R. Kelly

Released: September 11, 1998

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: Trackmasters

[Intro]
I don't understand
I do all this for you
You contemplating on me
Or is it him? Or is it me? Or is it him?

[Verse 1]
He told you he'd be there for you and he wasn't
I told you I'd be there for you and I was
And still is the real is who takes care of biz
Took you from apartments and got you home like The Wiz
I'm not the kind of guy to give you everything
But if you're real then, you can get some ice in your rings
You and me straight to the crib off the tour bus
Spottin' my eyes, fireplace, big as us
It really don't matter who's first in the shower
Fruit platter from a young maid every hour
And when it comes down to the dollar, you can have it
All ya gotta do is keep it hoppin' like a rabbit
Friends come around, don't be ready to change
Treat me like a stepchild when I'm up on the game
Remember I'm the first to give your cootie the pain
So I wanna hear you answer when I ask you my name

[Bridge]
Ooh, baby, I want you here with me
And give you everything that your heart desires
Lady, can you feel me?
Do you wanna be with me for always?
Baby, can't you see what you do to me?
When he do the things that he has done to you, baby

[Chorus]
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby

[Verse 2]
Now who took you in when that nigga put you out?
And who picked you up when that nigga put you down?
Restraining orders keep that fool from around
Had to set you up in a spot downtown
See I was the one who was there for you
But I'm not the one that's gon' play the two
Channel bags in the trunk, what you gon' do?
You could treat the future like a menu
As long as I'm the only one to bend you
And when you wanna take a flight, I'm the one to send you
Never be the one that's out to hurt you
Tell you that I'm there and then desert you

[Chorus]
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby

[Bridge]
Baby, can't you see what you do to me?
When he do the things he do to you, baby

[Chorus]
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby
You don't need nobody to love you
You don't need nobody to kiss you
You don't need nobody to please you, ooh babe
'Cause I can do those things if I'm with you, baby

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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