K-Ci & JoJo

Released: December 2, 2000

Songwriter: Michael Bell Craig Brockman K-Ci Hailey JoJo Hailey

Producer: Mike Smoov JoJo Hailey

[Intro]
A lot of imitators, perpetrators, duplicators
K-Ci and JoJo haters
Copying our style for years (Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh)
A lot of imitators, perpetrators, duplicators
K-Ci and JoJo haters
Copying our style for years

[Verse 1]
Shoulda been a little while now
I think about 10 years
Been around the whole world y'all
Even heard a lot of cheers
A lot of imitators, perpetrators, duplicators
K-Ci and JoJo haters
Copying our style for years (come around here)
(but we still here, that's why we're the first ones to make you say ooh yeah)

[Chorus]
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh (somebody say ooh yeah)
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh

[Verse 2]
It's a shame that I always
Have to be conscious and cautious
Of every riff I make
And every song I sing
What happened to the day
When everybody was creative
Woah, I can't go on
Feeling this way about it
You know but you won't admit it
Who was the first person to make you say ooh yeah

[Chorus]
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
(you know that I know and I know that you know)
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
(kci was the first one to say it I was the one to duplicate it)
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
(all the rest of you, move on, move on)

[Bridge]
Wave your hands in the sky (shake your hands)
(Me and K-Ci about to come and do it this time)
Wave them front side to side
We don't care what you hear

[Chorus]
We're just here to make you say ooh yeah
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh
Ooh ooh, yeah yeah, uh huh uh huh (Fade out)

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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