K-Ci & JoJo

Released: September 30, 2013

Songwriter: James Earl Davis Paul Irvin

Producer: Vekz Madison Mista Raja

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
I got a story that I wanna tell
Yeah, oh yeah
Somebody, I need some help
Let me tell you my story

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Somebody please, gimme just a minute
To explain, yeah, my, my misery
The girl that I love
She walked out on me
And now I'm standing here, mmm
With just a memory, yeah

[Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
Somebody please (somebody please)
Would you help me? (want you to help me)
Somebody please (somebody please)
Why don't you help me? (want you to help me)

[Verse 2: K-Ci]
Listen! Now wait just minute
You got to tell me why (tell me why)
Without my baby (without my baby)
I think that I'm gonna die
The girl that I love, mmm, mmm
She walked out on me
And now I am standing here (standing here)
With my heart in misery, yeah

[Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
So, somebody please (somebody please)
Would you help me? (want you to help me)
Somebody please (somebody please)
Somebody here, Would you please help me?
(want you to help me)
Somebody please (somebody please)
Would you help me? (want you to help me)
Some, somebody please (somebody please)
Would you help me? (want you to help me)
Yeah
(Somebody please) please tell me why
(want you to help me)
Why did my baby, why did you have to leave me?
(Somebody please) Won't you tell me why
(Want you to help me)
Somebody, somebody, somebody please

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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