Jody Watley

Released: February 23, 1987

Featuring: George Michael

Songwriter: George Michael Richard Dimples Fields

Producer: Bernard Edwards

Too strong woah

You're too strong for me baby
I've got to learn to say no
Something's wrong with me baby
I've got to learn to say no

I try to give you up but it's hard
Playing games left a hole in my heart
You've got me doing things I can't understand
Won't someone save me take this gun from my head

You're too strong for me baby
I've got to learn to say no (ugh)
Something's wrong with me baby
I've got to learn to say no

Same situation again and again
I'll say I'm leaving I just don't know when
You know that I could turn my back on the pain
It's just that something called pleasure keeps on calling my name

You're too strong for me baby
I've got to learn to say no (yeah)
Something's wrong with me baby
I've got to learn to say no

Ain't nobody gonna win this one baby

Breakdown

Love me do
Tell me true
Alibies
Little white lies
Gimme that
Gimme that
Gimme that
Gimme
Ain't nobody gonna win this one baby

Something called pleasure keeps on calling my name

You're too strong for me baby
I've got to learn to say no yeah ooooh
Something's wrong with me baby
I've got to learn to say no
I'm just a slave to your heart

You're too strong for me baby (Too strong)
I've got to learn to say no (I gottta learn to say no)
Something's wrong with me baby (Something's wrong)
I've got to learn to say no
I've got to
I've got to, got to, got to

I've got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to go

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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