Released: November 30, 2009

Songwriter: R. Kelly Jack Splash Paul Kyser Leon Stuckey

Producer: R. Kelly Jack Splash

[Verse 1]
I could never be ya boyfriend
Cuz you know I gotta special girl
And I could never be ya husband
But that don't mean you still don't rock my world
And I can you take you to an island
We can be there just the two of us
God I love to see you smiling
All I ask is that you keep it hushed

[Chorus]
Be my number 2
Girl I love you
Be my number 2
Girl I need you
Be my number 2
Girl you're so fine (so fine)
Be my number 2
But you will never be my number 1
My number 1, my number 1, my number 1...

[Verse 2]
I could take you out to dinner
But there's a couple places we won't go
Cuz number 1 is a beginner
And there's a couple things that she don't know
So I can take you to a hotel
We can be there just the two of us
Gurl I love you cuz you don't tell
Nd you know how to keep it hush hush

[Chorus]
Be my number 2
Girl I love you
Be my number 2
Girl I need you
Be my number 2
Girl you're so fine (so fine)
Be my number 2
But you will never be my number 1
My number 1, my number 1, my number 1...

[Hook]
The way you give it to me
I gotta have it (have it)
Cuz shes ma beauty queen
And your ma have it (haa--aave it)
So baby.....

[Chorus]
Be my number 2
Girl I love you
Be my number 2
Girl I need you
Be my number 2
Girl you're so fine (so fine)
Be my number 2
But you will never be my number 1
My number 1, my number 1, my number 1...

It may sound crazy
Be my number 2
Ur my second baby
Be my number 2
??
Would you like to me ma number 2

(oooo..oooooooo..oooooooooooo..)

Listen to me
Though I love your sex
I can't I can't leave her
(no no)
Though ya ass is incredible (incredible)
I can't I can't leave her
(no no)
See
We could have fun
And we could do things girl
We can do anything you want
And do it all night long
U could be ma number 2
U could be ma number 2
I wanna have some fun with you (yea!)
And she don't have to know
All the thounges behind doors
(yeaaaa..ooooyea ooo)

R. Kelly

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”).