R. Kelly

Released: August 9, 2015

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

(Clapping)
[Verse 1]
Everyone's happy
Finally it's the weekend
All the hard work's behind me, yeah
And I just invited all my friends
I'm bout to throw something on the grill
And get together and play some cards, yeah
A couple of drinks, something to smoke and do our thing
No one's got hatin' in their hearts

[Hook]
A backyard party
A backyard party
We're just havin'
A backyard party
We're just havin'
A backyard party

[Verse 2]
Oh I thank god it's summer
Cause it feels so good to be outside, yeah
And the music sounds like heaven, yeah
Make me wanna grab a towel and clean my ride, ohh
First Imma throw something on the grill, yeah
And then mingle with the girls
(mingle with the girls)
And I wish that they could feel this celebration i wish
All around the world
Hey hey, it's

[Hook]
A backyard party
A backyard party
We're just havin'
A backyard party hey
We're just havin'
A backyard party

[Verse 3]
And even if it looks like rain, if it looks like rain
I'm given joy's gonna chase the rain away, rain rain, go away
Cause we're gonna take some shots, we'll take some shots yeah
And just hope for a brighter day, and just hope for a brighter day

[Bridge]
I feel like yeaah
I feel like wooah
I feel like yeaah
I feel like wooah

[Hook]
All we're doin' is havin', a backyard party yeah
A backyard party
We're just havin'
A backyard party
Everyone's invited oh
A backyard party
And I wanna know ohh
A backyard party
The music is loud and the atmosphere is cool
A backyard party
Everybody listen, you know how we do
A backyard party
We got drink to drinks potato chips
And barbecue
A backyard party
The sun is shining and the sky's so blue
A backyard party

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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