R. Kelly

Released: October 21, 2016

[Intro]
Baby, this Christmas
My gift to you will be... me

[Verse 1]
So far away, it's been too long
Seems like a billion days since I've been gone
All my thoughts and prayers askin' of you
Well guess what, baby: I've got some good news

[Pre-Chorus]
I had a talk with my boss
I took some time off

[Chorus]
I'm comin' home for Christmas
I'm comin' home for Christmas (baby, baby)
I'm comin' home for Christmas (be ready, be ready now)
I'm comin' home for Christmas (and I'll be bearin' the gift of love)

[Verse 2]
Oh workin' baby, day and night
I hardly ever get to spend quality time
I can't take it, no, your love I miss it
And I'll be seein' ya soon because I got myself a ticket

[Pre-Chorus]
I had a talk with my boss
I took some time off

[Chorus]
I'm comin' home for Christmas
I'm comin' home for Christmas (baby, baby)
I'm comin' home for Christmas (be ready, be ready now)
I'm comin' home for Christmas (and I'll be bearin' the gift of love)

[Bridge]
Won't let another minute, hour, day go by
Or spend another second, girl, without you by my side
(Spend this Christmas) I refuse to spend this Christmas
Said I refuse to spend this Christmas
Without my baby by my side
Surprise, surprise

[Chorus]
I'm comin' home for Christmas
I'm comin' home for Christmas (straight home to you, baby, baby)
I'm comin' home for Christmas (so have your arms open for me)
And I'll be carrying the gift of love (and I'll be bringin' this lovin' home to you)

Walk in the door, you standin' there
Make love to you everywhere
I'm so excited I'm comin' home for Christmas
(Christmas, yeah, Christmas, yeah)

Robert Kelly is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he first started performing under the “L” subway tracks as a teenager. This led into his first album, Born Into the 90’s, being released in 1992 as a collaboration between R. Kelly and Public Announcement. R. Kelly wrote and produced the entire album, which contained the #1 R&B hits “Honey Love” and “Slow Dance,” along with the Top 10 R&B hits “She’s Got That Vibe” (#7) and “Dedicated” (#9). The following year, Kelly went on to become a solo act.

In 1993, he released his first solo album, 12 Play, featuring the hits “Bump N' Grind” and “Your Body’s Callin'.” He released a self-titled album in 1995 featuring the hits “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)” and “You Remind Me of Something,” while his 1998 double album, R., featured a string of hits, including “I Am Your Angel” with Celine Dion, “When a Woman’s Fed Up,” and his Grammy Award-winning song “I Believe I Can Fly” from the Space Jam soundtrack.

The success of these albums led to him becoming an in-demand producer in the ‘90s, writing and producing #1 hits for Aaliyah (“Back & Forth”), Janet Jackson (“Any Time, Any Place (Remix)”), Changing Faces (“G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T”), Maxwell (“Fortunate”), and Michael Jackson (“You Are Not Alone”).

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