#RealTalk: Robin Thicke Channels Marvin Gaye in the "Blurred Lines" Trial

Robin Thicke may or may not need to steal something else from Marvin Gaye to explain this court decision.

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Welcome to #RealTalk, a video series from Complex where we take the words out of a celebrity's mouth and give them to another. Because as you'll see above, sometimes one man's words can work perfectly for someone else.

Ah Robin Thicke, we know your wallet's hurting right now.

On Tuesday, a jury found that the 38-year-old singer's song "Blurred Lines" was guilty of copying Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and awarded the Gaye family $7.3 million. For Thicke, the court decision rounds out a tough year which saw his marriage with actress Paula Patton crumble and his subsequent breakup album, Paula, totally flop. "Blurred Lines" isn't quite the massive success it once was.

So what the hell was Thicke thinking when he hit record on that song? Well, we asked ourselves that question and came to the conclusion that his thoughts could probably be best summed up by Marvin Gaye himself. Hey, it wouldn't be the first time Robin Thicke took something from the guy, right?

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