Joe

Released: April 23, 2002

Songwriter: John Williams Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams

Producer: The Neptunes

[Chorus]
Isn't this the world?
The place that we call home
If this the world
Then why do I feel alone?

[Verse 1]
I've walked around just about all my life
I slept on park benches many, many nights
Even remember the days I had nothing to eat
But someone to love me is all I need

[Pre-Chorus]
What we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
Me and you (what we gotta do?)
We have to change our selfish ways
No matter who else does
We have to rise, rise above
Come together in love

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
On top of living this life of love without
I've been ignored and talked about
This is not the riches that I live to see
But someone to love me is all I need

[Pre-Chorus + Chorus x2]

Joseph Lewis Thomas, known simply as Joe, is a Grammy-nominated R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who was born in Columbus, Georgia to two evangelist preachers. His family relocated to Opelika, Alabama where he grew up performing gospel music in the church. At 16 years old he wrote his first song, “Good Girl.”

After graduating from Opelika High School in 1990, Joe traveled to New Jersey hoping to make connections in the record industry. He continued his music education through a local church and, while working at a gospel record store, eventually met producer Vincent Herbert to record a three-song demo tape.

Joe signed to PolyGram/Mercury Records in 1992 and released his debut album, Everything, the following year.

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