"Fortunate" is a neo soul song from the 1999 motion picture Life and was released on the film's soundtrack.

The song was written, composed, produced and arranged by R. Kelly and recorded by Maxwell.

According to R. Kelly, Maxwell didn't want to sing "Fortunate".

Instead, he wanted to sing the song "Life" - which Kelly gave to K-Ci & JoJo.

Kelly rejected Maxwell's idea because he felt that the neo-soul singer wouldn't have been believable singing a song from the perspective of a prison inmate.