Released: August 24, 2004

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Verse 1]
Surprise
Girl, I bet you thought I had went and forgot
It's a special day
Tonight, your gift will be something you will remember
For the rest of your days, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
(So get ready and I'll take you out) and show you some love
(Show you what partying is all about) once we hit the club

[Chorus]
(It's your birthday) so let's party and have some fun
(It's your birthday) we'll dance 'til the morning comes, yeah
(Happy birthday) girl, let's step the night away
(Happy birthday) yeah, and we're gonna celebrate, yeah

Do do do do do do do do do do do...

[Verse 2]
Ooh, we'll be laughing and singing and grooving on the way, yeah
With smiles upon our face, oh yeah
Nothing but VIP, darling, for you and me
And there's so many dancing feet
Dancing in harmony

[Pre-Chorus]
(So get ready and I'll take you out) and show you some love, yeah
(Show you what a party is all about) once we hit the club, yeah

[Chorus]
(It's your birthday) we're gonna party and have some fun, girl
(It's your birthday) and we'll dance 'til the morning comes, yeah
(Happy birthday) oh, let's step the night away
(Happy birthday) we're gonna celebrate, let's go

Do do do do do do do do do do...

[Outro]
Go Drea, it's your birthday!
Go Joanne, it's your birthday!
Go Jaya, it's your birthday!
Go Chanél, it's your birthday!
Go Angie, it's your birthday!
Go Julie, it's your birthday!
Go Ebony, it's your birthday!
Go Tashonda, it's your birthday!
Go Kim, it's your birthday!
Go Lisa, it's your birthday!
Go Devine, it's your birthday! (it's your birthday)
Go Simone, it's your birthday!
Go Vernice, it's your birthday!
Go Gina, it's your birthday! (it's your birthday)
Go Kat, it's your birthday!
Go Carmen, it's your birthday!

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”).