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.

Lil Sumn-Sumn
Kelly Price Lyrics

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Here I am
Faithful I have always been
I always been faithful
Here again waiting while your wondering
Your still wondering
When is it going to end
So we can be happy boy oh

I love you but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
Until you want to do things right
You can be a little sumn sumn on the side yeah
I love you but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
So until you want to do things right
You can be a little sumn sumn on the side

Oh we are so cruel but I just can't get over you
I really can't get over you boy
And I'm a fool a fool to still be here with you
I'm right here with you
Here's what I'm going to do
Until you be true true

I love you but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
Until you want to do things right
You can be a little sumn sumn on the side yeah
I love you baby but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
So until you want to do things right
A little sumn sumn boy

Until you want to live this life
A little sumn sum yeah
Until we are man and wife
A little sumn sumn baby

I love you but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
Until you want to do things right
You can be a little sumn sumn yeah

I love you baby but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
Until you want to do things right
You can be a little sumn sumn

Something for me I love you boy
And with out you but I gotta do what I gotta do
Until you wanna do me right
You can be a little summ sumn yea
Sumn sumn on the side

I love you baby but I won't cry
Though I'm messed up and broken inside
Until you want to do things right
You can be a little sumn sumn
A little summ sumn on the side
Somebody to keep me warm til
Til you decide you can come home

You can be a little sumn sumn
A little summ sumn on the side

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Kelly Price's song "Lil Sumn-Sumn" appear to be a story of a woman who is holding onto her relationship even though her partner is not giving her what she desires. The woman is faithful and waiting for her partner to make things right between them so that they can live happily together. However, the man is still pondering, and the woman is getting frustrated, broken, and messed up inside.

The lyrics are relatable for anyone who has ever been in a situation where they have loved someone more than the person loves them back. The woman is aware that the relationship is not going to work out until her partner decides to change their ways, and in the meantime, they can be together as a "little sumn sumn on the side." Essentially, the woman is saying that she loves her partner, but she won't cry over him, and she will be with him until he decides to do things right.

Overall, the lyrics evoke a sense of disappointment and an unfulfilled desire for love and acceptance. The woman is doing what she needs to do to hold onto the relationship but is aware that it is not ideal. It is a poignant message about the intricacies of love, relationships, and human emotions.

Line by Line Meaning

Here I am
I am present and available.

Faithful I have always been
I have always been loyal and true to you.

I always been faithful
I have never cheated on you.

Here again waiting while your wondering
I am waiting for you while you are still unsure about us.

Your still wondering
You are still unsure about our relationship.

When is it going to end
When will our struggles and problems come to an end?

So we can be happy boy oh
So we can finally be happy together.

I love you but I won't cry
I have strong feelings for you but I will not shed tears over you.

Though I'm messed up and broken inside
I am emotionally damaged and hurt.

Until you want to do things right
Until you are ready to commit and make things right between us.

You can be a little sumn sumn on the side yeah
You can have a casual fling on the side until you are ready to commit to me.

Oh we are so cruel but I just can't get over you
Our relationship may be toxic, but I cannot let go of my feelings for you.

I really can't get over you boy
I cannot move on from you.

And I'm a fool a fool to still be here with you
I am foolish for staying with you despite the difficulties in our relationship.

I'm right here with you
I am committed to being with you.

Here's what I'm going to do
This is what I am going to do for myself.

Until you be true true
Until you are honest and faithful to me.

Until you want to live this life
Until you are ready to fully be with me.

Until we are man and wife
Until we get married.

I love you baby but I won't cry
I still have feelings for you but I will not cry over you.

Something for me I love you boy
I still want something from you because I love you.

And with out you but I gotta do what I gotta do
Even without you, I have to do what I need to do for myself.

A little sumn sumn yea
A casual fling on the side.

Sumn sumn on the side
A casual fling on the side.

Somebody to keep me warm til
Someone to keep me company and comfort me.

Til you decide you can come home
Until you are ready to fully commit to me.

A little summ sumn on the side
A casual fling on the side.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Kelly Cherelle Price, Warryn Campbell, Anthony Crawford

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