August 22, 2025 • 7 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, everybody ask promise we got a special guest
this morning. He's Grammy nominated sold for single out of Detroit.
What are the best songwriters I've heard in years and years.
He's a family member to the show, and today he's
got an exclusive I Heart World premiere of his new
(00:21):
single for us today. We're gonna hear it right here.
The new single is called Rock with Me, So let's
get to it. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the show,
the one and only Kim Yes, welcome, Welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, good morning, good morning, good morning. How's everybody very good?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
How you dreaming?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Man? I've been really good? Man good. I tell people
I'm good even when I'm not, I'm good. It's all
good day.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You better say that.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
You might as well tell him you good because usually
the trouble, I mean, can't nobody help me?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
But God no way, so right right right?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Ain't no need to tell hey before we get into
this music, man, we want to shout this out. You're
back to being an independent artist on your own label.
It's called Chemistry Records. You left Motown back in June.
Does it feel good doing your own thing again?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Man? Yeah, it feels it feels really good, you know,
come full circle. You know, I started out as an
independent with my first album and and I'm back at it,
you know, and it feels real good. We you know,
we got some autonomy, we got more equity, we got ownership,
you know, everything publicly. Yeah it's good, dog, it's good.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
When you were describing it, it made you smile. Yeah,
it's always better. Hey, man, let's talk about this new
single all right now because we got it today. This
is gonna be iHeart exclusive world premiere. The name of
the song is called Rock with Me, and you wrote
this song as a love letter to your wife Erica. Yeah,
(02:01):
that's deep, man, tell us about it, man, how did
this come about?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
The people ask me man all the time. It's like,
how do you know? How did you know your wife is?
What was the one? And and what this song really
uh spells out is I knew I know my wife
is the one. It's because I'm willing to do the work.
You know, I want her to I want her to
rock with me. You know, we got into it one
(02:26):
time and she was like, you don't you know you
act like you act like you don't love me. It's like, girl,
I love you more than anything because I'm in here
doing this work, you know what I'm saying, And and
and I'm committed to the thing like from the top
on good days on bad days, because of course we
only post the good stuff, you know, but the relationship
(02:47):
ebbs and flows, and that's and that's my girl. I
remember we were doing Uh. I heard you say in
the room. You told you told the audience, I kill
everybody in here for my wife. That's me, dog.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Right, that's that's that's me. You know.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I let my feelings show because I want you to
rock with me. I'm only in here doing this work
because i want you to rock with me. You know.
We got seven kids between us, and you know I
was I was good as a single man. I was
good as a single man. But with my wife, I've
got in my kids now. Man, this season of my life,
man is like I have new purpose, you know. And
(03:25):
and so this song is all my songs going forward
about my wife. They better be look, you know, yeah,
smooth right.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
I'm back.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
We'll be right back with Kim explain this eaterstening hard
morning show. Get into the Hyundai Getaway Sales event and
get Away with the deal so right, it almost feels wrong.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Right now, Get huge.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Savings on our popular models, including our venture ready SUV's
like the Hyndai Santa Fe, or go all electric with
America's most awarded EV lineup like the Ionic five or
Ionic six.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Get down to your local Hondai dealer and get away
with a great deal only during the Hondai Getaway Sell event.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Visit Hyundai USA dot com for details.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
All right, everybody, we're back. And man, when we went out,
we had to go straight to break. We just heard
the I Heeart World premiere Rock with Me like he a. Kim,
let me tell you something, man, Kim, what's the first
line to that song that you said?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
The first line is baby, I love you and a
damn things funny about what you did to my life.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
That's that right there.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Boy, do you understand what I like about Kim his song?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Get right to it. Yes, Sir, y'ad can't.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Explain what you did in money and they listen to me,
think about the day I got wrapped around your friend.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
He could write to it. You ain't finna to figure
out what it's about. Brother. Yeah, I love that one.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Man.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Congratulations, that's vintage Kim though it's vintage.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you, thank you man. And I
you know, and I'm keeping lights on for this R
and B thing, man, in this R and B game.
You know some other people who dig me dig the
Isle Brothers and Frankie Beverly and and Lulf and you
know Philips, Tim and and Shocking.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, yeah, So when you when you when you release
it under your own label as an independent instead of
like working with a record label.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
You know, you got to take your songs.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
In and then sit in front of this committee and
they all talk about what they think ought to be released.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
You didn't have to do that. You just you released
the world you can go the song?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yeah yeah, we just you know. Now now it's when
when I have something that I think is high, I
can just I can just put it out, you know.
I you know, I don't even have a manager right now, dude,
I'm like totally, you know, it's crazy. Go here. I
got a team of professionals, man. I hired industry folks
man to come in and like and just help me
(06:15):
do my thing, you know. And uh and it's and
it's it's really good, right now, I got tired of
people telling me how much of my stuff they're gonna
let me keep, like you know, you know, so yeah,
so it's good. It's real good right now.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Man.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
And I'm I'm and I'm glad that, uh that my
Steve Harvey Morning Show family and I heard are rocking
with me in the season of my life. Man. And
you know, I'm in New York City right now doing press.
I got my son with me. Man, I'm you know,
and I'm just I'm just I'm just out here doing
what I believe God has called me to do. And
(06:56):
and and I just I just I just really feel
blessed right now. I didn't plan I'm saying that.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
But you know, oh no, oh no, no, no, it
is clear. It is crystal clear. You're doing what you're
supposed to do. Yeah, and you ain't.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
You can't do nothing else. Dog, you was born unto
this and you doing it. Congratulations man, Steve Harvey, Nation,
Let's go. The song is by Kim's on Chemistry Records.
The name of the song is rock with Me. He
wrote this.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
It's a love letter to his wife.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
You might as well get it put in your collection today,
ladies and gentlemen, it's everywhere.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Download it. Let's go now rock with me. Kim. We
love you, brother, Thank you, ustanding.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
You take care, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Good day, you're listening. Steve Harvey Morning Show
All right, everybody ask promise we got a special guest
this morning. He's Grammy nominated sold for single out of Detroit.
What are the best songwriters I've heard in years and years.
He's a family member to the show, and today he's
got an exclusive I Heart World premiere of his new
(00:21):
single for us today. We're gonna hear it right here.
The new single is called Rock with Me, So let's
get to it. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the show,
the one and only Kim Yes, welcome, Welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, good morning, good morning, good morning. How's everybody very good?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
How you dreaming?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Man? I've been really good? Man good. I tell people
I'm good even when I'm not, I'm good. It's all
good day.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You better say that.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
You might as well tell him you good because usually
the trouble, I mean, can't nobody help me?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
But God no way, so right right right?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Ain't no need to tell hey before we get into
this music, man, we want to shout this out. You're
back to being an independent artist on your own label.
It's called Chemistry Records. You left Motown back in June.
Does it feel good doing your own thing again?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Man? Yeah, it feels it feels really good, you know,
come full circle. You know, I started out as an
independent with my first album and and I'm back at it,
you know, and it feels real good. We you know,
we got some autonomy, we got more equity, we got ownership,
you know, everything publicly. Yeah it's good, dog, it's good.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
When you were describing it, it made you smile. Yeah,
it's always better. Hey, man, let's talk about this new
single all right now because we got it today. This
is gonna be iHeart exclusive world premiere. The name of
the song is called Rock with Me, and you wrote
this song as a love letter to your wife Erica. Yeah,
(02:01):
that's deep, man, tell us about it, man, how did
this come about?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
The people ask me man all the time. It's like,
how do you know? How did you know your wife is?
What was the one? And and what this song really
uh spells out is I knew I know my wife
is the one. It's because I'm willing to do the work.
You know, I want her to I want her to
rock with me. You know, we got into it one
(02:26):
time and she was like, you don't you know you
act like you act like you don't love me. It's like, girl,
I love you more than anything because I'm in here
doing this work, you know what I'm saying, And and
and I'm committed to the thing like from the top
on good days on bad days, because of course we
only post the good stuff, you know, but the relationship
(02:47):
ebbs and flows, and that's and that's my girl. I
remember we were doing Uh. I heard you say in
the room. You told you told the audience, I kill
everybody in here for my wife. That's me, dog.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Right, that's that's that's me. You know.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I let my feelings show because I want you to
rock with me. I'm only in here doing this work
because i want you to rock with me. You know.
We got seven kids between us, and you know I
was I was good as a single man. I was
good as a single man. But with my wife, I've
got in my kids now. Man, this season of my life,
man is like I have new purpose, you know. And
(03:25):
and so this song is all my songs going forward
about my wife. They better be look, you know, yeah,
smooth right.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
I'm back.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
We'll be right back with Kim explain this eaterstening hard
morning show. Get into the Hyundai Getaway Sales event and
get Away with the deal so right, it almost feels wrong.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Right now, Get huge.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Savings on our popular models, including our venture ready SUV's
like the Hyndai Santa Fe, or go all electric with
America's most awarded EV lineup like the Ionic five or
Ionic six.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Get down to your local Hondai dealer and get away
with a great deal only during the Hondai Getaway Sell event.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Visit Hyundai USA dot com for details.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
All right, everybody, we're back. And man, when we went out,
we had to go straight to break. We just heard
the I Heeart World premiere Rock with Me like he a. Kim,
let me tell you something, man, Kim, what's the first
line to that song that you said?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
The first line is baby, I love you and a
damn things funny about what you did to my life.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
That's that right there.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Boy, do you understand what I like about Kim his song?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Get right to it. Yes, Sir, y'ad can't.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Explain what you did in money and they listen to me,
think about the day I got wrapped around your friend.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
He could write to it. You ain't finna to figure
out what it's about. Brother. Yeah, I love that one.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Man.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Congratulations, that's vintage Kim though it's vintage.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you, thank you man. And I
you know, and I'm keeping lights on for this R
and B thing, man, in this R and B game.
You know some other people who dig me dig the
Isle Brothers and Frankie Beverly and and Lulf and you
know Philips, Tim and and Shocking.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, yeah, So when you when you when you release
it under your own label as an independent instead of
like working with a record label.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
You know, you got to take your songs.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
In and then sit in front of this committee and
they all talk about what they think ought to be released.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
You didn't have to do that. You just you released
the world you can go the song?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yeah yeah, we just you know. Now now it's when
when I have something that I think is high, I
can just I can just put it out, you know.
I you know, I don't even have a manager right now, dude,
I'm like totally, you know, it's crazy. Go here. I
got a team of professionals, man. I hired industry folks
man to come in and like and just help me
(06:15):
do my thing, you know. And uh and it's and
it's it's really good, right now, I got tired of
people telling me how much of my stuff they're gonna
let me keep, like you know, you know, so yeah,
so it's good. It's real good right now.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Man.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
And I'm I'm and I'm glad that, uh that my
Steve Harvey Morning Show family and I heard are rocking
with me in the season of my life. Man. And
you know, I'm in New York City right now doing press.
I got my son with me. Man, I'm you know,
and I'm just I'm just I'm just out here doing
what I believe God has called me to do. And
(06:56):
and and I just I just I just really feel
blessed right now. I didn't plan I'm saying that.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
But you know, oh no, oh no, no, no, it
is clear. It is crystal clear. You're doing what you're
supposed to do. Yeah, and you ain't.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
You can't do nothing else. Dog, you was born unto
this and you doing it. Congratulations man, Steve Harvey, Nation,
Let's go. The song is by Kim's on Chemistry Records.
The name of the song is rock with Me. He
wrote this.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
It's a love letter to his wife.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
You might as well get it put in your collection today,
ladies and gentlemen, it's everywhere.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Download it. Let's go now rock with me. Kim. We
love you, brother, Thank you, ustanding.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
You take care, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Good day, you're listening. Steve Harvey Morning Show
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