R. Kelly

Released: August 24, 2004

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Verse 1]
There is strength deep inside me that I never knew I had
There's a fire within burnin' bright
There is a love inside of me that I never thought I'd feel
Until the day you came into my life, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
And it was you that were there when no one else was
And you showed me a love unknown, ooh

[Chorus]
You kept the fire burnin'
You kept hope alive
And when my soul was fallin'
You helped me to survive
And you led the way
Encouraged me to take that leap of faith

[Verse 2]
There's a dream that I dream, I never knew it would come true
There's a place I never thought that I would be (ooh)
There is a chance (There's a chance) that I took
(That I took) that I never thought I'd take
Until you came and helped me to believe, oh, oh...

[Pre-Chorus]
You were there when no one else was
And you showed me a love unknown

[Chorus]
You kept the fire burnin'
And you kept hope alive
And when my soul was fallin'
You helped me to survive
And you led the way
Encouraged me to take that leap of faith
(Of faith, of faith, of faith, of faith, ooh)
Leap of faith
Oh yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh...

[Bridge]
You showed me just how
(How to believe in me) in me, oh...
You moved that tree and saw that forest there for me

[Chorus]
You kept the fire burnin' (You kept it burnin')
You kept hope alive (You kept hope alive)
And when my soul was fallin' (My soul was fallin')
You helped me to survive (Yeah, you helped me to survive)
You led the way
Encouraged me to take the leap of faith, yeah

You kept the fire burnin' (Woo)
You kept hope alive (You kept the hope alive, yeah)
And when my soul was fallin' (My soul was fallin')
You helped me to survive (But you helped me to survive)
You led the way
Encouraging me to take...

The fire (everybody), hope (all my life)
My soul (someone's callin') with you (I'll survive)
You led (the away), encouraged me (to take)
That leap of faith and make it over
Now I owe my thanks to you, ho, oh

You kept the fire burnin' (woo, hey)
You kept hope alive (You kept hope alive)
When my soul was fallin' (When my soul was fallin')
You helped me to survive (ooh...you helped me to survive)
Oh yes, you did
Pushing me to take that leap of faith

You kept the fire burnin'
You kept hope alive
And when my soul was fallin'
You helped me to survive
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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