Jodeci

Released: January 11, 1996

Songwriter: Dalvin DeGrate K-Ci Hailey JoJo Hailey

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate

[Intro: K-Ci & Jodeci]
Hey hey, oh yeah yeah
Mmm, mmm
Said it sounds so good to me
(Get on up and get down)
Get on up
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
You gotta get on up now
Say it again, Jodeci
Get on up
You gotta get on up
You gotta get on up now
Wait a minute, let me tell you
(Get on up and get down)

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Everybody grab somebody
Turn this mutha into a party
Fellas take a lady's hand
Ladies go and choose your man
There's no need to be afraid
Friday night, let's all get paid
Positive is the attitude
Negative is not the mood

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Get on up
(No no, you gotta get on up)
You gotta get on up now
(Let's say it again, you gotta get on up)
Get on up
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
(Get on up to get down)

[Verse 2: JoJo]
Now that everybody's movin'
Everybody in here is groovin'
Everything is alright
The atmosphere is so nice
The DJ is doin' his duty
All the ladies shakin' their booty
And the night is still young
And the party's just beginning

[Chorus: Jodeci & JoJo]
Get on up
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
Get on up
(Just get on up)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
(Get on up to get down)
Get on up
(Just get on up)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
(You can't sit down)
And you can't sit down
Get on up
(Everybody just clap your hands)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
(Get on up and get down)

[Bridge: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Party
(Party, party all day, baby)
All day
(Don't you never, never, never, never, never stop)
Never stop
(Oh oh, oh oh)
Never stop
And you can't sit down
(Oh)

[Outro: Jodeci, K-Ci, JoJo]
Get on up
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
Don't you let nothin' hold you down
Get on up, huh, everybody just get on up
You gotta get on up now
(Get on up and get down)
Get on up
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
Get on up
(Just get on up)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
(Hey, oh oh, oh oh oh)
Get on up
(Just get on up)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
(You can't sit down)
And you can't sit down
Get on up
(Everybody just clap your hands)
And you can't sit down
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
(Oh oh oh oh oh)

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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