Hi-Five

Released: August 11, 1992

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Intro:]
Oh...
Quality time
Oh...

Quality time with you (Quality time)
I'll be right there for you (Baby)
I'll spend quality time with you
(Ho... gonna spend my time)
I'll be right there for you

[Verse 1:]
I know you're tired of the same old line
Me saying I have something to do
I'm sorry, baby
I got so much I gotta to do

I'm here to say that I made up my mind
'Cause I really wanna be with you
So from now on

So when my
So when my pager goes off
I'll ignore it, baby
'Cause I really wanna be with you
(Be with you, girl)
From now on
I'll spend

[Chorus:]
Quality time with you
Girl, I'll be right there
Oh, yeah
I'll be right there for you
I'm gonna spend my time, yeah

I'll spend quality time with you
Girl, I'm gonna be right there
I'll be right there for you (baby)

[Verse 2:]
Girl
You have got me in a messed up state of mind
And I don't know what to do
Baby, tell me

People calling me on my cellular phone, girl
But all I do is think of you, baby
So when my

So when my pager goes off
I'll ignore it, baby
'Cause I really wanna be with you, oh
(Yo, T, tell her}
From now on I'll

[Chorus:]
I'll spend quality time with you
(Girl, I'm gonna be right there)
I'll be right there for you
(Gonna spend my time with you)

I'll spend quality time with you
(Gonna be right there)
I'll be right there for you
(Girl, I'll spend my time)

Quality time
(Baby, baby, baby)
From now on
You're gonna feel my presence
All right
(I'll be with you)
From now on
Quality time
(Gonna spend my time with you)

[Bridge:]
Baby, I promise
No one else will spend the time
That you do with me
Girl, when my

When my pager goes off
I'll ignore it, baby
'Cause I really wanna be with you, baby
(Come on, T)
I'm gonna spend

[Chorus:]
I'll spend quality time with you
(All of my time, yeah)
I'll be right there for you
(I'll be right there for you, yes, I will)

I'll spend quality time with you
(T is gonna spend, yeah)
I'll be right there for you
(All of my time, yeah)

I'll spend quality time with you
(Quality time, quality time, yeah)
I'll be right there for you
(I'll be right there for you)

I'll spend quality time with you
(Yes, I will, yes, I will)
I'll be right there for you
(I'll be there in the morning, I'll be there in the evening)

I'll spend quality time with you
(All you gotta do is call me, I'll come running, baby)
I'll be right there for you
(Listen, I'll put my pager down, yes, I will)
Yes, I will

I'll spend quality time with you
(Oh, I'm gonna be right there, oh, yeah)
I'll be right there for you
(Oh, yeah)

Hi-Five is an R&B group from Waco, Texas, originally consisting of lead singer Tony Thompson, Russell Neal, Roderick Clark, Marcus Sanders, and Toriano Easley, who was later replaced by Treston Irby. They released their self-titled debut album in 1990, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and was certified Platinum. This album featured the #1 R&B/Top 10 Pop hit “I Can’t Wait Another Minute,” and “I Just Can’t Handle It,” which peaked at #3 on the R&B Singles chart, as well as their biggest hit, the Teddy Riley-produced “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game),” which hit #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B Singles chart.

Their follow-up album Keep It Goin' On was released in 1992 and featured the hit songs “She’s Playing Hard To Get,” which peaked at #2 on the R&B Singles chart and #5 on the Pop chart, as well as the R. Kelly-produced single “Quality Time,” which peaked at #3 on the R&B Singles chart. Their third album Faithful was released in 1993 and contained the hit singles “Unconditional Love” and “Never Should’ve Let You Go”, which were also featured on the soundtracks to Menace II Society and Sister Act 2, respectively.

The group disbanded in 1994 and Tony Thompson went on to release his solo album Sexsational in 1995. Thompson re-formed Hi-Five with four new members and released the album The Return independently in 2005 but he was issued a cease-and-desist order by the original members of the group to halt sales of the album. As discussions of putting the original group back together were taking place, Tony Thompson passed away on June 1, 2007 in his hometown of Waco, Texas. Treston Irby and Marcus Sanders have carried on with the Hi-Five name, continuing to make music and tour.

more tracks from the album

Keep It Goin’ On

From the albums

Keep It Goin’ On (1992)
Greatest Hits (1994)

Hi-Five popular songs

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Hi-Five

Keep It Goin’ On