At an early age, Price's musical talents began to dominate her life. While most babies have to be taken from the crib and calmed from crying in the middle of the night, Price's mother has told of the times when the entire house would be awakened by the sound of a young Price singing out in her crib while the rest of the family tried to sleep. As a young child, Price knew that music was more than just something that happened on the radio, in church, or even during the commercials on TV. For her it was a part of life that quickly became a necessity. She became emotionally dependant on the music inside of her and quickly learned how to use music as an outlet to express what she was feeling even when she couldn’t speak about it. One day after experiencing deep sadness from a book she read for a Black history project in school, Kelly wrote a song to express her unexplainable emotions; this was her first song at only 7 years old.
Price sang on her first recording before the age of 10 and by the time she was 18, Price was recording and touring the world with multi-platinum pop diva Mariah Carey. Always a quick study, Kelly watched and learned the intricacies of studio and production work and soon after began to expand into areas other than just background singing. It was during these early years of her professional career that Price refers to as her formal education. While her classmates attended college to prepare for their careers, she went to work everyday and studied with the entertainment industry’s best to prepare for what would soon be her own music career. During these years and beyond, Price has shared her multiple musical gifts with many artists and reached the number one spot on Billboard several times before anyone even knew what the woman behind the voice and the pen looked like. Throughout her career, Price has sung for, recorded with, toured with, wrote songs for, arranged and produced music for George Michael, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, LL Cool J, Ben Tankard, Mary J. Blige, Puff Daddy, Brandy, The LOX, Donnie McClurkin, The Williams Brothers, Faith Evans, Karen Clarke-Sheard, Yolanda Adams, MASE, Whitney Houston, Mary Mary, The Notorious B.I.G, Richard Smallwood, R. Kelly, Eric Clapton, Wynona Judd, Gerald Levert, Angela Winbush, The Isley Bros and the legendary Ronald Isley just to name a few. Though many record labels initially pursued Price as a recording artist, it was her connection with Isley and his relentless persistence that convinced her to begin to use her musical talents for herself resulting in a formal alliance between Isley and Price that birthed her solo career with the album Soul of A Woman in 1998 that featured the #1 hit women’s anthem of the year “Friend of Mine”, penned by Price herself.
She would follow with the platinum success of Mirror Mirror in 2000, One Family: A Christmas Album in 2002 and the critically acclaimed Priceless in 2003.
In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel project. The This Is Who I Am album was released on October 24, 2006 on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at #9 on the R&B album chart.
Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. in July 2006.
In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the "Sisters in the Spirit 2007".
In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married?, a film version of the stage play of the same name she once acted in, playing the role of Sheila.
In early 2009, Price was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner In Me on the track "Oh Mary".
In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."
In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the super group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects. In September 2010, Kelly announced via her official Twitter profile that her new solo album Kelly will be released in 2011. Her second single "Not My Daddy" debuted on R&B charts at #87.
As We Lay
Kelly Price Lyrics
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And we slept the night away
It happened
Now we can't turn back the hands of time, no, no
Yes we've stolen this moment
We forgot to face one simple fact
We both belong to someone else
It's morning
Sunlight shines across your sleeping face, oh
A new day
Brings reality and we both go our separate ways
What a lovely night we had yeah, yeah
As we shared each other's love
We forgot about all the pain we caused
As we slept the night away
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
Ooh hey, hey
As we lay
Didn't think about
The price we'd have to pay
No, no, no
It's morning
And now it's time for us to say goodbye
Goodbye baby
You're leaving me
I know you've got to hurry home to face your wife, wife
I would never want to hurt her, no, no, no
She would never understand
You belong to me for just one night
As we slept the night away
Ooh oh, whoa
I would never, never want to hurt her, no, no, no
She would never understand
You belong to me for just one night
As we slept the night away
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
Ooh hey, hey
As we lay
Didn't think about
The price we'd have to pay
No, no, no
We should have counted up the cost
But instead we got lost
In the second, in the minute
In the hour, hey, hey, hey
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
Oh no, oh no, no
My love why can't you see
How loving you is killing me
I can't think of no one else
Baby, baby I can't take it no more
You see I can't be in your life
You gotta go home to you wife
Oh it's morning
The lyrics to Kelly Price's song "As We Lay" tell the story of a one-night stand between two people who are already in committed relationships. The morning after, they realize the consequences of their actions and the fact that they both belong to someone else. Despite the pain they know they will cause, they can't help but acknowledge the beauty of the moment they shared together. The singer is remorseful and wishes that things could have been different, but ultimately accepts the reality that they must say goodbye and go their separate ways.
The lyrics convey a feeling of regret and loss, as well as the recognition that the choices we make have real and lasting consequences. The song speaks to the complexity of adult relationships and the emotional toll that infidelity can take on all involved. It also highlights the universal desire for connection and intimacy, even when we know it may not be the right choice.
Overall, "As We Lay" is a powerful and emotionally charged song that captures the conflicting feelings of desire, guilt, and regret that often accompany an illicit affair.
Line by Line Meaning
Whoa, it's morning
The morning light shines on us and the night is over.
And we slept the night away
We spent the night together in each other's arms.
It happened
We gave in to our desires and had an affair.
Now we can't turn back the hands of time, no, no
We can't change what happened between us and its consequences.
Yes we've stolen this moment
We took a moment for ourselves that doesn't belong to us.
We forgot to face one simple fact
We ignored the reality that we both have committed relationships.
We both belong to someone else
We are in relationships with other people.
As we slept the night away
We spent the night together without regard for the consequences.
What a lovely night we had yeah, yeah
We had an enjoyable, but forbidden, night together.
As we shared each other's love
We expressed our love for each other through physical intimacy.
We forgot about all the pain we caused
We didn't think about how our actions could hurt the people we are in relationships with.
As we lay
While we were together.
We forgot about tomorrow
We didn't think about the consequences of our actions.
Didn't think about
We didn't consider.
The price we'd have to pay
We didn't think about the possible negative consequences of our actions.
And now it's time for us to say goodbye
Our time together is over and we need to part ways.
Goodbye baby
Farewell, my lover.
You're leaving me
We are going our separate ways.
I know you've got to hurry home to face your wife, wife
You need to go back to your wife and confront the reality of our affair.
I would never want to hurt her, no, no, no
I don't want to cause pain to your wife or our partners.
She would never understand
She wouldn't be able to comprehend what happened between us.
You belong to me for just one night
We only had this one night together and it can't happen again.
Ooh oh, whoa
Expressing emotion.
We should have counted up the cost
We should have thought about the consequences before acting on our desires.
But instead we got lost
We were carried away by our emotions and didn't think things through.
In the second, in the minute
We were caught up in the moment and didn't think about the future.
In the hour, hey, hey, hey
We lived in the moment and didn't think about the consequences of our actions.
My love why can't you see
You can't see how much I love you.
How loving you is killing me
Our love is causing me pain and hurting me emotionally.
I can't think of no one else
You are the only one I can think of and want.
Baby, baby I can't take it no more
I can't handle the emotional turmoil of our secret love affair.
You see I can't be in your life
We can't be together in this way anymore.
You gotta go home to your wife
You need to go back to your partner and work through our affair.
Oh it's morning
The day has arrived and the night is over.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: LARRY TROUTMAN, BILLY BECK
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Whoa, it's morning
And we slept the night away
It happened
Now we can't turn back the hands of time, no, no
Yes we've stolen this moment
We forgot to face one simple fact
We both belong to someone else
As we slept the night away
It's morning
Sunlight shines across your sleeping face, oh
A new day
Brings reality and we both go our separate ways
What a lovely night we had yeah, yeah
As we shared each other's love
We forgot about all the pain we caused
As we slept the night away
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
Ooh hey, hey
As we lay
Didn't think about
The price we'd have to pay
No, no, no
It's morning
And now it's time for us to say goodbye
Goodbye baby
You're leaving me
I know you've got to hurry home to face your wife, wife
I would never want to hurt her, no, no, no
She would never understand
You belong to me for just one night
As we slept the night away
Ooh oh, whoa
I would never, never want to hurt her, no, no, no
She would never understand
You belong to me for just one night
As we slept the night away
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
Ooh hey, hey
As we lay
Didn't think about
The price we'd have to pay
No, no, no
We should have counted up the cost
But instead we got lost
In the second, in the minute
In the hour, hey, hey, hey
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
Oh no, oh no, no
My love why can't you see
How loving you is killing me
I can't think of no one else
Baby, baby I can't take it no more
You see I can't be in your life
You gotta go home to you wife
Oh it's morning
Kalaya Tazanai
It's 2023, and this song popped up in my head. Only Kelly Price can make a toxic song beautiful
Natural World Matters
Toxic af but so good! Same!
Nosiphiwo Nosi
very toxic🤞🏽😂😂
Kel
😂😂😂
Paula Luckey-Sherrill
True
Ramon de Carvalho Simao
Me too from Brazil
Rachel Kamanga
Songs that tell stories. 2023 and still listening to this. Kelly's voice is on point.
Working Progress
I can not play this song without singing to the top of my lungs even tho I know my ass can’t sing 😂😂😂 I hit every note too😂
Budgeting and Mo
Girl
Chrizmooo
Chile