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.
Speechless
Kelly Price Lyrics
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When you're near me I can't
Find my words I'm speechless
All choked up
Your eyes you got me feeling dizzy in the head oh yeah
And your smile is taking my thoughts I forget I forget
Like the TV on mute you got me speechless
Can't think what to do I don't know what to say
'Cause I'm feeling some kind of way
Mindless boy you give me fever
When you're near me I can't
Find my words I'm speechless
All choked up
Tongue tied like how many would ya
If I shoulda could ya kiss me and make it all better
Like the TV on mute you got me speechless
Like a black and white silent movie I'm speechless
Can't think what to do I don't know what to say
'Cause I'm feeling some kind of way
Mindless boy you give me fever
When you're near me I can't
Find my words I'm speechless
All choked up
Hush quiet while I'm listening to you breathe
I'm trying but the view takes over me
There's so much I'd say to you but I can't seem to make it through
And little words are a big to-do cause I'm falling for you
Mindless boy you give me fever
When you're near me I can't
Find my words I'm speechless
All choked up
In this song, the singer, Kelly Price, is expressing her overwhelming feelings for someone who has caught her eye. She starts the song with the line "Mindless boy, you give me fever," indicating that he has taken over her thoughts and emotions. Whenever he is near her, she becomes speechless and cannot find the right words to say. The feeling is so intense that it has left her "all choked up." Kelly describes the way he looks at her, making her feel dizzy and forgetting her thoughts. She compares her speechlessness to a "TV on mute" and "black and white silent movie," indicating that her intense feelings for this person leave her feeling as though she has lost her voice.
The chorus repeats the line "Mindless boy, you give me fever, when you're near me I can't find my words, I'm speechless, all choked up." This line serves as a reminder of how this person affects Kelly, making her unable to express herself fully. In the second verse, she says that she is "tongue-tied," and that she needs this person to "kiss me and make it all better." She mentions that the little things he does can leave her feeling overwhelmed, and she wishes she could express herself more openly to him. The bridge of the song has Kelly pleading with the person to be quiet so she can listen to him breathe. She is trying her best to express her feelings but seems to be held back by her emotions.
Overall, the song Speechless is about the intense emotions that someone can feel when they are attracted to another person. Kelly Price uses powerful imagery to paint a picture of how this person has taken over her thoughts and emotions, leaving her feeling as though she has lost her voice.
Line by Line Meaning
Mindless boy you give me fever
This boy is driving me crazy with passion
When you're near me I can't
I lose control of myself when he's near
Find my words I'm speechless
He leaves me breathless and unable to speak
All choked up
My emotions are overwhelming me
Your eyes you got me feeling dizzy in the head oh yeah
Your gaze is intoxicating me and making me dizzy
And your smile is taking my thoughts I forget I forget
Your smile is so captivating I forget everything else
Like the TV on mute you got me speechless
You render me speechless like a silent TV channel
Like a black and white silent movie I'm speechless
You leave me as speechless as a monochromatic silent film
Can't think what to do I don't know what to say
I'm at a loss for what to do and say around you
'Cause I'm feeling some kind of way
My emotions are swirling inside me and I can't explain them
Tongue tied like how many would ya
I'm so nervous and speechless it's like a knot in my tongue
If I shoulda could ya kiss me and make it all better
I wish you would kiss me and make everything right
Hush quiet while I'm listening to you breathe
I want to listen to you breathe and be close to you
I'm trying but the view takes over me
I'm attempting to focus on anything else but you, but I can't
There's so much I'd say to you but I can't seem to make it through
I have so much to say to you but I can't express it
And little words are a big to-do cause I'm falling for you
Simple words are difficult to say because I'm falling in love with you
Mindless boy you give me fever
This boy is driving me crazy with passion
When you're near me I can't
I lose control of myself when he's near
Find my words I'm speechless
He leaves me breathless and unable to speak
All choked up
My emotions are overwhelming me
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: CAMPBELL, MATTHEWMAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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on Just As I Am
My all time favorite KP song ‼️