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song by

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. Taken as the title track single from ''U Saved Me'' (a part of the '' Happy People/U Saved Me'' double disc album), it reached number 52 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 14 on the Hot R&B and Hip-Hop Songs charts. The song later appeared on Kelly's 2010 album, '' Epic''.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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under his real name, Julien Christian Lutz.

Live performance

Kelly sang this song live for the first time at the 2005

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Show.

Song content

Kelly narrates four real-life stories based on trials and tribulations of individuals and how they turned it over to God so that He can save them. The first verse describes a drunk driver who nearly lost his life in a car accident, the second verse describes a person on unemployment and has trouble looking for work, the third verse describes an 18-year-old drug dealer who was involved in a shootout when a drug deal went bad, and the fourth verse describes a person diagnosed with cancer who reached out to his mother to pray for him. In each situation, they were thankful to be given a second chance at life.

Charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

* Trin-i-tee 5:7 covered the song on their album ''

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'', released in 2007.

Release history

References

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