Johnny Gill

Released: June 8, 1993

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

Producer: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1]
Sometimes it burns like, like a fire, yeah
Love has a mind of, a mind of its own
Don't let it stop your, your desire, mmm
Baby, don't end up, end up alone

[Pre-Chorus]
Stop where you are, look to your heart
Don't be afraid, don't throw love away
Don't get burned by your heart

[Chorus]
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need a man of your own, keepin' you warm
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need to hurry back home, let me keep you warm, yeah yeah

[Verse 2]
Sometimes it feels like life's over, yeah
You know when it feels like everything's wrong
Don't let it take you, take you under
Baby, don't end up, end up alone

[Pre-Chorus]
Stop where you are, look to your heart
Don't be afraid, don't throw love away
Don't get burned by your heart

[Chorus]
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need a man of your own, keepin' you warm (Oh yeah)
'Cause you're a long, long way from home (Yeah)
You need to hurry back home, let me keep you warm
(Let me keep you warm, yeah)

[Bridge]
I know that at times it doesn't seem fair
Those are times when you don't even care
Broken heart, shattered dreams
Without love, tell me what does it mean
Stop it, baby, right where you are
Don't you let it go, go too far
Stop it, stop it, right where you are
You're a long way from home

[Chorus]
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need a man of your own, keepin' you warm
(You're gonna need someone to keep you warm)
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need to hurry back home, let me keep you warm
(Oh, don't take too long, baby)

[Pre-Chorus]
Stop where you are, look to your heart
Don't be afraid, don't throw love away
Don't get burned by your heart

[Chorus]
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need a man of your own, keepin' you warm
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need to hurry back home, let me keep you warm
(Get some of this, get some of this, get some of this good, good, good lovin')
'Cause you're a long, long way from home (Yeah, yeah)
You need a man of your own, keepin' you warm
'Cause you're a long, long way from home
You need to hurry back home

Johnny Gill is a singer-songwriter that entered the music business when he was 16-years-old. He released his self-titled debut in 1983, a duet album with Stacy Lattisaw titled Perfect Combination in 1984, and his second solo album Chemistry in 1985. It was his next move that turned him into a star as Johnny joined the popular R&B group New Edition in 1987 following the departure of Bobby Brown. He was featured on their 1988 album Heart Break and closed the album as the lead vocalist on the classic song “Boys To Men.”

After Heart Break, New Edition decided to focus on solo projects, leading Johnny to release his third album, a second self-titled album, in 1990. He enlisted the top two R&B super-producer duos at the time to produce the album—L.A. Reid & Babyface and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who he worked with on N.E.’s Heart Break album. These collaborations led to the three #1 R&B singles (“Rub You the Right Way,” “Wrap My Body Tight,” and “My, My, My”), while “Fairweather Friend” peaked at #2. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 and hit #1 on the R&B Albums chart, while also getting a couple of Grammy nominations for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male and Best R&B Song for “My, My, My.”

He released two more solo albums—Provocative in 1993 and Let’s Get the Mood Right in 1996—before re-joining New Edition in 1996 for the album Home Again and joining another supergroup with Keith Sweat and Gerald Levert, forming LSG in 1997. They released the album Levert Sweat Gill featuring the #1 R&B hit “My Body.” He would go on to make another album with LSG (LSG2 in 2003) and New Edition (One Love in 2004), appear on TV and in stage plays as well as release several solo albums such as 2014’s Game Changer, which features the New Edition reunion track “This One’s For Me and You.”

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