K-Ci & JoJo

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Emanuel Officer Robbie Nevil Bradley Spalter

Producer: Bradley Spalter Emanuel Officer

[Verse 1]
They're always running around
Telling me that I should be free
But there's no kind of way
I'ma gonna let them take your love from me, no
You see I'm not one who goes on
Speculations, hearsay, and gossip
But I'm a firm believer
In trusting, caring and loving

[Pre-Chorus]
My love for you is so timeless (so timeless)
It's deeper than the depth of emotion (deeper than the depth)
And every day goes by, I'm finding (said I'm finding)
The reasons that I love you more and more

[Chorus]
Now and forever will I love you and be true (baby, mmm)
Now and forever will I keep what we have new (Now and forever, mmm)
I will cherish, adore you (adore you)
Trust and give my all to you (all to you, babe)
Now and forever will I love you (you, you, you, I love you)

[Verse 2]
I'm not interested in starting all over again
To give you up on somebody else's words
Is not something I'd do
You see you can tell a tree
By the, by the fruit that it bears
And from where I stand
You see, my field is yielding

[Pre-Chorus]
Wish we could sail away on the ocean (wish I could sail away, baby)
Float away on midnight dreams (oh, baby)
And we don't need a magic potion (we can't explain our love)
So we can live inside our dreams (oh)

[Chorus]
Now and forever will I love you and be true (yeah, yeah, I will always love you)
Now and forever will I keep what we have new (oh, yeah)
I will cherish, adore you (ooh)
Trust and give my all to you (yes, I will)
Now and forever will I, love you (I will keep loving you, baby, I'm only gonna love you)

[Bridge]
You're everything I want in a lover (everything, yeah)
You're everything I need in a friend, yes you are (everything to me)
You're the shoulder that I'm leaning and depending on, baby
And I could never hurt you, no, you're everything to me

[Chorus]
Now and forever will I love you and be true (oh, yeah, and you know)
Now and forever will I keep what we have new (now, now, I wanna cherish you)
I will cherish, adore you (you, you, you)
Trust and give my all to you (ooh, yeah)
Now and forever will I, love you (I will, I will, I will love you, baby, baby)
Now and forever will I love you and be true (tell me, tell me)
Now and forever will I keep what we have new (I wanna cherish you everyday)
I will cherish, adore you (adore you)
Trust and give my all to you (ooh, yeah)
Now and forever will I, love you (woah)
Now and forever will I love you and be true
Now and forever will I keep what we have new
I will cherish, adore you
Trust and give my all to you
Now and forever will I, love you

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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