R. Kelly

Released: November 14, 1995

Featuring: The Notorious B.I.G.

Songwriter: R. Kelly The Notorious B.I.G.

Producer: R. Kelly

[Verse 1: R. Kelly]
Every day and night I pray
Love will swing you back this way
Life without you here with me
Ain't the same without you G
Baby, hear me, I never meant to hurt you
Baby, come and talk to me
Let me know what's on your mind
Every time I see you
You're running from me all the time
Baby, hear me, I never meant to hurt you
I only wanted you

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
You to be, be happy
You to have the best of things
You to be, down with me, baby
'Cause your loving is so good

[Verse 2: R. Kelly]
Giving me the run-around
Thought our love was going down
Baby, don't you know that I'm down until the day I die?
Baby, hear me, never meant to hurt you
Girl, you know I'd never do anything to hurt you
'Cause baby, I love you
Every night and day I pray your love returns
Oh, I'd give my life if it would only make you happy

[Verse 3: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Sitting, reminiscing on when you started dissing
Spitting in faces in public places
Rolex with wood faces had you tripping for months
Made some dough, did some shows, now you're starting to front
Smoking blunts on the veranda with Amanda
She's filling your head with, "He said, she said
Poppa doing this, Poppa doing that
But don't tell him I said it, cause my Jeep might get wetted"
Forget it, go on take her word like the Koran
Y'all stay friends, I stay in smoke-filled Benzes
I regret putting you on to baguettes
Honeysuckle sips, Vickie Secret pajama sets
You was a Reebok vandal, now you wear Chanel sandals
I made you, why would I play you?
Think about it while in the streets you roam
It's Dom P's and Chris'ties in the fridge when you get home

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
You to be, be happy
You to have the best of things
You to be, down with me, baby
'Cause your loving is so good

[Bridge: R. Kelly]
Every day and night I pray
Love will swing you back this way
Life without you here with me
Ain't the same without you G

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
You to be, be happy
You to have the best of things
You to be, down with me, baby
'Cause your loving is so good

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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