R. Kelly

Released: December 11, 2015

Songwriter: R. Kelly Bigg Makk

Producer: R. Kelly Bigg Makk

[Verse 1]
You shut down when I'm trying to fix it
We both know the end result shit
And we've both done our share of wrong dear
You lock me out
You cast me to the underworld
Talk to me suddenly you're judging everything I do
But you want me to be honest with you
But you ain't trying to be honest with me
So Selfish
But despite everything

[Chorus]
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
But I can't but I can't but I can't but I can't let you go
Oh no
Let you go
Oh no

[Verse 2]
Is this just a test of my strength
The way you come at mea yeah
Point your finger how are we going to last
If we keep dwelling on the past
You say you're hurting
Well I get frustrated too
But the bottom line is what do we do
I wish that you were in my shoes
But I want you to be honest with me
Sometimes I can't just be honest with you
So selfish
But despite everything
Despite everything yeah

[Chorus]
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
But I can't but I can't but I can't but I can't let you go
Oh no
Let you go
Oh no

[Verse 3]
Shorty listen to me
Let's talk not scream
Chips fall down we can get em right back up
Turn things around chairs gonna change our luck
Girl count your blessings
We can have it all right now
You ain't gotta question
My heart is where you are right now
Let's make love
Don't talk ok, let's just make love
Don't walk away
But I need us to be honest with us
Sometimes it's so hard for us to trust
So stubborn
But girl despite everything
Despite everything

[Chorus]
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
I tried
Yeah
But I can't but I can't but I can't but I can't let you go
Oh no
Let you go
Oh no

See I tried
And you cried
But I can't let you go

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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