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How Could YouK-Ci & JoJo

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Joey Elias Gloria Stewart Jon-John

Producer: Jon-John

[Verse 1]
All I can do is sit alone
In my room, baby, thinking about you
How could this be that you are not here with me?
When I gave you the best of me
I face each day, each day
Without a smile and life seems so unfair
I feel like I wanna die 'cause you didn't even give me a last
You didn't give me a last goodbye, baby

[Chorus]
I've waited weeks for your call
I've waited here by the phone
But when the silence grew long
It grew too long
I knew that something was wrong
Right then I knew it, babe
How could you do it, babe?
How could you do it?
How could you tear my poor heart in two?
Why did you have to go away?
How could you do it, babe?
How could you do it to me?
How could you do it, do it, do it, do it?
How could you do it, baby, and tear my poor heart in two?

[Vese 2]
Ain't no more blue up in my sky, only cloudy mornings, ha
And these tears like rain you left behind
All of those memories in the corner of my mind
I started looking at us at a picture
In a frame as I start to cry
'Cause I can't picture us apart
Oh my God, can you help me? Can you help with this pain?
With this pain I'm feeling deep down inside, lord?

[Chorus]
I've waited weeks for your call, yes, I did
I've waited here by the phone, every day
But when the silence grew long, it grew long
I knew that something was wrong
Right then I knew it, babe, baby
How could you do it, babe?
How could you tear my poor heart in two?
How could you do it?
How could you do it to me, baby?

[Bridge]
Girl, tell me it's not true
Will I have to spend the rest of my life without you?
How can I get through?
How can I get through this pain of losing you?
Baby, tell me why

[Chorus]
I've waited weeks for your call
I've waited for your call
I've waited here by the phone, by my phone
But when the silence grew long
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I knew it
Something was wrong, baby
I knew that something was wrong
Right then I knew it, babe
How could you do it, babe?
Why'd you do this to me
Why'd go away?
How could you tear my poor heart in two?
I've waited weeks for your call
I've waited here by the phone
Break it down, break it down, break it down, break it down, break it down, baby
But when the silence grew long
I knew that something was wrong
Right then I knew it, babe
I didn't mean to do it
I didn't mean to do it
Whatever I did
How could you do it, babe?
How could you tear my poor heart in two?
Whatever, whatever, oh no, no, no
How could you do it, babe?
And you know
You know do it, do it, do it?
How could you do it baby and tear my poor heart in two
Sorry baby, baby
Said I'm so sorry, baby

K-Ci & JoJo

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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