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Cherish (Hip Hop Version)Jodeci

Songwriter: Terry Kirkman

Producer: Arthur Baker

[Intro: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (Hey, hey, hey)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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, yeah

[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)
Cherish you (As much as I cherish you)

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

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
That I am not gonna be 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 (You know that I cherish you, baby)
Cherish you (Oh)

[Bridge: Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo]
Oh-ooh-oh, oh-ooh-oh, oh-ooh-oh (You, you, you, baby)
Cherish, cherish (You know I'll cherish every day, baby)
Cherish, cherish (Every day and night, every night and day, baby)
Cherish, cherish (Every day of the week, yeah)
Cherish, cherish (Yeah, yeah)
Cherish, cherish (Oh, oh)
Cherish, cherish (Do you really see?)
Cherish, cherish (Do you really see?)
Cherish, cherish (Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
You don't know how many times I wish I had told you, uh
You don't know how many times I wish 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 (Ooh, yeah, into someone)
Cherish you (Who can 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
Cherish, cherish (Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna cherish you, baby)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (I'm gonna cherish, you, baby, every day, yes I am)
Cherish, cherish (Said I'm gonna cherish you every day, every day, baby)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (Yeah, yeah, oh)
Cherish, cherish (Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah)
Cherish, cherish (You know I want you, baby)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (You know I love you, baby)
Cherish, cherish (And I need you, baby)
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo (You know I need you every day, yeah, yeah)
Cherish, cherish (Yeah)
Cherish, cherish (Every day, every day, baby, ooh yeah)
Cherish, cherish (Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, yes, I will, ooh, yeah)
Cherish, cherish

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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