with
troubled
lives.
The
39-year-old
Carey,
who
has
starred
in
the
critically
acclaimed
flick
Precious
based
on
the
best-selling
novel
'Push'–
the
story
of
an
obese
teenaged
girl
impregnated
twice
by
her
father
–
feels
her
tracks
have
comforted
girls
in
similar
situations.
"There
are
a
lot
of
girls
that
I
see
at
my
shows
that
may
fit
the
description
of
what
people
might
think
a
Precious
girl
is.
When
I
sing
certain
songs,
you
really
see
that
it
brings
out
emotions
in
them," Contactmusic
quoted
her,
as
telling
Parade
mag.
"I
see
tears
of
gratitude
or
joy
because
they
relate
to
the
message.
So
that's
why
I
continue
to
do
songs
that
I
feel
will
be
uplifting,"
she
said.
Carey,
who
plays
Mrs.
Weiss,
a
social
worker,
in
the
film
added:
"I
guess
the
button
that
the
story
pushed
in
me
would
be
just
empathy.
I
mean
your
heart
has
to
go
out
to
Precious
because
she
is
going
through
so
much.
It
touched
me
as
a
woman.
It
touched
me
just
as
a
person.
"It's
like
you
think,
Maybe
I've
walked
past
someone
who
is
a
girl
like
this
and
not
really
focused
on
them
or
just
totally
ignored
them.
And
it's
also
one
of
those
things
where
you
relate
something
in
yourself,
your
own
feelings
of
doubt
and
negativity.
And
while
you
haven't
suffered
nearly
as
much,
you
know
what
you've
gone
through
is
similar."