Jodeci

Released: July 18, 1995

Songwriter: Al Green Dalvin DeGrate Missy Elliott DeVante Swing K-Ci Hailey

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate

[Intro: DeVante Swing]
Yeah, for the 9-5
Yeah

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, I was thinkin' 'bout you last night
And when you left last night, you left me satisfied
It takes two to tango
Tell me can you handle
Come on, you know
You know you want some more

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
You know you want some more
You know you want some more
(Yeah, you know you want some more)
And if you want some more, open up my door
(You, oh, open up my, ha ha)
You know you want some more
(Open up my door)
You know you want some more
(Open up my door, open up my door, babe)
And if you want some more, open up my door

[Post-Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
(I hear you) I hear you knocking at my door
(Knocking at my door)
Let's me know you want more (You want more)
Come and get it if you're with it
I'll touch you how you like it (Baby)
Is it sensitive? Do you wanna give?
(Do you wanna give some more? Listen)
Give some more, open my door

[Verse 2: K-Ci]
Lady, lady, lady, you were bragging on the phone
About the things you could do to me when we're alone
Baby, baby, you know what I got to give
Do you want it? Do you want it?
Tell me if...

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
You know you want some more
(Oh yeah)
You know you want some more
(You know you want some more)
And if you want some more, open up my door
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know you want some more
You know you want some more
(You know, you know, you know, you know you want)
And if you want some more, open up my door
(Oh, oh, ah yeah)

[Post-Chorus: Jodeci]
I hear you knocking at my door
Let's me know you want more
Come and get it if you're with it
I'll touch you how you like it
Is it sensitive? Do you wanna give?
Give some more, open my door
I hear you knocking at my door

[Outro: K-Ci, Jodeci]
Baby, knocking, baby, knocking, baby, knocking baby
Uh, you know you're knocking
And you want some more, I know you want some more
You want some more, you want some more, baby
I hear you (Open up my door)
I, I hear you knocking, baby; I hear you knocking, baby
Nothing in the world, nothing, nothing in the world
Nothing in the world can make you feel the way I make you feel, baby
(You know you want some more, You know you want some more, more)
(You know you want some more, You know you want some more, more)
(You know you want some more, You know you want some more)

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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