R. Kelly

Released: November 14, 1995

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Intro]
Here I sit waiting on you, baby, I miss you
Please, come back to me

[Chorus]
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That heaven will send you back to me
Baby, you're all I ever needed

[Verse 1]
Dearly beloved, why did you go?
When being with you forever is all I hoped
Slowly the rain is falling in our home
Come back and start right from going wrong
I'll be still until I hear from you
And I'll be waiting until you return this message

[Chorus]
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That heaven will send you back to me
Baby, you're all I ever needed
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That someday I'll have you for my wife
Baby, you are my life, please believe me

[Verse 2]
For only God knows how much I miss you
And for us to be as one it takes two
So don't you go dying on me not right now
Please change this impossible to somehow
I'll be still there until I hear from you
And I'll be waiting until you return this message

[Chorus]
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That heaven will send you back to me
Baby, you're all I ever needed
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That someday I'll have you for my wife
Baby, you are my life, please believe me

[Bridge]
In the middle of the night, I'll be calling on you
Every single breath I take I hope to see you there
If ever you need a friend, baby, I am here
Don't forget to remember me
Oh baby, come to me, don't you leave me lonely
I need you here with me so return this message

[Chorus]
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That heaven will send you back to me
Baby, you're all I ever needed
A religious love for you, baby, every night I pray
That someday I'll have you for my wife
Baby, you are my life, please believe me

[Outro]
A religious love for you, baby

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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