R. Kelly

Released: December 6, 2013

Songwriter: R. Kelly Bigg Makk

Producer: R. Kelly Bigg Makk

[Intro]
This song goes out...
To all the people out there that be runnin' their mouth
And don't know what the hell they sayin'...
Shut up

[Verse 1]
Now that I've got my voice back, let me start off by saying that
I appreciate the fans around the world that had my back
And I just wanna thank God upstairs for keepin' his hands on me
And for keeping all the doctors' focus during my surgery
Now, there's a couple of things I've gotta get off my chest
Some serious issues that I must address
Well lets just get right to it
People said that I was done
Said there was no way this time he's gonna overcome
And even before the doctors were done and I could awake
A tsunami of rumors had come to wipe my career away
After twenty two years of a blessed career
They had me lyin' in my hospital bed cryin' mad tears (woo hoo hoo)
But just as I had many people hatin' me, I had so many people lovin' me
And lets not forget the hood around the world coverin' me
But to everybody that be callin' me, tellin' me what they be sayin' about me
Bringin' me all of this negative shit, y'all the ones I ain't fuckin' with
It's time for me to evaluate the people that I let up in my space
Can I get a witness for all of this, people all up in your business

[Hook 2x]
Tell em, shut up
Tell em, shut up
Tell em, shut up
I'm talkin' to you

[Verse 2]
He's washed up, he's lost it, he ain't got it no more
Well I'm here to tell you today, boy you haters are so slow
And it saddens me to know some of y'all want me to go away
But when it's time for me to go, my God is gonna orchestrate
Until then, I will accept the stones and pray and just try and get along
But sometimes it's so hard for me to be strong
I got kids and I'm tryna love em
So many things I'm tryna juggle
But I never thought this music would become my struggle
The news said I lost my house
My own people put me down
And my friends no longer around no
But you see deep underneath the surface
Now it feels that something's working in my behalf, a victory is near
See my future ain't my past, it's not the end of the hourglass
Who said it would not last?
Fans, sick their ass

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Now seriously after all these hits and melodies and memories
You compare me to someone else, O-M-G
No offense to the other artist, but come on dog, lets be honest
How many babies been made off me? O-M-G
Seriously, you're gon' act like that
Sit there like there ain't no truth to that
Lookin' at me like I'm not talkin' stats, O-M-G
Every boy, every girl, every child around the world
From the 90s up until today was made off me

Shut up, shut up, shut up
I'm talkin' to you
Shut up, bout my life
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So just shut up, just shut up

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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