The Streets
R. Kelly Lyrics

It seems we've lost our touch
The relationship has lost its spark.

Used to be so in love, yeah, uh
We used to be passionately in love.

But somehow we've gotten off-track
But we've lost our way in the relationship.

And we never really got it back, no, yeah
And we have been unable to regain it.

I think we better find a way, yeah
We need to find a solution to our problem.

And get right back to the good old days, good old days
And we should go back to our romantic past.

Wanna make it to heaven's gate, yeah (oh)
We want to be in a beautiful relationship.

And we need to escalate, I need
We need to take it to the next level.

I need direction (i need direction)
I need guidance and support.

To that street called love (to that street called love, yeah)
We need to show our love to each other again.

Lead me to that road (trying to get home, yeah)
Help us find our way to a loving relationship.

Trying to get home (oh, take me to love street, yeah)
We want to arrive at a happy homebase in our love life.

Now life is gone and skipped a beat
Our life has been unsettled lately.

Tell me where are all the dancing feet, yeah
Where is the fun and happiness we used to have?

Boy I tell you there's always something going on
There always seems to be problems in the relationship.

Tell me why can't we all just get along
We should try to resolve our issues and not fight.

Keep struggling (yeah) just to get by, oh (oh)
We are trying hard to survive despite the problems.

So many hills, mountains to climb, yeah
We have many challenges to overcome.

We should all be ashamed of ourselves
We should be ashamed how we've let our relationship suffer.

'cause if we don't love ourselves
If we don't love ourselves, how can we expect others to love us?

Tell me how can we love somebody else?
We need to love ourselves before we can truly love someone else.

Sunday morning (yeah)
It's Sunday morning.

People are dressed up (yeah)
People are getting dressed up for church.

Ready to go and have some church
They're excited to go to church.

(and I remember feeling so joyful)
I remember feeling happy like that once.

On the east side or the west side
In different parts of the city.

Or the north side or the south side
In different directions.

You were at church
Everyone is at church.

(so tell me what is all this fighting for)
Why are we fighting when we should be loving?

Somebody's always pounding out (woah)
There's always something going on.

Somebody's always hanging bout (woah)
People are always around.

(we have got to figure out how to get right back to love street)
We need to find a way to rekindle our love.

Heard somebody say (toot-toot-beep-beep)
I overheard someone say.

Heard somebody say (tell me how to get to love street) yeah
They were asking for directions to love street.

Here we go, here we go, here we go
Let's do this!

You make a right on l
Turn right on L street.

Make a left on o
Turn left on O street.

Come to a green light
And wait for a green light.

And that's when you can go
Then drive ahead.

You keep straight on v
Keep going straight on V street.

Until you come to e
Until you reach E street.

That's when you see a big sign that says
And then you will see a large sign that reads:

Welcome to love street
Welcome to a world of love.

Pied-piper, your music weatherman
R. Kelly introducing himself as a music leader.

It's love o'clock ya'll
It's time to love, everybody.

And ya'll listing to the sounds of the chocolate factory
You're listening to the soothing sounds of his music.

This next one goes out to the ladies
This song is dedicated to all the ladies.

Ladies night, happy people baby!
Let's all enjoy being happy together, ladies.