Jodeci

Released: October 15, 1994

Featuring: Tha Dogg Pound

Songwriter: K-Ci Hailey JoJo Hailey Dalvin DeGrate Daz Dillinger Kurupt DeVante Swing

Producer: Daz Dillinger DeVante Swing

[Kurupt (Daz)]
I told the bitch I'd cry for you, I'd die for you, I lied to you
But getting the pussy is all I tried to do
It's me Kurupt bitch, and I'm a rider, I'll ride ya
Roll up beside ya, serve ya dick like an appetizer
Tasty as fuck
I know ya wanna fuck me bitch, my name's Kurupt
I told ya, see gotcha ya Feenin like Jodeci
It's Dat Nigga Daz, bitch did ya notice me?)
Yeah, see we out with tha crew, when we chillin in the back bitch
So what ya wanna do? (Whatcha wanna do?)

I wanna fuck him, I wanna fuck him and I wanna fuck you
So what's your name?

Devante Swing
And that's K-Ci, and that's my brother Dalvin...
And that's Jo-Jo, so, whats happenin?
Anything can happen from the way these hoes is acting
I see it like a picture, It's all up in my mind
See all I see is ass, and me hittin it from behind
(I wanna uhhhh ahhhh)
Pumpin like the old days
Bitch ya got your hooks in me just like the O'Jays

[Chorus]
If you come up, get done up
Inside and let me run up
Come up, get done up
Inside and let me run up [2x]
Come up to my room

[K-Ci]
I recognize you
You was in the hotel lobby
You were lookin damn good
I was sweatin' at the after party
I told you to come with me
I wanted you to freak with me
Keep the message from your mama
I dont need no drama

[Chorus]

[Jojo]
A piece of mind, a piece of mind, a piece of mind
Is hard to find
So dont waste time
No, no, no, no, no, no
From the side, from behind, in your eye
How ever you want it
There's no tellin what I'll do
When you come into my room

[Chorus]

[Jodeci]
I'm feelin kinda lonely tonight
I need someone to do me so right
(I'm lookin for a woman, I'm lookin for my baby)
Don't be afraid to come to my room
Just be prepared to stay until noon

[Chorus multiple times]

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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