Jodeci

Songwriter: Terry Kirkman

Producer: Arthur Baker

[Intro: Jodeci & Sample]
From the bottom to the T-O-P (And)
From the bottom to the T-O-P (And)
From the bottom to the T-O-P (And)
From the bottom to the T-O-P (Sha-na-na) (And)
Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha (And)
Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha (And)
Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha (And)
Huh, from the bottom to the T-O-P (Sha-na-na)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feelings that I have hiding here for you inside

[Pre-Chorus: JoJo]
You don't know how many times I wish that I had told you
You don't know how many times I wish that I had held you, yeah
You don't know how many times I wish I could mold you into someone

[Chorus: Jodeci & JoJo]
Cherish me as much as I
(Who could cherish me)
As much as I cherish you
(As much as I cherish you)

[Verse 2: K-Ci & JoJo]
Cherish is the word that more than applies
You open my eyes each time
Each timе I realize, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
That I am not gonna bе the one to share your dreams (Ooh yeah)
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
I am not gonna be the one to share

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Cherish me as much as I
(Now that I cherish you, baby)
Cherish you (Oh)

[Bridge: Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo]
Oh, ooh oh, oh, ooh oh, oh ooh oh
Cherish, cherish
(I'll cherish every day, baby)
Cherish
(Every day and night, every night and day, baby)
Cherish
(Every day of the week, baby, yeah)
Cherish
Cherish
(Yeah yeah)
Cherish
Cherish, cherish
Cherish, cherish
Cherish, cherish
Cherish, cherish

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
You don't know how many times I wish I had told ya
You don't know how many times I wish I had held you
You don't know how many times
I wish I could mold you into someone

[Chorus: Jodeci & JoJo]
Cherish me as much as I
Cherish you
Cherish me as much as I cherish you

[Outro: Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo]
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
("A-yes yes, y'all, go off")
Cherish, cherish
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
"A-yes yes, y'all" "From the bottom to the T-O-P"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"From the bottom to the T-O-P"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"From the bottom to the T-O-P"
"Yes, y'all, go off, go off"
"Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha"
"Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha"
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off"
"Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha"
"Huh" "From the bottom to the T-O-P"
"A-yes yes, y'all"
How many times
How many times ("Sha-na-na")
How many times
"Huh, huh, huh, huh, hahaha"
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
(Cherish me as much as I cherish you)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
"A-yes yes, y'all, go off"
Cherish, cherish
"Go off, go off" "A-yes yes, y'all"
"From the bottom to the T-O-P"
(You know I love you, baby)
Cherish
(And I need you, baby)
Cherish
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
(You know I need you every day)
Cherish, cherish
Cherish
(Every day)
Cherish
(Every day, baby, ooh yeah)
Cherish
(Ooh yeah) (Ooh yeah)
Cherish
(Ooh yeah) (Yes I will, ooh yeah)
Cherish, cherish
Cherish

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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