Jodeci

Released: December 21, 1993

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Intro: DeVante Swing]
(Slide) Slide, and enjoy the ride (Slide)

[Verse 1: JoJo, K-Ci]
Come in and shut the door
I can lay my back down on the floor
Girl, you are so bold
Come and take control, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ridin' up and down
Spin you on my lovin' round and round
Suck on your toes
We can start to flow

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
If you love (Oh yeah), then you can ride (Oh yeah)
I wanna slide tonight, baby (Tonight)
I gotta taste your love tonight, sugar
(Say it again one more time, come on)
If you love, you can ride (Oh, oh, oh)
I wanna slide tonight, baby (Oh, oh, oh yeah)
I'm gonna hit it oh so right, sugar
(Said you know, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

[Verse 2: JoJo, K-Ci]
Feel my tongue move up and down
I can taste the water streaming down
Girl, you taste so fine (So fine)
You're one of a kind, you're one of a kind
Lady, move with me
So I can keep you humpin' to my beat
Don't you worry 'bout the time
As we start to climb

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
If you love (Give your love to me), then you can ride
I wanna slide tonight, baby (Oh yeah, oh yeah)
I gotta taste your love tonight, sugar
(Say it again, say it again, oh oh oh)
If you love, then you can ride
I wanna slide tonight, baby (Ooh, ooh, oh oh)
I'm gonna hit it oh so right, sugar (Oh, oh, oh, oh, all day)

[Bridge: Jodeci, K-Ci]
All day (All day), and baby, all night (Baby, yeah)
You can ride me, just hold me tight
(Never let you go)
And I won't ever let you go, oh no no (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Girl, I know it's gonna feel so right (So right)
When you ride me just hold me tight (Hold me tight)
And don't (Never let you go) ever let me go, oh no no
We can start to flow (Hey, hey), we can start to flow (Hey, hey), flow
DeVante solo

[Bridge: DeVante Swing, K-Ci]
Slide, slide, slide, slide
Slide, slide, slide, slide
If you

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
If you love (Baby), then you can ride
I wanna slide tonight, baby
(I wanna make love in the morning time)
I gotta taste your love tonight, sugar
(I wanna feel your love in the night time, baby)
If you love, then you can ride
I wanna slide tonight, lady
I'm gonna hit it oh so right, sugar
(Come on, come, come on, come, come on, I wanna make love)

[Bridge: Jodeci & K-Ci]
I wanna slide tonight (Help me sing my song)
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo-doo-doo

[Outro: K-Ci, DeVante Swing]
Come on
Do, do, do, do you wanna ride with me? (Slide)
Do, do, do, do you wanna ride with me? (Slide)
Do you wanna ride with me? (Slide)
Come on and ride me (Slide), and just ride me, and just ride me (Slide)
Just ride me, ride me (Slide)

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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