Jodeci

Released: December 21, 1993

Songwriter: K-Ci Hailey JoJo Hailey DeVante Swing Dalvin DeGrate

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate DeVante Swing

[Intro: Jodeci]
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh

Check it out, come on, baby baby
All you got, yeah, you know I want it, like that
Check it out, come on, baby baby
All you got, yeah, you know I want it, like that

Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh

[Chorus: Jodeci]
All you got (Come on, baby baby) — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
(All you got, yeah, you know I want it)
All you got (Come on, baby baby) — give it to me, lady
(All you got, yeah, you know I want it)
All you got (Come on, baby baby) — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
(All you got, yeah, you know I want it)
All you got (Come on, baby baby) — give it to me, lady
(All you got, yeah, you know I want it)

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Now that’s the spirit, girl, don’t you hold back
You drove me crazy when you put your hands down my slacks
I won’t put pressure on you, not tonight
Whatever you do to me, I’m sure I’ll like
I thought…

[Pre-Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
I thought I told you that I really wanna know you (Oh)
Come make me satisfied and give me all you got
You won’t be disappointed; I just want to get up on it
(I just wanna get up on it, baby)
So lady, walk this way and give me all you got
(Yeah, ooh yeah)

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
All you got (Ooh yeah) — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
(Gimme all you got)
All you got — give it to me, lady (Oh yeah)
All you got — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
(I won’t put pressure on you, girl)
All you got (Oh, oh) — give it to me, lady (Ooh yeah)

[Verse 2: JoJo]
Don’t act like you’ve never been inside my crib before
We started on the bed and ended on the lawn
Let’s get down to business, and don’t waste no time
Because you know just what I want
Girl, you know what’s on my mind

[Pre-Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo]
I thought I told you (Yeah) that I really wanna know you
(Hey, yeah, yeah)
Come make me satisfied and give me all you got
(Give it all you got, yeah, baby)
You won’t be disappointed; I just want to get up on it
(Get up on it)
So lady, walk this way and give me all you got
(Oh oh oh oh oh)

[Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo]
All you got — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
(All you got)
All you got — give it to me, lady
(Give it all, give it all)
All you got — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
All you got — give it to me, lady
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh oh)

[Refrain: Jodeci]
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh
All you got (Like that)
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh
Gimme, gimme all you got
Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh

[Chorus: Jodeci]
All you got — gimme all you got, gimme all you got (Like that)
All you got — give it to me, lady (Like that)
All you got — gimme all you got, gimme all you got
(Gimme, gimme all you got, like that, uh)
All you got (GImme, gimme all you got, gimme) — give it to me, lady (Like that)

[Outro: Jodeci]
All you got

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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