R. Kelly

Released: May 29, 2007

Featuring: Swizz Beatz

Songwriter: The Runners Swizz Beatz R. Kelly

Producer: The Runners R. Kelly

[Intro: Swizz Beatz]
Ladies and gentlemen!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
Get your motherfucking hands in the air!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
You can hate me, I don't care!

[Verse: R. Kelly]
All y'all wanna powl on me, make it hard for me to breathe
Throw sand in my eyes, make it hard for me to see
Out of breath, can't see, still hard to defeat
The history that I made, impossible to impeach
First round, spread rumors, point fingers, throw stones, judge me
Hate me, love me, hug me, curse me
Whatever, 'cause y'all fucking opinions don't feed me
I'm clever, enough to know that the industry needs me
Second round, I'm opposite of the demon that faces me
I've been through hell lived in the belly of the beast
I've confessed my sins but still didn't find peace, but
Like MJ in five, I will six-peat
Third round, I make music from the hood 'cause that's where I'm from
That's why the hood is always first to help me overcome
Fifth round, when I'm down, some of y'all cats act so strange
When I'm up, same cats wonder why I act so strange
Sixth round, Kells done changed, please you bitches is so lame
Something ain't your fault and y'all so quick to blame
That's why I got number one in the back of my Range
Y'all cats is foreplaying, I'm pregnant by the game
Seventh round, some would like to see balled and chained
But I'm a child of God so my destiny is all day
Eighth round, undisputed is the title I claim
'Bout to shoot the world up with this lyrical cocaine
Ninth round, the place is packed
The bell rings I'm about to bring the pain
Left jab, right hook, shutting down your brain
Tenth round, I could be surrounded by lions in the mist of the jungle
And still I'ma rumble your many rumble, eleventh round

[Outro: Swizz Beatz]
Ladies and gentlemen!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
Get your motherfucking hands in the air
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
The champ is here!
You can hate me, I don't care

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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