R. Kelly

Released: November 9, 1993

Songwriter: Charles Simmons Bruce Hawes Joseph B. Jefferson

Producer: R. Kelly

[Intro]
This song goes out to my mother
The one I love and the one I lost
When it comes down to thinking about what my mother's done for me, the love she's given me
It makes it easy to do a song like this
So this one's for you ma, I love you

[Verse 1]
Early one Sunday morning
Breakfast was on the table
There was no time to eat
She said to me, "Boy, hurry to Sunday school"
Filled with the long of glory
We learned the holy story
She'll always have her dreams
Despite the things
This troubled world can bring

[Chorus]
Oh Sadie, don't you know we love you, sweet Sadie
Place no one above you, sweet Sadie
Well, well, well
Living in the past
Sometimes it seems so funny
No money can turn your life around

[Verse 2]
Sweeter than cotton candy
Stronger than papas' old Brandy
Always that needed smile
Once in a while she would break down and cry
Sometimes she'd be so happy
Being with us and daddy
Standing the worst of times
Breaking the binds with just a simple song

[Chorus]
Oh Sadie, she's loving my song in a special way
Sweet Sadie, living in the past
Oh, she's never sinning in love she's always winning
My my my my my
I love you mama
I just can't forget how you gave me love oh no
If there's a heaven up above, I know she's teaching angels how to love
It's a mean world without ya
And I surely miss you much mother
And now that your gone I'm gonna carry on
'Cause you're crying lady
Ooh Sadie
When I think about the things that you done for me
Hey it brings a joy way down deep inside of me

[Outro]
Oh oh oh oo oh
See I love you mama
Yes I do
I'll never forget you mama no
Oh oh oh

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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