演艺事业： Aaliyah生于美国纽约，10岁时在身为声乐家的母亲的鼓励下，参加美国电视节目《Star Search》，虽然最终没有获胜，但并不影响她在演唱方面继续前进；1994年15岁的Aaliyah发表个人首张专辑《Age Ain't Nothing But a Number》并短短几个月内取得白金销量，这张专辑制作人兼作曲者是大名鼎鼎的R&B天王R.Kelly。其中单曲《Back and Forth》连续3周蝉联排行榜最热R&B歌曲第一名。专辑在美国本土大卖250万张，并在全球创下600万销量。
17岁Aaliyah发表第二张专辑《One in a Million》，这张专辑奠定了她在演唱方面的地位，也让当时默默无闻的制作人Missy Elliott和Timbaland迎来了事业的春天。专辑全球销量超过千万张，许多单曲更是成为各大排行榜常客。不仅如此，Aaliyah同时开始她的模特生涯，她签约经纪公司，开始走秀和接商业活动。次年Aaliyah为福克斯动画片《Anastasia》配唱主题曲《Journey to the Past》并凭借此曲提名艾美奖，在1998年的艾美奖颁奖礼上，她成为有史以来最年轻的演唱嘉宾。
在接下来的几年里，Aaliyah开始在大银幕频频亮相，作品包括改编自莎翁名著的《Romeo Must Die》，在影片中和华人明星李连杰演对手戏；Aaliyah为影片贡献四首歌，包括最有名的《Try Again》。其他电影作品还有《The Matrix》《Honey》《State Property 2》等。
It’s been a long time
We shouldn’t have left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky
It’s been a long time
We shouldn’t have left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky, baby girl uh
What would you do?
To get to me
What would you say?
To have your way
Would you give up?
Or try again
If I hesitated
To let you in
Now would you be yourself
Or play your role
Tell all the boys
I keep you low
If I saw no
Would you turn away?
Or play me off
Or would you stay, oh, oh
And if at first you don’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)
I’m in to you
You into me
But I can’t let it go
So easily
Not till I see
Whether this could be
Could be eternally
Or just a week
Ay yo our chemistry
Is off the chain
It’s perfect now
But will it change?
This ain’t a yes
This ain’t a no
Just do your thing
We’ll see how it go, oh, oh
And if at first you don’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)
See you don’t wanna throw it all away
I might be shy on the first date
What about the next date?
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
I said you don’t wanna throw it all away
I might be buggin’ on the first date
What about the next date?
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
And if at first you don’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)
And if at first you don’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)
If at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again (and again)
Check it, uh
It’s been a long time
We shouldn’t have left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky
It’s been a long time
We shouldn’t have left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky
Freaky-freaky
If at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don’t succeed
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