Jody Watley

I've surrendered to love's calling
With everyday I live
The more I want to give
You treat me like a child
You know that's not my style
Why don't you look into your heart, boy
You've got to set her free
Or just let me be
'Cause I can't live in the backseat

A different kind of love
Is what you're giving to me
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)
Stolen moments are too few
'Cause I want to live my life with you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

I'm at your beck and call
Though you do me wrong
You've got to choose between her and me, boy
I can't take this tug of war
I can't take it anymore
It seemed you were the one for me, boy
I've done the best I can
And now it's up to you
All I want to know is where we stand

A different kind of love
Is what you're giving to me
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)
Stolen moments are too few
'Cause I want to live my life with you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...

A different kind of love
Is what you're giving to me
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)
Stolen moments are too few
'Cause I want to live my life with you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

A different kind of love
Is what you're giving to me
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)
Stolen moments are too few
'Cause I want to live my life with you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...
Oh-oh, a different kind of love
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
Oh, yeah, it's a different kind of love

Stolen moments, stolen moments are too few
'Cause I don't want to live
I don't want to live in the backseat
So make up your mind
I can't hide, I can't hide the tracks of my tears
It's a different kind of love, ooh-ooh-ooh...
I don't want to live
I don't want to live in the backseat
This is a different kind of love

Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer that first danced her way to fame at 14-years-old as a dancer on Soul Train. That experience led show host Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey to place her and fellow dancer Jeffrey Daniel in the group Shalamar in 1977, with lead singer Howard Hewett added to the group in 1979. They produced the hits “Second Time Around,” “Make That Move,” “This is for the Lover in You,” and “A Night to Remember” before Watley left the group in 1983 due to conflict within the group and a lack of payment from Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records label.

She released her self-titled debut album in 1987 featuring the #1 Dance hits “Don’t You Want Me,” “Some Kind of Lover,” and “Looking for a New Love,” which also peaked at #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Pop chart. This album went Platinum and led to her winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1988. Her follow-up album Larger Than Life was released in 1989 and featured the Top 10 Pop hits “Everything,” “Friends” with Rakim, and the #1 Dance and R&B hit “Real Love.” She worked on these albums with Prince bassist André Cymone, who she would later marry in 1991 before separating in 1995.

She released nine studio albums between 1987 and 2006, and in 2008, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Her last project was the 2014 EP Paradise on her own Avitone label and she made an appearance on DâM-FunK’s Invite the Light album in 2015 on the track “Virtuous Progression.” She also formed “Shalamar Reloaded” with two new members and continues to tour.

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Affairs of the Heart (1991)

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Affairs of the Heart