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How Did You ManageR. Kelly

Released: August 24, 2004

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Intro]
Oooh mmm, oooh yeah
Oooh mmm mmm mmm mmm
Oooh mmm, oooh uh
Oooh uh uh uh uh

[Verse 1]
You made the sun
You made the moon
Gave seasons change (whoa)
You made the clouds
You put the rainbow
After rain (whoa)
Created time
Now which one's mine
Gave pictures frames (whoa)
Created man
Gave him woman
Why did you do that for me?

[Chorus]
These are the questions asked
Before I lay me down and go to sleep
(ooh, sometimes I wonder)
Sometimes I wonder why you decided
To keep your hands on me (hands on me)
Of all the miracles, signs and wonders
There's still one mystery:
How did you manage...to love me?

[Verse 2]
You breathe the life
Right into me
Then made my heart beat (whoa)
Created the mountains
All of the deep seas
Flowers and the trees (whoa)
You made tomorrow come again
You calm the strong winds (whoa)
After all I've done
You gave me a son
Tell me why would you do that for me?

[Chorus]
These are the questions asked (yeah)
Before I lay me down and go to sleep
(right in the middle of my prayers)
Sometimes I wonder why you decided (oh yeah)
To keep your hands on me (hands on me)
Of all the miracles, signs and wonders
There's still one mystery
How did you manage...to love me?
(How did you manage that?)
How did you manage...to love me?

[Outro]
Said I've got to know how
(How did you manage to love?)
After all the wrong I've done, oh Lord
(How did you manage to love?)
After I've been so bad oh Lord, how, oh, how
(How did you manage to forgive me)
Even when I didn't believe you believed in me Lord, how
(How did you manage to forgive me?)
Jesus, you sacrificed your life for me
(How did you manage to forgive me?)
Ooh Lord, tell me
(Why did you pay the price...for me?)
Ooh, yoooo, ooh, why...
(How did you manage to love?)

R. Kelly

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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