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.
Friend Of Mine
Kelly Price Lyrics
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Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
She was a friend of mine (yeah yeah)
She left with my man
She was a friend of mine
She used what she knew (I don't know why)
She lied (yeah), cheated, and left me confused
I feel so lost
Don't know why this has happened to me, hmm
My closest friend
I never would've thought it could be
You were someone
Someone I really thought I could trust
But my man, you laid and I'm betrayed
She was a friend of mine
She left with my man
She lied (and cheated), cheated, (oh) took all I had (you were my friend)
She was a friend of mine (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
She used what she knew (oh oh oh oh)
She lied, cheated (yeah she did), and left me confused
Thicker than blood
Wherever there was me, there was you. hmm
My all was your all
But that wasn't enough for you
You had to see
And tried to walk a mile in my shoes
In my head, In my bed
Betrayed by my best friend
She was a friend of mine
She left with my man
She lied, cheated, took all I had
She was a friend of mine (my closest friend)
She used what she knew (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
She lied (you lied), cheated, and left me confused
I want to know why (why?)
You were my friend (why?)
I gave you all I had (why?)
Everything, everything that you want (why?)
Oh, oh (why?) you were my friend (why?)
Oh! My sister (why?)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (why?)
She was a friend of mine (you were, you were)
She left with my man (how could you do this to me? yeah yeah yeah yeah)
She lied, cheated, took all I had (you were)
She was a friend of mine (my best friend, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
She used what she knew (and everything that you knew)
She lied, cheated, and left me confused (I gave you everything, ooh)
She was a friend of mine (yeah yeah)
She left with my man (and left me alone)
She lied (you lied), cheated (you cheated on)
Took all I had (every little thing that I had)
She was a friend of mine (yeah yeah yeah)
She used what she knew (you used all you knew)
She lied (you liar), cheated (and you're a cheater), and left me confused
She was a friend of mine (How could you do it? how could you do it?)
She left with my man (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
She lied (you're liar), cheated (and you're a cheater), took all I had (yeah)
She was a friend of mine
You were my friend, yeah yeah yeah
Oh, you're a liar, yeah yeah yeah yeah, oh oh oh
The lyrics of Kelly Price's "Friend of Mine" is about a woman who has been betrayed by her closest friend. The song details the singer's feelings of confusion and hurt as she describes how her friend cheated with her man and took everything she had. The repeated phrase "She was a friend of mine" laments the loss of trust in someone who was once a source of comfort and support. The lyrics express the disbelief and sense of abandonment felt by the singer, who trusted her friend with her deepest secrets and insecurities.
Line by Line Meaning
Ooh, hoo, oh oh oh oh oh
Introductory sounds
She was a friend of mine (yeah yeah)
I once had a friend (yes, I did)
She left with my man
She took away my partner
She lied, cheated, took all I had
She deceived me, was unfaithful to me, and took everything I possessed
She used what she knew (I don't know why)
She took advantage of the knowledge she had about me (and I don't understand why)
She lied (yeah), cheated, and left me confused
She deceived me, cheated on me, and left me bewildered
I feel so lost
I feel disoriented because of what happened
Don't know why this has happened to me, hmm
I cannot comprehend why this misfortune happened to me
My closest friend
My dearest companion
I never would've thought it could be
I never imagined such a situation could occur
You were someone
You used to be someone special to me
Someone I really thought I could trust
Someone I had faith in and trusted completely
But my man, you laid and I'm betrayed
But my partner, you had sex with her, and I feel utterly betrayed
Thicker than blood
Our bond was supposed to be stronger than even blood relations
Wherever there was me, there was you. hmm
We were always together, wherever I went, you accompanied me
My all was your all
Everything I had belonged to you as well
But that wasn't enough for you
However, you were still not content with what you had
You had to see
You needed to experience what I was experiencing
And tried to walk a mile in my shoes
You attempted to empathize with me
In my head, In my bed
You violated my trust both emotionally and intimately
Betrayed by my best friend
My best friend betrayed me
I want to know why (why?)
I need to understand why this happened (why?)
You were my friend (why?)
You were my friend, how could you do this to me? (why?)
I gave you all I had (why?)
I entrusted you with everything I had (why?)
Everything, everything that you want (why?)
Everything that you desired, anything I could offer, I gave to you (why?)
Oh, oh (why?) you were my friend (why?)
Oh why? You were my friend, why would you harm me like this?
Oh! My sister (why?)
Oh, my sister (used colloquially to refer to a close friend), why?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (why?)
A repetition of the previous question - why?
How could you do it? how could you do it?
A repeated question, expressing the persona's shock and disbelief
And left me alone
And stranded me with nobody to turn to
You're a liar
You lack candor
You're a cheater
You are unfaithful to your significant other
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Jeffery Walker, Jimmy Seals, Steven Jordan, Kelly Price, Anthony Dent, Dash Crofts
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@nije1x
I miss story telling R&B.
@greenytaddict
me too, damn music isn't what it used to be smh😔
@nessydelight470
nije1x I know me too.
@sarahjrobinson9792
nije1x The "B" in "RnB" is missing these days...
@simphiwephakathi1360
+Sarahj Robinson that is so true
@sarah.alycee
i know right
@chandramcelroy1780
The fact that r Kelly wrote this out and delivered it like a damn play is crazy to this day
@deionwoods9165
It reminds me of Trapped in the Closet so yeah 🔥🔥
@cherrydeleon9646
So true & sick. Now the main gi got pregnant on jail & had the baby? Now tell me why Mr. BIGGS?
@HOPEisforEVERYONE
I dont know. I think the talent the singers are the ones who make the song. And his name at the time. I could write this type of situation and if I got these folks to sing it..... it would be a hit. Just saying