Mushure megore iroro, Keys akabudisa bhuku rake rinonzi Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics, muunganidzwa wenhetembo dzisina kubudiswa kubva mumagazini ake uye mazwi. Musoro wacho wakabva pane imwe yenhetembo dzake, "Rudo uye Maketani" kubva mumutsara: "Handina basa nekunwa misodzi yangu yemvura". Akataura kuti zita iri hwaro hwekunyora kwake nekuti "rwiyo rwese rwandati ndanyora rwakabva pamisodzi yangu yemufaro, yekurwadziwa, yekushikana, kunyangwe mubvunzo weBoo". Bhuku rakatengesa US $ 500,000 uye The New York Times runyorwa rwakanakisa rwiyo "Higher Ground" naLenny Kravitz naStevie Wonder.
muunganidzwa wenhetembo dzisina kubudiswa kubva mumabhuku ake uye mazwi