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The Diary Of MeR. Kelly

Released: August 24, 2004

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Intro]
Ummm pum pum pum, pum pum, pum pum, pum pum

[Verse 1]
Looked behind myself
As I reflect on all the memories
Good times, they come and go
Lost everything from friends to Family

[Pre-Chorus]
If I could turn back the hands
There would be some things I'd change about me
I know that my past is not what my future holds

[Chorus]
Where I come from
Who could believe
All the pain and misery
Look in my eyes and you'll see
The diary of me

[Verse 2]
Rewind my life
Just go back and correct all the wrong
And ask God to direct my path
So that I can make it home

[Pre-Chorus]
And if I could turn back the hands of time
There would be some things I would change about me
But I know that my past is not what my future holds
'Cause...

[Chorus]
Where I come from
Who could believe
All the pain, misery
Look in my eyes and you will see
The diary of me

[Bridge]
Years ago a child was born (a child was born)
And raised without a man (without a man, raised in the streets)
My mother's gone
But still reached out her hand
Just open the book
Turn the pages of my life and you will read
A true story about one man's journey

[Chorus]
Where I'm from
Who would believe, yeah
All the hurt and pain and misery
Look in my eyes
You'll see the diary of me

Where I'm from (where I'm from, who could believe)
Who could believe (the hurt and pain and misery)
(Look in my eyes) in my eyes (and you will see)
(The makings of) the makings of
(My diary) My diary
(Where I'm from) look in my eyes
(Who could believe) you'll see
(The hurt and pain and misery)
(Look in my eyes)
(And you will see) yeah yeah yeah yeah
(The makings of my diary)
(Where I'm from, who could believe...)

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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