Released: November 14, 1995

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Verse 1]
Can't you see we were meant to be, oh baby
Down for each other for eternity, oh baby, baby
Let me know if you're out of my life
(Don't hang on) Don't hang on to my heart and say bye-bye
Oh baby, I used to be the one that you could call on
Now you like to play around
Hit me up on what went wrong

[Chorus]
I'm not gonna hold on to your love, baby (I'm not gonna hold on)
If the chances are that I'm gonna fall off (that I'm gonna fall off)
I'm not gonna hold on to your love, baby (to your lovin', baby)
If the chances are that I'm gonna fall off (that I'm gonna fall off)

[Verse 2]
Memories like the corner of my mind, oh baby
You know just what to do to make my love come down
I know just what you need, but you don't come around
Let me know if you're out of my life (of my life)
Don't hang on to my heart, say bye-bye, oh baby
I used to be the one that you could call on
Now you like to play around
Hit me up on what went wrong

[Chorus]
I'm not gonna hold on to your love, baby (not gonna hold on)
If the chances are that I'm gonna fall off (fall off, fall off)
I'm not gonna hold on to your love, baby (not gonna hold on)
If the chances are that I'm gonna fall off

[Bridge]
I'm not gonna hold on to your lovin', baby
Look at what you're doing to me, baby, oh oh
(Hold on) Look at what you're doing to me, baby, oh oh

[Chorus]
I'm not gonna hold on to your love, baby
If the chances are that I'm gonna fall off
I'm not gonna hold on to your love, baby
If the chances are that I'm gonna fall off

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”).