Bobby Brown is an American singer and rapper. Brown, alongside frequent col… Read Full Bio ↴Bobby Brown is an American singer and rapper. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Brown started his career in the R&B and pop group New Edition, from its inception in 1981 until his exit from the group in December 1985.

Once he started a solo career, Brown enjoyed commercial and critical success with his second album Don't Be Cruel (1988) which spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including the number one hit "My Prerogative", and the Grammy Award-winning "Every Little Step". In 1989, Brown contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II. In 1992, Brown married superstar singer Whitney Houston, with whom he later had a daughter named Bobbi Kristina Brown. The couple's drug issues and domestic disputes made them tabloid fodder.

Brown's next album Bobby (1992) spawned several singles including "Humpin' Around", "Get Away", and "Good Enough", however, sales of Bobby did not reach the level of its predecessor.

Brown also appeared in the films A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Two Can Play That Game. He returned to New Edition for a reunion album and tour from 1996 to 1997, and returned with all six members for another stint in 2005. Brown and Houston starred in the 2005 reality show Being Bobby Brown; Houston filed for divorce two years later in 2007.

T.R.'s Get Away
Bobby Brown Lyrics

I've got to get away [x9]

Ain't nothin' but the funk, Baby!

I need a piece of mind,
I'm stressed out today
It's about that time
To make that get away
Dealin' with the people
I deal with everyday

Got to find a place I can hide away

So I can be away from the madness
Far from the noise and the darkness
It's not too late, there's got to be a way
For me to escape all this nonsense

I've got to get away [x5]

They try and run my life
But that's the way I live
Do what I want to do
'Cause it's my prerogative
People always trippin'
About the things I say
But I'm livin' for the future
And I'm doing things my way

So why does the world just keep on
Doggin' me
I have to leave it all behind
'Cause there's gotta be a way
For me to escape all this nonsense

I've got to get away [x4]

Yo, check the groove be 's kicking a flow real smooth.
E double SS with some cess is a necessity to move.
So hit it where ya fit in and let them rhythm snatch ya.
As I release another Brown batch of Jams that slam
And you can't touch so scram.
I know you cram to understand who I am.
Damn, by the way can I please get this dance
Let's not freelance cause I'm just getting started,
Believe me that was nothing but a Brown party.
That's on, going on and got it going on.
Bob and Ted's rated number one so flow on it
And if you're in the house pump your fist and say ho, ho, ho.
Ted bring me on back
Bring me on back, dance.
There it is, oow.

I've got to get away [To Fade]

Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, TuneCore Inc., BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: Edward Theodore Riley, Tony Ray Haynes, Bobby Brown, Thomas Reyes, George Jr. Clinton, Bernard Belle, Louil Jr. Silas, Philippe Wynn

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