Released: March 8, 1994

Featuring: Erick Sermon

Songwriter: DeVante Swing Erick Sermon

Producer: DeVante Swing Erick Sermon

[Intro interlude: Buttnaked Tim Dawg]
*Playing demo version of Jodeci's "Love U 4 Life"*
Once again, that's Jodeci
Do you believe in love?
You heard it first right here at the Jodecidal Hotline
Like you always do
And remember one thing:
Ain't nothin' wrong with feenin' for the one you love
Remember the Buttnaked told ya
I'm signing out for the '94, on the remix tip
Peace and love, baby

[Intro: Erick Sermon]
Yeah, hey, Erick Sermon on the remix tip
With Jodeci for 9-4, onе, two, yeah
Yo, Tim, this is butter, word up
Yeah yеah, hey
Yo, K-Ci, like this, word 'em up

[Verse 1: K-Ci & Erick Sermon]
Take my money
My house and my cars
For one hit of you
You can have it all, baby baby
(Word 'em up, word 'em up)
'Cause makin' love
Every time we do
Girl, it's worse than drugs
'Cause I'm an addict of you
And you know that I

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
Honey, you got me feenin'
Got me goin' crazy
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
Girl, I'm feenin' for you
Said I'm feenin' for you

[Verse 2: JoJo & Erick Sermon]
I don't have a mind
It's all blown on you, baby
(One two)
Girl, I'm so strung out
All I do is wish for you
(Yeah yeah, check it out, y'all)
So tomorrow if you're not here
Then girl I'm down
So I need you near
I just wanna make it through the night
So hold me tight
Then girl I'm alright

[Chorus: Jodeci & JoJo]
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
Girl, you got everything that I need
Got everything that I need
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
Girl, I'm feenin for you

[Bridge: Jodeci]
Lady, I'm hooked on you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
Spend my last dime
For a drop of your time
Surely girl without a doubt
You know you got me strung out
And I need you more
And more
'Cause you are my joy

[Verse 3: Erick Sermon]
Yo, knick knack paddy wack, give a dog a bone
I feen' for you like I feen' for a microphone
You got me doing backflips and crazy ish
What is it? It's something rough enough to start a blizzard
It must be a rump shaker, it got me boomin'
Got me zoomin', check one two, what are you doin'?
Hey, it's Erick Sermon if you know of me
Now back to my homeboys, which is Jodeci, word

[Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo]
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
I said you got me feenin', oh oh no no
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
Girl, you got me going crazy
Girl, I'm feenin' for you
Got me going crazy, yeah
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
I don't know what else to do, no
I can't leave you alone
You got me feenin'
Girl, I'm feenin' for you

[Outro: Erick Sermon & Jodeci]
Microphone check one, two
Microphone check one, two
Got me feenin', like the microphone fiend, I'm feenin'
Word 'em up, yo, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, word 'em up
Girl, I'm feenin' for you
I can't leave you alone
K-Ci, JoJo, DeVante Swing, Mr. Dalvin, word, Jodeci
For the '94 on the remix tip, word 'em up
I can't leave you alone
Uptown, Uptown, word 'em up, yeah
Check me out, y'all; to the beat, y'all
It's the beat, yeah yeah, that got me feenin'
I'm feenin', the beat got me feenin'
Word 'em up, yo, we outta here for the 9-4
We outta here for the 9-4
I said we outta here for the 9-4
Peace

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?