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Give It UpJodeci

Released: January 9, 1996

Songwriter: K-Ci & JoJo K-Ci Hailey Dalvin DeGrate JoJo Hailey

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate

[Verse 1: Mr. Dalvin & K-Ci]
A little somethin', uh
Let a nigga know where you wanna go
Is it Acapulco? I got the money dough
You got my body and them lines be on the highway
So I say what up, we may get to hook up on Friday
I heard you got the bomb, them niggas actin' dumb
I kinda think I wanna hit it like a snare drum
What I do is what I do
Yeah, no doubt, thinkin' about you
(Jodeci, help me sing it now)

[Chorus: Jodeci]
I was just sitting right here
Waiting for you, my dear (No doubt)
I was just chillin', are you willin'
To give up that feelin'?
I was just sitting right here
Waiting for you, my dear (No doubt)
I was just chillin', are you willin'
To give up that feelin'?

[Verse 2: K-Ci]
Oh, it's ten in the morning
And baby I'm yawning
Didn't get no sleep last night
Thinking about your love, it's so tight
Oh, I'm mesmerized by your face
Wanna see your panty lace
And you know I'm on the real
And I wanna give you some sexual healing

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
I was just sitting right here (Sitting right here)
Waiting for you, my dear (Waiting for you, babe)
I was just chillin', are you willin'
To give up that feelin'? (Oh yeah)
I was just sitting right here (Sitting right here)
Waiting for you, my dear (Waiting for you)
I was just chillin', are you willin'
To give up that feelin'?

[Verse 3: JoJo]
Baby, do you have the time
To hear what's on my mind?
Try and understand
Sexin' you is the master plan
Baby, don't be shy
Please don't try and fight
Baby, give me half a chance
Let me show you romance

[Chorus: Jodeci & JoJo]
I was just sitting right here
Waiting for you, my dear
I was just chillin', are you willin' (Baby, are you willin'?)
To give up that feelin'?
I was just sitting right here
Waiting for you, my dear
I was just chillin', are you willin'
To give up that feelin'?

[Bridge: Jodeci, K-Ci, JoJo]
Say it again, say it again
Did it right here
And I'm waiting, waiting, waiting
I was just chillin'
Are you willin', baby?
Tell me, wanna know
Got to know, oh oh oh oh oh oh
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, show me love
(You know I want you)
Give it up, give it up
(You know I need you)
Give it up, show me love
(Baby, yeah)
Give it up, give it up
(Baby, baby, baby)
Give it up, show me love
(Baby, baby)
Give it up, give it up
(Oh oh)
Give it up, show me love

[Outro: Mr. Dalvin, Sample, Jodeci]
No doubt
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
No doubt
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Like that
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Pump the funk
Give it up, give it up, give it up
No doubt
Give it up, give it up, give it up
No doubt
To give up that feelin'
Break
Pump the funk
Waiting for you, my dear
No doubt
J-O-D-E-C-I, 1-9-9-5 and 6
Give it up, give it up, give it up
No doubt
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Like that
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
To give up that feelin'

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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