Jody Watley

Lucky, lucky me
I've got my hands on you
I had to wait around
But finally I'm the lucky one
I knew it from the start
That you would break my heart
Still I insist today
I wouldn't have it any other way

I ain't mad at you, oh, no
For running your game
In fact I can't blame you
It was my idea to play
There's no use pretending
I'm not letting go
I think I should you want you
I think that you should know

It makes me moan
When we're alone
Alone, just me and you
(With you, boy)
I'm so at home
'Cause you're the bomb
With everything you do
So would you mind
If you had the time
If I can't deal with you
Don't change a thing
I'll try and hang
With everything you do, boy

Lucky, lucky you
You got your cake and ate it too
They label me the fool
I label me the lucky one
You captivate my heart
You cast your spell on me
You waved your magic wand
Now I'm feeling like the lucky one

I ain't mad at you, hey, man
For running your game
In fact I can't blame you
It was my idea to play
There's no use pretending
I'm not letting go
I think I should you want you
I think that you should know

It makes me moan
When we're alone
Alone, just me and you
(Ooh-ooh-ooh...)
I'm so at home
'Cause you're the bomb
With everything you do
So would you mind
If you had the time
If I can't deal with you
Don't change a thing
I'll try and hang
With everything you do, boy

It makes me moan
When we're alone
Alone, just me and you
I'm so at home
'Cause you're the bomb
With everything you do
(Ooh-ooh-ooh...)
So would you mind
If you had the time
If I can't deal with you
Don't change a thing
I'll try and hang
With everything you do, boy

Mmm-mmm, you're the bomb
With everything you do, boy

It makes me moan
When we're alone
Alone, just me and you
I'm so at home
'Cause you're the bomb
With everything you do
So would you mind
If you had the time
If I can't deal with you
(Ooh-ooh...)
Don't change a thing
I'll try and hang
With everything you do, boy

It makes me moan
When we're alone
Alone, just me and you
I'm so at home
'Cause you're the bomb
With everything you do
So would you mind
If you had the time
If I can't deal with you
Don't change a thing
I'll try and hang
With everything you do, boy

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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