Born January 8, 1967 better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and record producer. Debuting in 1992 with the group Public Announcement, Kelly went solo within a year for a successful solo career starting with the album, 12 Play (1993). Kelly has been known for a collection of hit singles including "Bump n' Grind", "I Believe I Can Fly", "Ignition" and the hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet", "The World's Greatest".
Detail Info
Birth name Robert Sylvester Kelly
Born January 8, 1967, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre(s) R&B, soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, record executive, multi-instrumentalist, music video director, Actor
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Jive
Website www.r-kelly.com
Robert Sylvester Kelly
If I Were A Boy - Byonce ft. R. Kelly - Lyrics
(beyonce)
If I were a boy
even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
and throw on what I wanted and go
Drink beer with the guys
and chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
and I'd never get confronted for it
cause they stick up for me
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
(kelly)
If you were a boy
then girl you'd understand
you need to stop listening to your friends
love, respect and trust your man
So I go to clubs with the guys
and sometimes flirt with the girls
I should be able to roll out
as long as Im coming home to you
and give you the world
But you are not a boy,
so you dont have a clue (ey)
How I work and pay the bills
girl and everything I do is for you (eh eh)
(beyonce)
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
If I were a Boy (Beyonce)
If I were a Girl (Kelly)
I would turn off my phone (Beyonce)
I wouldn't play games (Kelly)
Tell everyone it's broken so they'd think that I was sleeping alone (Beyonce)
Girl you know thats wrong (Kelly)
(Beyonce)
Id put myself first
and make the rules as I go
Cause I know that shell be faithful,
waiting for me to come home, to come home.
(Kelly)
But you are not a boy,
so you can't understand (woo..oo)
You are not a perfect woman
and I am not a perfect man (with me, with me)
(Beyonce)
I'd listen to her (eh eh)
Cause I know how it hurts (Kelly: and I know how you feel)
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
Said Im sorry (Kelly)
It's a little too late for you to come back
but I cant let you go
cause Im too attached (kelly)
If you thought I would wait for you
you thought wrong
But you're just a boy
I Dreamed a Dream - Les Miserables
There was a time when men were kind,
And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind,
And the world was a song,
And the song was exciting.
There was a time when it all went wrong...
I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid,
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine, untasted.
But the tigers come at night,
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hope apart,
And they turn your dream to shame.
He slept a summer by my side,
He filled my days with endless wonder...
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came!
And still I dream he'll come to me,
That we will live the years together,
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather!
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...
Lisa Lavie
Lisa Lavie is a Canadian-born singer and songwriter . Lavie discovered her musical talent at age 10. Her love for music was inspired by Mariah Carey’s work, and, closer to home, by her older brothers’ musical and dance talent. An independent-minded teenager, Lavie toured Canada as a backup singer at age 16 with leading hip hop group Dubmatique.
At age 16 Lavie produced a demo vocal CD that five years later reached Ben Margulies--a co-writer and co-producer of the first album of Lavie’s childhood idol, Mariah Carey. Lavie, then 21, accepted Margulies’ invitation to travel from Montréal to Santa Barbara, California, and in 2004 a team was born. By 2006, Lavie’s vocals had landed on soundtracks of major motion pictures, but a career breakthrough remained elusive.
In 2007, the front page of video sharing website YouTube featured a video of Lavie performing one of her original songs. YouTubers’ enthusiastic response attracted media recognition within weeks. A feature on Entertainment Tonight Canada nationally televised her moniker, “the next Mariah Carey.” The following month, CTV’s eTalk featured how “music stars” like Lavie would “get to the top on their own terms.”
In 2008, Lavie’s independently produced debut album Everything or Nothing was released on iTunes, was featured as “What’s Hot” on the iTunes front page, and the album broke into the top 20 reaching the #20 spot on the iTunes pop chart--all despite a lack of backing or promotion by a record label. The year 2008 roughly tripled Lavie’s YouTube subscriber base (35,000+) and videos’ views (almost 13,000,000) as she continued to post videos of original and cover songs. Her featured video was a finalist among all music videos in the 2007 YouTube Awards. Also that year, Lavie performed by invitation at “YouTube Events,” and headlined her first major concert before an audience estimated at 20,000.
Everything or Nothing is due for release on physical CD in 2009. Lavie continues to promote her music online and work with Margulies on songs for future albums.
Background information
Born May 6, 1983, LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Origin LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Genre(s) R&B, soul, pop
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano
Voice type(s) Mezzo-Soprano
Years active 2004-present
Label(s) Boundary Entertainment LLC Independent artist working with no major label