Jody Watley

Can I talk to you?
There's something that I want to say
And I've wanted to say it for a long time

Would I be too forward if I moved a little closer
Whispered gently what I want you to do to me
Can I take your hands and place them
Gently near my heart as it beats anticipating
My thoughts, my love, my soul
My fears undressed before you
And all I want to do is lose them inside you
Let me show you how I wanna be loved
If I were to open up to you, baby
Would you still think of me as a lady?

Take me in your arms, hold me tight
Love me tonight, over and over, yeah
Just take me in your arms
Love me, oh, so slow

I know a woman ain't supposed
To express the way she feels
When it comes to making love
And I don't want to try and change you
Just enhance the things you do so well
'Cause you're my man, gonna be together
Pray for always
What I'm trying to do here is just communicate
My thoughts, my soul, my body
Is undressed before you
Now that I've opened up to you, baby
Do you still think of me as a lady?

Take me in your arms, hold me tight
Love me tonight, over and over
Just take me in your arms, love me

Ooh, just take me, hold me tight
Love me tonight, over and over
Just take me in your arms
Love me, oh, so slow, yeah

It's so nice to have this time alone
Spending a little private time together

'Cause you're my man, gonna be together
Pray for always
What I'm trying to do here is just communicate
My thoughts, my soul, my body
Is undressed before you
Now that I've opened up to you, baby
Won't you come over here and take me

(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
'Cause you know I've been waiting for a long time
Take me in your arms
(I wanna love you, baby)
Tonight, it's just you and I
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
You and I
(I wanna love you, baby)
Making love all night long
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
Hold me, love me, yeah, yeah
(I wanna love you, baby)
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
Ooh...
(I wanna love you, baby)
I'll make it all so right

(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)
Kiss me, love me
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)
Over and over and over
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
Just take me in your arms
(I wanna love you, baby)
Forget about your job
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
The bills, everything
(I wanna love you, baby)

(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
I want to love you
Tonight, it's just you and I
(I wanna love you, baby)
Hold you, kiss you, ooh...
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
Tonight
(I wanna love you, baby)
Just take me
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
Over, over, over
(I wanna love you, baby)
Hold me tonight
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)

(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
I want you to love me
(I wanna love you, baby)
You and I
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)
Making love
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)

(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
(I wanna love you, baby)
(I wanna love you, I wanna love you)
Hold me
(I wanna love you, baby)

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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