Jody Watley

Time has revealed
The feelings I have for you, oh-oh...
You have been my friend
And here for me where I have needed you

Now here we are
Passions flowing all inside of me
And I see it in your eyes
Like I'm reading your mind
Oh, how I've wanted you
And I see you want me too
Come on, baby, let's get closer

Stay, baby, please stay, baby
Please don't go
Stay, baby, please stay, baby

Make this night last
Forever come here to our love
I'm letting your know
That what we share is for no one else

Now here we are
Passions flowing all inside of me
And I see it in your eyes
Like I'm reading your mind
Ooh, how I've wanted you
And I see you want me too
Come on, baby, let's get closer

Stay, please don't go, baby
Oh, yeah, please don't go

Don't wanna let you go
Come on, baby
It's time to get closer

Don't go, ooh...
I want you to stay

Stay, baby, please stay, baby
Please don't go, please stay
Please don't go, no

Come on, baby
Come on, baby
It's time to get closer
Stay

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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Affection (1995)

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