Jodeci

Released: April 11, 1992

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Intro: JoJo & Jodeci]
Just a little love is all I need
Just a little love is all I need
Whoa, oh oh oh, oh, oh
To feel of your warm embrace, baby

[Chorus: Jodeci]
(Gotta get y'all)
I'm still waiting for you to come back to love (Gotta get ya)
To fulfill this life that we are dreaming of, dreaming of

[Bridge: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps (Yeah ah yeah ah yeah)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps (Whoa)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps (Yo DeVante, shit is smooth)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
(I'm gonna kick some vocals)
This is for the jeeps
(Check out my melody)

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
It's been so long
Since I touched a lady
(Check out my melody)
I'm waiting for you to come back

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci]
Will you forgive me for the wrong I've done?
And let's try again to make it last so long

[Chorus: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
Baby, I'm waiting (Oh yeah)
For you to come back to love (Ooh, yeah)
To fulfill this life we're dreaming of
(Another day might be too long)
Another day might be too long
(Ha, baby, don't you rush, baby)
Go slow so nothing goes wrong (Oh)

[Verse 2: K-Ci & (Jodeci)]
Baby, I can't wait (Baby, I can't wait)
To feel your love again (To feel your love again)
Please stop this pain that I've been feeling

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci]
Let's start all over
Put the past behind
And make a love to stand
To the test of time, my baby
(Check out my melody)

[Chorus: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
Baby, I'm waiting on your love
To fulfill this life we`re dreaming of (Baby)
My heart is sad and so blue
I'm still waiting on you
(Another, another day might be too long)
Another day might be too long
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Go slow so nothing goes wrong
(Mr. Dalvin)

[Verse 3: Mr. Dalvin]
You got me waitin', so baby, why you trippin'?
Uh, come out your clothes and let's go skinny dippin'
And let me roll ya, and lick ya like a spliff
You want a melody? K-Ci, won't you hit a riff
I see your face, or is it a mirage?
You know "you remind me" like Mary J. Blige
Don't forget the times you know I kept ya smilin'
Then tell me, honey, why you frontin' on Mr. Dalvin?
Ah, don't worry 'bout your ex 'cause that's bullshit
Plus, Jodeci pack more than just hits
So Swing Mob, string your boots, and tighten up your hoods
'Cause what we got goin' is so good

[Bridge: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps
(Tell me, baby)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps
(Where did I go wrong?)

[Chorus: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
Baby, I'm waiting on your love (Ooh yeah)
To fulfill this life we`re dreaming of (Baby)
My heart is sad and so blue (Yes, it is)
I'm still waiting on you (I'm waiting)
I'm still waiting on you to come back to love
(And I'm waiting, oh yeah, baby, yeah)
To fulfill this life that we are dreaming of, dreaming of
(With my arms open wide)

[Bridge: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
(Baby, I'm waiting on your love)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps
(Ooh yeah, ooh baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Baby, I'm waiting on your love)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps
(Do you need me? Do you need me, baby?)

[Chorus: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
I'm still waiting on you to come back to love
(All you gotta do is come on and take my hand, yeah)
To fulfill this life that we are dreaming of, dreaming of
(Walk with me, walk with me, walk with me, baby)

[Outro: Jodeci & (K-Ci)]
(Baby, I'm waiting)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps
(I need you, and I love you, baby)
(Baby, baby, baby, I'm waiting)
This is for the jeeps, strictly for the jeeps
This is for the jeeps
(Don't turn your head away, don't turn your head away, baby)
Baby, I'm waiting on your love
(This is for the jeeps)
To fulfill this life we`re dreaming of
My heart is sad and so blue
I'm still waiting on you

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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