R. Kelly

Released: August 9, 1997

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Verse 1]
I'm looking over the skyline of the city
How loud quiet nights in the mist of crime
How next door to happiness lives sorrow
And signals of solution in the sky

[Chorus]
A city of justice
A city of love
A city of peace
For every one of us
We all need it
Can't live without it
A Gotham City
Oh, yeah

[Verse 2]
How sleeping awake because of fear, oh yeah
How children are drowning in their tears
How we need a place where we can go
A land where every one will have a hero, even me

[Chorus]
A city of justice, yeah
A city of love
A city of peace
For every one of us
'Cause we all need it, yeah
Can't live without it
A Gotham City
Yeah yeah

[Chorus]
A city of justice, yeah
A city of love, woo
A city of peace
For every one of us
'Cause we all need it yeah
Can't live without it
A Gotham City, woo
Yeah yeah

[Bridge]
Yet in the middle of stormy weather
We won't stumble
And we won't fall
I know a place that offers shelter

[Chorus: R. Kelly, (Chorus)]
(A city of justice), oh yeah
(A city of love), a city of love
(A city of peace), ohh whoa
(For every one of us)
'Cause we all need
(We all need it), oh yeah, yeah
(Can't live without it) can't live without it
(A Gotham City)
(Oh, yeah)

[Chorus: R. Kelly, (Chorus)]
We need a (city of justice), oh yeah
(A city of love), a city of love
(A city of peace), for every
(For every one of us), set free because we
(We all need it)
(Can't live without it)
(A Gotham City)
(Oh, yeah)
Come on, tell me can you see it

[Chorus: R. Kelly, (Chorus)]
(A city of justice), oh yeah
(A city of love), a city of love
(A city of peace), a city of peace
(For every one of us) every one of us
(Yes, We all need it), yeah
(Can't live without it) free-dom
(A Gotham City)
(Oh, yeah)

[Outro: R. Kelly, (Chorus), (Children)]
A Gotham City, everybody
(A Gotham City)
A Gotham City, don't you want to go
(Oh yeah), c'mon, c'mon
A Gotham City, everybody
(A Gotham City)
A Gotham City, don't you want to go
(Oh yeah), children sing
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)
(A Gotham Cityyyyyyyyy)

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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