Jodeci

Released: October 31, 1995

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate DeVante Swing

[Intro: Mr. Dalvin & K-Ci]
Another Mr. Dalvin remix, yeah
Gimme some soul
I need some soul
I'm 'bout to explode
Oh yeah
Gimme some soul, y'all
I want some soul, y'all
Listen

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Promises you made me
All the things you told me
You said you'd never leave me
We'll be together for eternity
Now it's all in the past
I know this time that it's gotta last
Lady I would do all I can
Lady I would be all I am

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Hold on to me (Hold on to me)
Baby, tell me (Tell me)
Can we fall in love?
(Do you wanna? Do you believe in love? Come on)
Hold on to me (I don't believe you heard me)
Baby, tell me (Tell me)
Can we fall in love? (Yeah)

[Verse 2: JoJo]
Now I know that things are rough
But my faith wasn't strong enough
Now my heart is built to last
My heart is beating for you fast
And now I know you understand
And I wanna take you by the hand
And walk with you down that aisle
With you I'll live my life

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Hold on to me
Baby, tell me
Can we fall in love? (Ooh ooh)
Hold on to me
Baby, tell me
Can we fall in love? (Baby, yeah)

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Hold on to me
Baby, tell me (Every day)
Can we fall in love? (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Hold on to me
Baby, tell me (Hey hey)
Can we fall in love?

[Bridge: K-Ci]
Baby baby baby baby
Come on, walk down that aisle
Can I marry you? Do you wanna marry me?
Come on
Come on, baby, baby, baby

[Chorus: Jodeci & K-Ci]
Hold on to me (Oh)
Baby, tell me (Oh)
Can we fall in love? (Oh)
Hold on to me (Oh yeah)
Baby, tell me (Oh yeah, baby)
Can we fall in love?

[Outro: K-Ci]
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Come on home to me, baby, haha
Feeling kinda good, baby
Said I'm feeling alright right now tonight
Gimme some soul
Somebody gimme some soul
I need a comforter
Gimme some soul, yeah
Nothin' but a Jodeci thing going on
JoJo, Mr. Dalvin, DeVante Swing

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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