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Keep On by Kehlani

TRACK

Kehlani

Keep On

Release date: 27th January 2017

From SweetSexySavage (Deluxe)
Track 2
3:29
R&B/SoulMusicPopContemporary R&B
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About This Track

Kehlani's 'Keep On' is a study in cyclical hurt. The song traces a relationship caught in a loop of transgression and forgiveness, with Kehlani acknowledging her own failings, the ways she has not shown up, the promises she has broken, whilst simultaneously questioning why her partner continues to take her back. There is no triumph in the return, only a kind of resigned bewilderment at being chosen despite everything. The lyrics move between self-recrimination and a dawning acceptance that perhaps, in her partner's open arms, she might belong. It is a delicate balance: she owns her capacity to wound without excusing it, and she receives grace without fully understanding it. The repetition of the hook, "you just keep on taking me back", becomes both a plea and an indictment, a measure of devotion that feels less like love and more like a habit neither party can break.

"Keep On" is a track by Kehlani, from the album SweetSexySavage (Deluxe), released 27th January 2017. The track is 3:29 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Kehlani.

About the Artist

Kehlani

Kehlani

Lyrics

Keep On

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Anything you're saying to me right now
Probably have the right to say
Any crazy things you're feeling for me tonight
You can get it on out the way
'Cause I ain't been the best that I coulda been
I ain't do the shit that I shoulda did
But every time I come crawling on my knees
You're there
And you just keep on taking me back
And I don't know why you do
'Cause I'm no good to you
And you just keep on taking me back
In your open arms, maybe I belong
And you just keep on taking
You can yell and you can curse and call me a bitch
Probably have the right to do (huh)
You can tell the world that I'm a narcissist
I would think they'd listen to you
'Cause I ain't been the best that I coulda been (huh)
I ain't do the shit that I shoulda did
But every time I come crawling on my knees
You're there
And you just keep on taking me back
And I don't know why you do
'Cause I'm no good to you
And you just keep on taking me back
In your open arms, baby I belong
And you just keep on taking
Me back, and I don't know why you do
'Cause I'm no good to you
And you just keep on taking me back
In your open arms, baby I belong
And you just keep on taking
I keep taking you back
Oh, no, no, no
Taking me, you're taking me really back
No, I'm, not, no, I'm not, I'm not

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Track details

From SweetSexySavage (Deluxe)

3:292017
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Album
SweetSexySavage (Deluxe)
SweetSexySavage (Deluxe)
Kehlani
27th January 2017
Track number
2
Release year
2017
  1. 1Intro
    1:00
  2. 2Keep On
    3:29
  3. 3Distraction
    3:56
  4. 4Piece Of Mind
    3:45

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5Undercover
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  • 6CRZY
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  • 7Personal
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  • 8Not Used To It
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  • —CRZY
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    2:58
  • —In My Feelings
    3:40
  • —Distraction
    3:56
  • —Personal
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  • —Keep On
    3:29
  • —Escape
    3:22
  • —Piece Of Mind
    3:45
  • —I Wanna Be
    3:32
  • —Undercover
    3:03
  • —Intro
    1:00
  • —Not Used To It
    3:56
  • —Everything Is Yours
    3:21
  • —Advice
    3:23
  • —Do U Dirty
    3:18
  • —Too Much
    3:44
  • —Get Like
    2:51
  • —Hold Me By The Heart
    3:23
  • —Thank You
    3:09

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    August Rigo, Jahaan Sweet, Kehlani, Ricky Tillo
    Producer
    August Rigo, Jahaan Sweet
    Guitar
    Ricky Tillo
    Vocals
    Kehlani
    Additional Vocals
    August Rigo
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Athens
    Mixing Engineer
    Niko Marzouca, Robert Marks
    Recording Engineer
    Joshra Collins, Ryan Gladieux
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