R. Kelly

Released: November 10, 1998

Featuring: Tone

Songwriter: R. Kelly DeVante Swing Dalvin DeGrate

Producer: R. Kelly DeVante Swing

[Intro: R. Kelly]
Rock on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on

[Verse 1: R. Kelly]
Chillin' at the club
Showing niggas how we ball
Ever since the drought
It's been nothing but the trump

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
Can you really blame me for getting these G's
Something I don't understand
Why you fools after me
VIP, got the haters after me
'Cause I push these V's
They wanna be like me
If you agree
Then raise the roof with me
In the party place to be
Living VIP

[Verse 2: R. Kelly]
Since when did money, oh
Become such a problem
I just wanna live a life
That only involve the numbers, yeah

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
Can you really blame me for getting these G's
See what I can't understand
Why you fools don't rock with me
VIP, I got the haters after me
Because I push these V's
They wanna be like me
If you agree (If you agree)
Then raise the roof with me (Raise the roof with me)
In the party place to be (In the party place to be)
Living VIP

[Verse 3: Tone]
Haha, nothing but the
Stretch Bentleys with the top that's drop, that's right
Kelly CD's with the sound that knocks
Di di di di di di di
When the party rocks
Fingers to the wrist filled with nothin but rocks
I know you haters wanna come to Rockland's party
But you can't get in unless you VIP

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
Can you really blame me for getting these G's
See what I can't understand
Why you fools are after me, livin' V
So if you're ballin' and you know, raise your hands
And if you sexy and you know it, stomp your feet
And if your man ain't spendin' money on you
Then ladies, you can come and get with me
A little V

[Verse 4: R. Kelly]
Yo, uh huh, wish I could call up all the haters
I mean, I wish I could make a phone call
To all the haters around the world
You know what I'm saying?
This is what I'd say
What's goin' on in the world today, huh?
Seems like every nigga got beef cuz they ain't got steak
When I ain't had no money see, everything was cool
But now that I got a little money and y'all wanna act a fool
And none of 'em VIP

[Chorus: R. Kelly]
VIP, I got the haters after me
Because I push these V's (What?)
They wanna be like me (Raise the roof, y'all)
If you agree (Now let's lock)
And raise the roof with me
(Over this here's, just bring it on)
In the party place (Uh, Rockland)
To be living VIP, VIP
I got the haters after me
Because I push these V's
They wanna be like me
(Wanna be a.....)

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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