[ti:Heaven I Need A Hug (Radio Edit)] [ar:R. Kelly] [al:Chocolate Factory] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Heaven I Need A Hug (Radio Edit) - R. Kelly [00:05.70]Written by:R. Kelly/Paul Riser [00:11.41]Dear mama you wouldn't believe [00:12.67]What I'm goin' through [00:13.58]But still I got my head up [00:15.10]Just like I promised you [00:16.84]Every since you left your baby boy's been dealin'with [00:19.26]Problem after problem tell me what am I supposed to do [00:22.10]See I get lost sometimes [00:23.36]Don't understand this place [00:24.77]Look in the mirror sometimes and see [00:26.51]A troubled face [00:27.58]And then my tears roll down and hit the sink [00:29.71]Then I hold my head up high [00:31.09]I hope the man upstairs can hear my cry [00:33.08]All these questions deep inside my mind [00:35.20]Like [00:35.65]If Jesus loved me why he leave my side mama [00:38.33]I'm still tryin' to get the answer why [00:40.65]You were young 45 [00:41.98]And you had to die [00:43.99]I'm always [00:44.74]Tryin' to help people out [00:46.04]And it's them same people tryin' to take food out my mouth [00:49.01]Fo' real tho' [00:49.73]It seems like the more money I make [00:51.73]Fo' real [00:52.32]More drama y'all try to create [00:54.48]Fo' real [00:55.02]And through I try to move into the positive [00:57.17]Fo' real [00:57.64]The more y'all don't [00:58.73]Wanna let me live [01:00.16]When will you realize that I don't owe you nothin' [01:02.50]Need to get up off your butt and [01:03.96]Go get your own somethin' [01:05.97]I'm pullin' on my hair to keep from snappin' off [01:08.47]Fools ride up in my camp and be actin' off [01:11.19]Somebody out there please pray [01:12.70]What I'm talkin' 'bout [01:13.90]Still young tryin' to figure it out [01:16.47]Heaven I need a hug [01:18.12]Is there anybody out there willin' [01:20.15]To embrace a thug [01:21.90]Feelin' like a change of heart [01:23.78]And all I really [01:24.71]Need is a sign or [01:25.85]A word from God [01:27.02]So shower down on [01:28.35]Me wet me with your love [01:30.01]I need you to take me and [01:32.13]Lift me up oh ohhh yeah [01:37.76]I gave 13 years of my life to this industry [01:41.14]Hit song or not I've given all of me [01:43.80]You smile in my face and tell me that you love [01:46.31]But then before you know [01:47.36]The truth you're so quick to judge me [01:49.45]That's alright go ahead keep talkin' [01:51.98]'Cause I'mma hold my head up high and keep walkin' [01:54.43]And reach for the sky focus on the plan [01:57.33]Rescue the kid with his paper a pen [01:59.97]And this is for [02:00.67]The homies that we lost [02:02.00]Yo' we cannot forget y'all so the hats come off [02:05.27]We pour a little liquor out for the memory [02:08.29]I know y'all up there sittin' on chrome in them pearly streets [02:11.19]The street survivors be careful stay alive [02:13.54]I'm prayin' for your [02:14.42]Families I hope you pray for mine [02:16.37]Fo' real tho' used to be a time you wished me well [02:19.22]Fo' real tho' it hurts to know you wanna see me fail [02:21.75]Fo' real tho' and don't [02:22.80]Forget I kept you out of jail [02:24.48]Fo' real tho' where's my [02:25.40]Arms when you needed to be held [02:27.41]Their turn they backs on [02:28.43]You who was there believin' [02:30.27]Who said your troubles were only for a season [02:32.89]In church together tryin' [02:34.07]To pick up all the pieces [02:35.38]And now you betray me [02:36.57]I bind you in the name of Jesus [02:38.38]Somebody please pray what I'm talkin' 'bout [02:41.21]Still young tryin' to figure it all out [02:43.82]Heaven I need a hug [02:45.38]Is there anybody out there willin' [02:47.41]To embrace a thug hey [02:49.26]Feelin' like a change of heart [02:50.93]And all I really need is a [02:52.56]Sign or a word from God [02:54.04]Please shower down [02:54.64]So shower down on me [02:56.04]Wet me with your love yeah [02:57.30]I need you to take me and lift [02:59.72]Me up oh oh yeah yeah yeah [03:05.89]Man I tell you it's enough to [03:07.31]Make you wanna give it up [03:08.67]Thank God for my fans 'cause [03:10.04]Through it all they show me love [03:11.45]To my sister and to brothers [03:13.15]Tell me why can't we just try [03:14.68]To get along with one another [03:16.24]And stop hurtin' one another [03:17.83]Fightin' one another [03:19.02]Man I pray to God he get my family back together [03:21.69]Let me see what wanna see just to blind me [03:24.65]All of these luxuries wine and dining [03:27.25]And then you push me out in front to get behind me [03:30.06]Then you sat me up by blessin' me to bind me [03:32.85]I'm a grown man with kids [03:34.10]Now stakes are high [03:35.57]Gotta go to church now to avoid the fight [03:38.51]Frankly y'all to keep it real I'm just tired [03:40.93]Have dreams of bein' dead but the devil is alive [03:43.55]Fo' real tho' church folks you need to stop judgin' [03:46.30]Fo' real tho' or you will be the first to be judged [03:49.07]Fo' real tho' and women [03:50.22]Stop dependin' on us men [03:51.78]Fo' real tho' [03:52.45]And start [03:52.84]Dependin' on the man above feel me [03:54.78]And as for robert here's what I need to do [03:57.22]Get rid of them clowns [03:57.96]And get myself a whole 'nother crew [04:00.37]Media do your job [04:02.35]But please just don't [04:03.45]Make my job so hard [04:05.90]Somebody please pray [04:07.16]What I'm talkin' 'bout [04:08.46]I'm still young tryin' [04:09.51]To figure it all out [04:11.03]Heaven I need a hug [04:12.65]Is there anybody out [04:14.02]There willin' to embrace a thug [04:16.51]Feelin' like a change of heart [04:18.30]And all I really need is a sign or [04:20.26]A word from God [04:21.62]So shower down on me shower [04:23.51]Down on me now [04:24.91]I need you to take me [04:26.15]Please and lift me up yeah [04:30.47]Yeah [04:31.47]Said I'm callin' [04:32.41]On [04:32.88]Heaven I need a hug [04:34.49]Is there anybody out [04:35.85]There willin' to embrace a thug [04:38.40]Feelin' like a change of heart [04:40.09]And all I really need is [04:41.57]A sign or a word from God [04:43.62]So shower down on me wet me with your love [04:46.25]I need you to take [04:47.48]Me and lift me up [04:50.50]Lift me up [04:51.56]Yeah yeah heaven I need [04:54.56]Heaven I need a hug ooh yeah [04:56.81]Is there anybody out there [04:58.01]Willin' to embrace a thug [04:59.81]Said I'm feelin' like a change of heart hey [05:02.08]And all I really need is a [05:03.48]Sign or a word from God ooh yeah [05:05.53]So shower down on me shower [05:06.85]Down wet me with your love [05:08.31]I need you to take me and [05:09.79]Lift me