R. Kelly

Released: December 11, 2015

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Verse 1]
It feels like I'm losing air
I can't catch my breath no matter what I do
And I feel so sick cause you're not there
And girl I need your hand if I'm gonna pull through
Cause I'm lying in my dying bed
And I've been dying since the day you left
Oh
It feels like I'm walking toward the light
I won't live another lonely night

[Chorus]
Cause I'm barely breathin'
Without you
Hoping you will come back home
I'm hanging on
But I'm barely breathin'
Without you
You could save my life with your return
Can't you hear my yearn
I'm barely breathin'

[Verse 2]
It feels just like I've been knocked down
I don't know if I'm gonna ever rise again
And the sky looks like a big dark cloud
GIrl I need you by my side
To help my breathing
You got me lying in my dying bed
And I've been dying ever since you left
It feels just like I'm walking towards the light
And I won't live another lonely night

[Chorus]
Cause I'm barely breathin'
Without you
Hoping you will come back home
I'm hanging on
But I'm barely breathin'
Without you
You could save my life with your return
Can't you hear my yearn
I'm barely breathin'

[Verse 3]
I should be dead by now
But I'm latching on to hopes
That you'll come take me out this coma that I'm in
You still got time, I can't come back from the dark and lonely place
Cause our love is enough reason
For you to start my heart beating

[Chorus]
Cause I'm barely breathin'
Without you
Hoping you will come back home
I'm hanging on
But I'm barely breathin'
Without you
You could save my life with your return
Can't you hear my yearn
I'm barely breathin'
(repeat)

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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