R. Kelly

Released: September 23, 2003

Featuring: Wyclef Jean

Producer: R. Kelly Jerry Duplessis Wyclef Jean

Had the landlord at my door
I heard him saying
Tomorrow no more
Pay me now or leave
But we didn't have anything to give...(ah can you feel me)

Searching for restoration...(and we need restoration)
Make the church my family
This is my story
This is my song
And I can sing it all night long...I tell you why because

The ghetto is a part of my religion...(the only thing my eyes can see)
The only thing my eyes can see...(and I tell you there ain't no man)
There ain't no man gonna stop the vision...(I'm a part of the ghetto)
The ghetto is a part of me

Children cry no more...(children cry no more)
Because heaven is upon you
Please put down your guns
And we shall overcome

Thought your load may be heavy
Know that the weight makes you strong
Take my life for example
While I sing my song
Mr. Kelly help me sing this song...

The ghetto is a part of my religion...(the only thing my eyes can see)
The only thing my eyes can see...(and I tell you there ain't no man)
There ain't no man gonna stop the vision...(I'm a part of the ghetto)
The ghetto is a part of me

The ghetto is a part of my religion...(the only thing my eyes can see)
The only thing my eyes can see...(and I tell you there ain't no man)
There ain't no man gonna stop the vision...(I'm a part of the ghetto)
The ghetto is a part of me

La la la la la lala la...
La la la la la lala la...
La la la la la lala la...
The ghetto is a part of me
The ghetto is a part of my religion

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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