Jody Watley

So you say you're leaving
You're out of here
Not gonna wait for the next time
To get it right
I never knew how much I loved you
Till your heart went away
It went away, just went away

But before you go
Before you walk away
Before you tell me once again
I no longer have a friend
Before you see me cry
Before I dry my eyes
Can I hold you just one more time

So whatever the reason
I don't care who's to blame
Doesn't matter much to me anymore
'Cause your love is not the same
If there's a word I can say
I'd have said it every day
To bring you back home
Where you belong

So before you go
Before you walk away
Before you tell me once again
I no longer have a friend
Before you see me cry
Before I dry my eyes
Can I kiss you just one more time

Oh-oh-oh...

Have you ever thought that you and I
Were meant to be
It's not every day I find someone
Who understands me
You understand me

But before you go
Before you walk away
Before you tell me once again
I no longer have a friend
Before you see me cry
Before I dry my eyes
Can I look at you just one more
Just one more time

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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