Whitney Houston

Released: November 26, 1996

Featuring: Shirley Caesar Georgia Mass Choir

Songwriter: Alvin Darling

Producer: Whitney Houston Mervyn Warren

[Intro]
Oh he's all
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he's
He's keeping me alive

[Chorus]
He's all over me
He's all in my mind right now
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
Yes he is
I know the Lord he is
He's keeping me alive
Oh, yes he is, yeah

[Verse 1]
He's in my hands
He's in my feet
I can hardly keep my seat
He's in my spirit and my soul
I will never grow old
He's in my heart
He's in my mind
I am glad am I
He's all over me
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he is keeping me alive
He's keeping me alive
Like the Hebrew boys
Thrown in the fiery furnace
See everybody thought it was over for them
But the Lord brought them out on time
He's the firm foundation
The God of all creation
There's nothing that he won't do for you
You can trust him, he'll see you through

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
I want to tell you again
Like the Hebrew boys
They were thrown in the fiery furnace
Everybody thought it was over for them
But the Lord brought them out on time
He's the firm foundation
The God of all creation
There's nothing that he won't do for you
If you trust him he'll see you through

[Chorus]
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
The boy
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
And he'd keeping me alive
He's all over me
All over me
And he's keeping me alive
My Lord is keeping me alive
I know the Lord is keeping me alive
I know he is keeping me alive

[Verse 3]
He's in my hands and in my feet
I can hardly keep my seat
He's in my spirit and my soul
I will never ever grow old
He's in my heart and in my mind
I'm glad he's mine
He's on the right on the left
Over me over me
On the front and the back
On the right on the left
Over me over me
On the front and the back
On the right on the left
Yeah yeah

[Chorus]
He's all over me
He is keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
My Lord is keeping me alive
He's all over me
I'm so glad that he is
And he's keeping me alive
He's keeping me alive
I know he is
I know the Lord is keeping me
He's keeping me alive

Known across the pop culture spectrum as the “Queen of Pop” and “The Voice” for her mezzo-soprano octave, Whitney Elizabeth Houston left an indelible impression upon pop culture. She is one of the most successful artists of all time, with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide.

Born August 9, 1963, Houston grew up singing as part of the gospel choir at her local church. She was surrounded by powerful voices in her own family (mother Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick, godmother Darlene Love, honorary aunt Aretha Franklin). After working as a model and commercial actress in the early 1980s, Whitney was discovered during a New York City nightclub performance, which led to her signing a contract with Clive Davis at Arista Records. Whitney’s first song was a duet in 1984 with Teddy Pendergrass on “Hold Me.”

She released her self-titled début album the following year, which catapulted her into superstardom as the album topped the Billboard 200 for 14 non-consecutive weeks before becoming the top-selling album of 1986, eventually achieving diamond status in the US and selling over 22 million copies worldwide. The singles “Saving All My Love For You,” “How Will I Know,” and “Greatest Love of All” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved platinum status. The music video for “How Will I Know” received heavy rotation on MTV, which was uncommon for Black women at the time. She took home the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for “Saving” in 1986; her performance at the Grammys of “Saving” later won her an Emmy award. She also won seven American Music Awards between 1986 and 1987.

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