K-Ci & JoJo

Released: September 16, 1997

Songwriter: Laney Stewart Gloria Stewart

Producer: Laney Stewart

[Intro]
Oh, yeah, yeah
Yeah, baby, listen
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Oh, yeah, you

[Verse 1]
I was sitting at home
Thinking to myself
I started thinking 'bout you
How much I do love you, I really do
I would never trade you, never forsake you
'Cause nothing could be better
That's why I wrote you this letter
I love you always, lady

[Chorus]
Last night (ooh)
I wrote a short letter (I wrote a short letter)
And it went this way (And it went this way)
Dear, baby, I love you, just thinking of you (I love you, just thinking of you)
Love always (ooh)
Last night (baby)
I wrote a short letter (I wrote a short letter for you)
And it went this way (And it went this way)
Dear, baby, I love you, just thinking of you (yeah, yeah)
Love always (yeah, yeah, ooh)

[Verse 2]
Now I know I could've called
But it seem much better this way
'Cause I'm missing my baby
I'm so blessed your my lady, lady (you're my lady, you're my lady)
Now I know I can't wait until tomorrow
When you're in my arms again
Holding and kissing you
Doin' the things we love to do, until then

[Chorus]
Last night (ooh)
I wrote a short letter
And it went this way (went this way)
Dear, baby, I love you, just thinking of you (I love you, I'm just thinking of you)
Love always (baby)
Last night (ooh, wee)
I wrote a short letter (yes, I did, yes, I did)
And it went this way
Dear, baby, I love you, just thinking of you
Love always (ooh)

[Bridge]
You, oh, baby
You, all the things you do for me, all the things you wanna do for me
You, baby, oh, baby
You, hey, hey, ooh

[Chorus]
Last night (ooh wee)
I wrote a short letter (I wrote it)
And it went this way (went this way)
Dear, baby, I love you, just thinking of you (oh, oh)
Love always (yeah)

[Outro]
I love you, I love you, I love you
And there is nothin' that I wouldn't do (I wouldn't do it this way)
Just to prove that I really, really love you
And baby, I want you, I want you, I want you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And there is nothing that I'd rather do (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Than to love you (you, you, you, yeah)
I love you always (you, you, you, yeah)
Every night and every day

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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