R Kelly's Song - I Believe I Can Fly (Videos & Lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part post on inspirational songs by R&B artist R Kelly. This post presents information about & song lyrics of R Kelly's 1996 hit song "I Believe I Can Fly". This post also includes a video of R Kelly singing "I Believe I Can Fly" and a video of Yolanda Adams & the Soul Children Of Chicago singing that song.

Click this link for Part II of this series: http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/04/r-kellys-song-worids-greatest-videos.html "R Kelly's Song - The WorId's Greatest (Videos & Lyrics)"

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG I BELIEVE I CAN FLY"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly
""I Believe I Can Fly" is a 1996 song by R&B singer R. Kelly. The song was written, produced and performed by Kelly and was featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. It was originally released on November 26, 1996, but later appeared in Kelly's 1998 album R..
In early 1997, "I Believe I Can Fly" reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was kept from the #1 spot by Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart". Despite the fact that two of R. Kelly's songs did reach #1, "I Believe I Can Fly" remains the biggest hit of R. Kelly's career. The single was #1 on the R&B Singles chart (for six nonconsecutive weeks), and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom. It has won three Grammy Awards, and is ranked #406 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

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LYRICS: "I BELIEVE I CAN FLY"
(R Kelly)

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Chorus:]
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, oh

If I can see it, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Chorus]

Hey, cause I believe in me, oh

If I can see it, then I can do it (I can do it)
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Chorus]

Hey, if I just spread my wings
I can fly
I can fly
I can fly, hey
If I just spread my wings
I can fly-eye-eye-eye
Hum, fly-eye-eye
-snip-
Lyrics from http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rkelly/ibelieveicanfly.html

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FEATURED VIDEOS

Example #1: R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly



TheWesleymen, Uploaded on Jun 14, 2009
R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

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Example #2: Yolanda Adams - I Believe I Can Fly



BrothaAjay2, Uploaded on Jan 28, 2010

Yolanda Adams and the Soul Children of Chicago (directed by Walt Whitman) sing "I Believe I Can Fly" during the Concert for World Children's Day in 2002.

Musical Director: David Foster

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RELATED LINK
Click this page of my Cocojams cultural website for examples of
parodies of R Kelly's song "I Believe I Can Fly": http://cocojams.com/content/childrens-parodies-0

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to R Kelly for composing and performing this inspirational song. Thanks to the other featured vocalists and thanks to the producers of these videos and to their publishers on YouTube.

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