- published: 04 Mar 2016
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Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. Palmer earned $20,000 per episode of True Jackson VP, which made her the fourth highest paid child star on television.
Palmer was born in Harvey, Illinois. Her father, Larry, works for a polyurethane company, and her mother, Sharon, is a high school teacher who works with children with mental disabilities.
In 2002, Palmer auditioned for a stage production of The Lion King at age nine.
Palmer then pursued a career in singing. In 2003, she participated in American Juniors, the American Idol spin-off series, but her audition scenes were edited out and the show was canceled that year. In 2005, Palmer signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Her debut single, "All My Girlz", is featured in the Akeelah and the Bee soundtrack. On November 18, 2006, she performed at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California for VH1's Save the Music Battle of the High School Marching Bands competition, marking her first ever stadium performance in front of thousands of people. In addition, as part of her contract with Disney, Palmer sang the songs "It's My Turn Now" and "Jumpin'" featured in the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!, in which she stars as Mary, the love interest to Corbin Bleu's character. In 2006, Palmer was featured in the music video for the Ludacris and Mary J. Blige song "Runaway Love", in which she starred as a pregnant 11-year-old girl. That same year, she recorded a song entitled "Tonight" which was featured as the first song in the end credits of Night at the Museum.
We talk like you love me
We kiss like you love me
We touch like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la la
We work like you love me
We fight like you love me
We ride like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la
Boy, this might be right
Flexing like I don't like
But really, boy, I want you, boy
I hate this just might be good news
'Cause I've been searching, I've been waiting
For somebody like you
Said it's you, do it all
Don't want for nothing at all
You hold me tight, you treat me right
So I answer all of your calls
Say that you a G but you hugging all on me
You got me and I love it
I won't put no one above it
'Cause we talk like you love me
We kiss like you love me
We touch like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la la
We work like you love me
We fight like you love me
We ride like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la
Sneaking through his heart
Tryna make me pop
I'm tripping, boy, like really, boy
Did you pull the guns of love on me?
You want it all and need it all
But you got this hold on me
Said it's you, do it all
Don't want for nothing at all
You hold me tight, you treat me right
So I answer all of your calls
Say that you a G but you hugging all on me
You got me and I love it
I won't put no one above it
'Cause we talk like you love me
We kiss like you love me
We touch like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la la
We work like you love me
We fight like you love me
We ride like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la
Who knew you were this close
Right up under my nose
Boy, you were a pleasant surprise
I know that we got history
Let's see if it's meant to be
But right can we enjoy this ride?
We talk like you love me
We kiss like you love me
We touch like you love me
I guess that means that you love me
I want your la la la la la la
We work like you love me
We fight like you love me
We ride like you love me
I guess that means that you love me