Hearing the bells go ding dong
Hearing the choir sing songs
Letting us know its Christmas
Time for the world to spread love

I open my eyes
And to my surprise
I've come to realize that....

All around the world, it's Christmas
All around the world, it's Christmas
All around the world, it's Christmas
And I'm so glad to be
Sharing peace and harmony with you

Looking out of the window
Seeing the winter white snow
Kiss under the mistletoe
I see the angel's halo

I open my eyes
And to my surprise
I've come to realize that....

So, come on, come on
A child is born
Onto us, a King

So, joy to the world
Woman, man, boy and girl
With this love and Christmas brings

I open my eyes
And to my surprise
I've come to realize that....

I open my eyes
And to my surprise
I've come to realize that....

I open my eyes
And to my surprise
I've come to realize that....

I open my eyes
And to my surprise
I've come to realize that....

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”).