While there are many thingsR. Kellyadmits to in his new song “I Admit,” he repeatedly denies thenumerous allegations of sexual assaultthat have been leveled against him throughout his career — including those relating to hisalleged “sex cult.”
On Monday morning, the 51-year-old R&B singerannounced the release of the track. “Today is the day you’ve been waiting for,” he captioned the tweet, which contained a link to the 19-minute song.
“I admit I done made some mistakes / And I have some imperfect ways,” Kelly sings at the beginning of the track, before asking: “How they gon’ say I don’t respect these women, when all I’ve done is represent / Take my career and turn it upside down, ’cause you mad I’ve got some girlfriends.”
“Said I’m abusing these women, what the f— that’s some absurd s—,” he continued. “They’re brainwashed, really? / kidnapped, really? / Can’t eat, really? / Real talk, that s— sound silly.”
“What’s the definition of a cult? / What’s the definition of a sex slave?” Kelly asks later in his song. “Go to the dictionary, look it up / Let me know, I’ll be here waiting.”
Reps for Kelly havedenied all the accusationsmade against the singer, previously telling PEOPLE in a statement that he “has close friendships with a number of women who are strong, independent, happy, well cared for and free to come and go as they please.”
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In “I Admit,” Kelly also called out Spotify forremoving him from all official playlistsin light of the mounting allegations against him, as well as DeRogatis — who had previously reported on a video that allegedly showed Kelly having sex with an underage girl. While the singer was initiallyindicted on 21 counts of child pornography, he waseventually acquitted.
“R. Kelly literally sings ‘I admit it, I did it.’ Someone, pull the plug on his career please,” wrote one social media user.
Added another: “R. Kelly dropped a 20 minute emotional trap song called ‘I Admit’ where he said his music is a service to the country and his accusers and their families are liars and scammers. Dude finished.”
Added rapper Talib Kweli: “I just read the lyrics to R Kelly’s new 19 minute song called ‘I Admit It I Did It.’ His lack of self awareness is atrocious. There are several lyrics I take offense to. The one I will address is ‘I’m just a man.’ I am also a man. I would never use that to defend this behavior.”
source: people.com
