Hi-Five

Released: August 11, 1992

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

[Intro]

Ay yo Tony
Kick it, man

When I saw you
On the screen
I said to myself
You look so good to me
And you will always
Be my
Video girl
Ohhhh

Ayo, let's kick this off man

Video
V-Video
V-V-V-V-Video

[Hook]
Video girl (alright, baby)
Video girl (forever you will be my)
You are my video girl (cutie, won't you be my)
Video girl (alright)

[Verse 1:]
Oh what a day
I'm so in love
And she's exactly what I've been dreaming of
She stole my heart
Before I knew
No doubt about it, she's a dream come true

(Pre-Hook)
You look so good on the tv screen (oooh, you look so good)
Come bring your loving to me
(I wanna hold you in my arms) All night
(Baby we can swing)
(I want you to be my)

[Hook]
Video girl (girl, you look good to me)
Video girl (on the tv screen)
You are my video girl (I wanna know you better)
Video girl (alright)

[Verse 2:]
What will it take to win your heart?
I'll do anything to get next to you
All you gotta do is say the word, girl
And I'll come running
Running to you, baby

(Pre-Hook)
You look so good on the tv screen (girl, you look so good)
Come bring your loving to me
(I wanna hold you in my arms) All night
(Baby we can swing it)
(I want you to be my)

[Hook]
Video girl (ya look good to me)
Video girl (on the tv screen)
You are my video girl (I wanna know you better)
Video girl (baby won't you be my)

[rap]
Yo
Here we go with the new shabang swing
Like the Tiger says, "It's grrrreat"
Video girls all around us swingin' while we're singing
Yo video girl! (yeah)
Come here, cutie
Lemme tell you that I like
The way you do ya things, 'cause it's phat
Yo, I kinda got the ways that I wanna get next to you
Yo and I hope you feel the same too
You look good when you sway, yo
Walking up and down the video screen makes me say
I wanna get to know you better
Take long walks in the park and chit-chatter
And after the night is through
How 'bout me and you, a little rendezvous?
Yo, it's very easy to put you into my world
'Cause you're my video girl

[Hook]
Video girl (girl, you look so good)
Video girl (on the tv screen)
You are my video girl (wanna know you better)
Video girl (come on and be my)

Video girl (girl, you look so good to me)
Video girl (on the tv screen)
You are my video girl (alright, baby)
Video girl (I wanna hold you, baby)

(squeeze you, baby) Video girl
(love you, baby) Video girl
(can't live without my) You are my video girl
Video girl

Hi-Five is an R&B group from Waco, Texas, originally consisting of lead singer Tony Thompson, Russell Neal, Roderick Clark, Marcus Sanders, and Toriano Easley, who was later replaced by Treston Irby. They released their self-titled debut album in 1990, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and was certified Platinum. This album featured the #1 R&B/Top 10 Pop hit “I Can’t Wait Another Minute,” and “I Just Can’t Handle It,” which peaked at #3 on the R&B Singles chart, as well as their biggest hit, the Teddy Riley-produced “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game),” which hit #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B Singles chart.

Their follow-up album Keep It Goin' On was released in 1992 and featured the hit songs “She’s Playing Hard To Get,” which peaked at #2 on the R&B Singles chart and #5 on the Pop chart, as well as the R. Kelly-produced single “Quality Time,” which peaked at #3 on the R&B Singles chart. Their third album Faithful was released in 1993 and contained the hit singles “Unconditional Love” and “Never Should’ve Let You Go”, which were also featured on the soundtracks to Menace II Society and Sister Act 2, respectively.

The group disbanded in 1994 and Tony Thompson went on to release his solo album Sexsational in 1995. Thompson re-formed Hi-Five with four new members and released the album The Return independently in 2005 but he was issued a cease-and-desist order by the original members of the group to halt sales of the album. As discussions of putting the original group back together were taking place, Tony Thompson passed away on June 1, 2007 in his hometown of Waco, Texas. Treston Irby and Marcus Sanders have carried on with the Hi-Five name, continuing to make music and tour.

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