Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4 1973) is the daughter of Joseph and Clau… Read Full Bio ↴Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4 1973) is the daughter of Joseph and Claudia Price. Price is the second of three children born and raised in Queens, NY. Under the watchful eye of her mother and the pastorate of her grandparents, Jerome and Joni Norman, Price was nurtured and developed spiritually by being taught the word of God and the importance of a sustained prayer life through the special prayer services her grandfather held weekly in addition to Sunday services and bible study. It was there at an early age in Full Gospel Mission COGIC that the many gifts deeply rooted inside of her were watered and began to grow — her inner senses were awakened to the very real existence of God as more than just a higher power or an answer to the question, “how did we all get here?”.
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.

I Still Do
Kelly Price Lyrics

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I'm reading your "dear john";
It says you're moving on
You need your space, you need some time
And greener grass you seek to find
I saw it from afar
I knew it in my heart
The happiness had gone away
Pretended we would be ok

For every time you've made me cry
I gotta sit and wonder why
I love you, I still do
I need you, I always will
I want you to hold me tight
I need you with me tonight
I still do

Why do I hold on?
Why can't I be strong?
I know it's time to walk away
But still inside I hope and pray
That you'll return to me
My eyes too blind to see
That love should never bring me pain
I know I can't go on this way

I gotta wipe away the tears
I gotta stand and face my fears
I gotta love myself enough to make it better
The woman that I used to be
I know she's still inside of me

I'll find a way to breathe again
This won't be how my story ends

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Kelly Price's song "I Still Do" tell the story of a woman struggling to let go of a relationship that has ended. The singer of the song has received a "dear john" letter from her lover, informing her that he is moving on and seeking greener pastures. Despite knowing that the relationship was failing, and that she should move on, she continues to hold on to the hope that her love will return to her.

The lyrics are painfully honest and raw, conveying the emotional turmoil of someone struggling to accept reality. The singer realizes that she needs to "love herself enough to make it better" and to find a way to move on from the pain. However, she cannot help but still love her former partner and the memories of the love they shared.

The song serves as a reminder that moving on from a relationship is not easy, and that heartbreak can leave deep wounds that take time to heal. Kelly Price's beautiful voice and heartfelt lyrics make "I Still Do" a powerfully emotional ballad about love, loss, and the journey to healing.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm reading your "dear john";
I received and read your letter breaking up with me, informing me of your desire to move on.

It says you're moving on
The letter you wrote to me mentions that you're planning to move on with your life.

You need your space, you need some time
You feel that you need distance and time away from me to figure out things in your life.

And greener grass you seek to find
You're looking to find something better and more fulfilling in life.

I saw it from afar
I had a sense that things were not right and that there was something missing in our relationship.

I knew it in my heart
My instincts and intuition were telling me that there was something wrong.

The happiness had gone away
Our relationship was no longer bringing us joy and contentment.

Pretended we would be ok
We tried to convince ourselves that things were fine and that we could make things work, even though we were struggling.

For every time you've made me cry
I think back to all the times when you hurt me and caused me to cry.

I gotta sit and wonder why
I have to take the time to contemplate and figure out why I still love you even though you hurt me.

I love you, I still do
Despite everything, I still have feelings of love for you.

I need you, I always will
My need for you is not easily diminished, and I believe it will always be present.

I want you to hold me tight
I long for your embrace and the feeling of safety and security it brings.

I need you with me tonight
The thought of being alone is difficult, and I wish you were here with me in this moment.

Why do I hold on?
I am struggling to understand why I am holding onto something that is causing me so much pain.

Why can't I be strong?
I wish I had the strength to walk away from this relationship and start over, but I am struggling to find that strength.

I know it's time to walk away
Deep down, I know that it's time to end this relationship and move on.

But still inside I hope and pray
Despite knowing that it's time to move on, I still have a glimmer of hope that things will work out between us.

That you'll return to me
I am hoping that you will come back to me and that we can repair our relationship.

My eyes too blind to see
I am blinded by my love for you, and it's preventing me from seeing things objectively.

That love should never bring me pain
I am beginning to realize that true love should not cause me so much pain and heartache.

I know I can't go on this way
I have reached a breaking point, and I can no longer continue on in this relationship.

I gotta wipe away the tears
I need to pull myself together and stop crying over this relationship.

I gotta stand and face my fears
I need to be brave and confront my fears about being alone and starting over.

I gotta love myself enough to make it better
I need to focus on loving myself and taking care of myself so that I can move forward and heal from this experience.

The woman that I used to be
I am acknowledging that this experience has changed me as a person, and I am not the same woman I was before.

I know she's still inside of me
Despite the changes I've undergone, I know that the woman I used to be is still a part of me.

I'll find a way to breathe again
I am determined to overcome this experience and find a way to start breathing and living again.

This won't be how my story ends
I refuse to let this experience define the rest of my life and am committed to writing a new chapter in my story.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: KELLY PRICE, WARRYN S. CAMPBELL

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