R. Kelly

Rosie and Randolph in the bed, tryin' to get some sleep
But something's heavy on Randolph's heart, and he can't sleep a wink

"Hmm. Hmm"
"Shit. Did you really mean that?"
"Did I mean what?"
"Hm. Did you really, really mean that?"
"Did I really, really mean what?"
"That night you said what you said"
"And what did I say?"
"You know what you said"
"You the one that said it"
"You called me Mr. Can't-get-it-up"
"Oh Randolph, I'm not doin' this with you tonight"
"Oh yes you are"
"Oh no I'm not"
"Now I wanna talk about it, Rosie"
"So just wake yo' ass on up"
"Yeah, I'ma wake up, alright"
"Wake up and take my ass on in the other room"
"Yeah well, I'ma follow you"
"I'ma follow you"
"Oh, you're a mess"
"Yeah, now I'm a mess"
"Well call it what you want, 'cause tonight I'ma get the shit off my chest"

Yeah that's right, Rosie and Randolph then got into an argument again
Now some of y'all may think they hate each other
But if you ask me, I would say they best friends
"Shut the hell up!"
"Oh, you shut the hell up"
"Folk tryna get some sleep around here"
"Yeah"
"Well ain't nobody gon' get no sleep"
"Yeah, and why is that?"
"Well I'ma tell you why"
"'Cause I got somethin' to show you, Rosie"
"Yeah, and just what the hell it is you got to show me?"
"Ah, I got somethin' to show you, Rosie, yeah"
"Aw to hell with this, I'm goin' to bed"
"Bu-but not 'til I show you, Rosie, woo-oo"
"What are you doin'?"
"Said I got somethin' for ya"
"Randolph, I know you better not do what I think you 'bout to do"
"Said I got somethin' for ya"
"I don't want it"
"And I'ma show you"
"I'm not 'gon look"
"Here it comes"
"Lord, I'm about to turn these lights out"
"No need for that"
"And why is that?"
"'Cause when I take this here out, this whole room gon' go black"
"Lord have mercy, you done lost your damn mind"
"I gotcha, didn't I?"
"You ain't gettin' me"
"Didn't I get you?"
"No"
"I got you"
"Get the door"
"I got yo' ass"
"Oh hell"
"Oh hell is right"
"Who this ringin' my bell?"

"Ever since I called Randolph Mr. Can't-get-it-up, he been outta his mind"
"Walkin' around the house, grabbin' his stuff, who does that at eighty-nine?"
"Damn it, I'm sixty-nine"
"Oh shut up and wait your turn"
"You see what I mean?"
"Got somethin' to show me? Well ain't nobody tryna see that little thing"

"Well first of all, let me tell you about Rosie"
"And it ain't 'gon be much to say"
"But since we tellin' the truth, she jealous of me and that's twenty-four hours a day"
"She called me Mr. Can't-get-it-up, shit, she done went outta her mind"
"Eighty-nine? I'm sixty-nine, and I can still pump and grind"
"Woah, woah, let me get some of this"
"No, wait a minute, god damn it, you done already had your turn"
"Randolph, I got somethin' to say"
"Yeah and your ass is playin' with fire, now you 'bout to get burned"
[bickering]

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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