K-Ci & JoJo

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Andrew Braxton Jerry Marcellino Mel Larson JoJo Hailey Cedric Hailey Derrick Garrett Fred Rosser Gene Marcellino

Producer: Jeff Redd Derrick Garrett

[Intro]
Baby, come back
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
Woah, woah, woah
Baby, come back
Hey

[Verse 1]
I was a fool to let you go
I let you walk right out of my door
It was a bad mistake I made
And I regret it to this day
If I had a second chance
I promise, girl, I'll make it last
So tonight I'll erase my pride
If you let me back inside

[Chorus]
Baby, come back (ooh, yeah, babe)
Baby, come back to me (oh)
I don't want to be free (and you know, and you know, baby)
Baby, come back
Baby, come back
Baby, come back to me (ooh, yeah)
I don't want to be free (oh)
Baby, come back to me

[Verse 2]
Baby, over and over I try to forget you
But it seems too hard
My feelings for you I can't disregard
It's driving me so crazy that you're not my baby
Anymore, baby
All I want you to do is bring your love back to me

[Bridge]
It's not about sex, baby
I know you're the best lady
Please have my baby
Forever my lady
It's not about sex, baby
I know you're the best lady
Please have my baby
Forever my lady

[Chorus]
Baby, come back
Baby, come back to me (come on back)
Baby come back to me (I don't want to be free, I don't want to be free, baby)
Baby come back (yeah)
Baby come back to me (ooh, wee)
I don't want to be free (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back (come on back)
Baby come back to me
I don't want to be free
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back
Baby, come back to me (oh, woah)

[Bridge]
I don't want to be free (yeah, I don't wanna be free)
Baby, come back to me (no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Baby, come back
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Said I need you in the morning

[Chorus]
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back (I need you in the midnight hour)
Baby, come back to me (yes I do, baby)
I don't want to be free (my, my, my, my, my, my, my heart can't take it no more)
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back (I need you with me right now, baby)
Baby, come back to me (ah come on, ah come on, ah come on)
I don't want to be free (I don't want to be free)
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back

[Outro]
Come on, come on, baby
Baby, come back
Come back to me, baby
Don't ever leave me
Don't ever let me go
Don't ever let me go
Don't ever let me go
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back
Baby, come back to me
I don't want to be free
Baby, come back
I don't know what else to say
Baby, come back to me
I don't want to be free

Brothers Cedric Hailey and Joel Hailey from Monroe, North Carolina make up the duo K-Ci & JoJo, the lead singers and half of the multi-platinum R&B group Jodeci along with brothers Mr. Dalvin and DeVante Swing. After three platinum albums with Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo branched off and sang hooks for 2Pac on his singles “How Do U Want It” and “Toss It Up” in 1996 before releasing their first album Love Always in 1997. The album featured the #1 hit “All My Life,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and was nominated for two Grammys. Their second album, It’s Real, was released in 1999 and hit platinum status in part due to the success of the single “Tell Me It’s Real,” which peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart. Their third album, X, was released in 2000 and featured the hit “Crazy,” which peaked at #3 on the Hot 100.

The duo released two more albums—2002’s Emotional and 2013’s My Brother’s Keeper—but they didn’t contain any top hits. In 2010, they starred in their own reality show on TVOne titled K-Ci & JoJo…Come Clean which dealt with their alcohol and relationship issues as they attempted a comeback. They reunited with Jodeci to release the album The Past, The Present, The Future in 2015.

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