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Get On UpJodeci

Released: July 18, 1995

Songwriter: K-Ci Hailey JoJo Hailey Dalvin DeGrate

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate

[Intro: K-Ci, Jodeci]
Said it sounds so good to me
You gotta get on up (Get on up)
Hey, yeah, hey, yeah (You gotta get on up now)
Say it again, Jodeci (Get on up)
Ooh ho oh oh oh, gotta get on up (You gotta get on up now)
Wait a minute, let me tell you, ha

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Everybody grab somebody
Turn this mutha into a party
Fellas, take your lady's hand
Ladies, go and choose your man
There's no need to be afraid
Friday night, let's all get paid
Positive is the attitude
Negative is not the mood

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci JoJo]
Get on up
(No, no, you gotta get on up)
You gotta get on up now
(Let's say it again, you gotta get on up)
Get on up
(And you can't sit down)
You gotta get on up now
(And you can't sit down)

[Verse 2: JoJo]
Now that everybody's movin'
Everybody in here is groovin'
Everything is alright
The atmosphere is so nice
The DJ is doin' his duty
All the ladies shakin' their booty
And the night is still young
And the party's just begun

[Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo, K-Ci]
Get on up (No, no, you gotta get on up)
And you can't sit down, no, no
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
Get on up (Just get on up)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now (Hey, oh, oh oh)
Get on up (Just get on up)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
(You can't sit down for the ladies)
And you can't sit down
Get on up (Everybody just pump your fist)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
(Oh, ho, oh, oh, oh)

[Bridge: Jodeci, K-Ci, JoJo]
Party
(Party, party all day, baby)
All day
(Don't you never never never never never stop)
Never stop
(Oh, oh oh oh oh oh)
Never stop
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(And you can't sit down)

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci, JoJo]
Get on up
(And you can't sit down)
You gotta get on up now
(Don't you let nothin' hold you down)
(And you can't sit down)
(Get on up, huh, everybody just get on up)
You gotta get on up now (Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh oh)
Get on up

[Outro]
[JoJo] Ayo, what's happenin', baby? What's your name?
[Woman] What's up? I'm Fendi
[JoJo] Oh shit, like that, right?
[Woman] Yeah, like that
[JoJo] I hear that, I heart that. Damn. So, yo, you like the show tonight? You enjoy yourself?
[Woman] What? Can't nobody fuck with Jodeci
[JoJo] Ah ha ha, I hear that, I feel that. Ayo, check this out, hold up. Let's go somewhere. First, who you here with? You here by yourself? I know you ain't got no man. Girl, you got it goin' on. Turn around, let me see somethin', yeah
[Woman] Nah, me and my homegirls
[JoJo] Oh, word? Yo, shit, ayy, let's step outside, you know what I'm sayin', it's too loud up in here, let's step outside
[Woman] Alright
[JoJo] Yeah
[Jodeci] Get on up
[K-Ci] Oh, oh

Jodeci

Started in 1983, Jodeci is comprised of two sets of brothers—Cedric and Joel Hailey (also known as K-Ci and JoJo) and Donald and Dalvin Degrate (also known as DeVante Swing and Mr. Dalvin). Jodeci were once known as the “bad boys of R&B,” notable particularly because they were actually boys at the time, breaking out as teenagers in 1991 with their debut album and its title ballad, “Forever My Lady.” Natives of North Carolina, they were discovered by Heavy D, who overheard their demo when an A&R at Uptown was in the process of passing on them. Heavy D introduced Jodeci to Uptown founder Andre Harrell, who signed them after they sang in his office, and handed them off to his then-protégé Puff Daddy, who outfitted the group in dark shades and coordinating leather ensembles. The look, along with the streetwise soul found in songs like “Cry 4 U” and “Feenin” (as well as a few run-ins with the law) made them the antithesis to good-guy personas of then-peaking R&B superstars Boyz II Men. Devante, who along with Mr. Dalvin held down production duties for the group, founded the Swing Mob, a collective responsible for the discovery of musical geniuses like Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Static Major. As a group, Jodeci would go on to release three critically-acclaimed album in the ‘90s, before disappearing from the limelight. K-Ci and JoJo splintered off as a duo in 1997, producing hit single “All My Life” and, eventually, five albums, but adoring fans never let go of their Jodeci obsession. In March, the group released The Past, The Present, The Future, the first Jodeci album in two decades. Jodeci, if y'all reading this, where’d you go?

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