New Edition

Released: August 13, 1996

Songwriter: Michael Bivins Ronnie DeVoe Silky Dinky Bingham Jeff Dyson

Producer: Frankie Knuckles Silky

Hit me off
Produced by: silky
Writeen by: silky, dinky, bingham, and jeff dyson
Rap written by: ronnie devoe and michael bivins
Hit me off

Ricky spoken:
Alright ya'll
You ain't got to ask nobody

Bobby spoken:
Yeah

Ralph:
Got cha open baby
(come on baby you drive me crazy)

Verse 1
Bobby:
She's the finest thing
I've ever seen
Looking like a natural queen
I said, let me take you for a ride umm baby
To the other side
We can do just what you like girl

B sec:
We can get started as long
As you're ready
As long as you're ready babe (baby)
Anyway you want it

Chorus:
Hit me off (oh baby, yeah)
Hit me off (oh I like it when you)
Hit me off
Come on baby you drive me crazy
Hit me off
Freak ya like this

Verse 2
Johnny:
You got me open got me
Jonin' for an episode
(come on baby you drive me crazy)
Let's spend an hpur in the shower
Where it's nice and wet
I'm ready for your love

B sec:
So who's making moves
Cause I'm looking at you and I like it

Ralph:
Ooh, anyway you want it girl

Chorus:
Hit me off (come over yeah)

Hit me off (come on baby)
Hit me off
Come hit me with the flavor
Let me taste ya baby
Hit me off
I'm the man with the
Master plan come on now
Come on baby you drive me crazy
Hit me off
Come on baby

Rap
Ron and mike:
No check it
I'm taking no loses
Now I'm the boss
And I see you flossin
My way with the grace
All up in your face
So I say
What's up love
How ya doin'
What you think
About me and you scre...
Nah but wait
Let's make a date
Plans for dinna I'm down to take it slow
Cauz I know that
She's a winner uhh
Got me feinin' for
The cream don't you know
I'm movin' in slow but
Keep it low, low, low
Yeah, yeah, yeah baby boo
Yo what's up with you
Word around camp is
That you like it with two
I wanna freak it, but first I'm gonna
Take a peak at it grab it, stab it
Cause you know I got's to
Have it so hit me

Chorus:
Hit me off (ah, baby, baby)
Hit me off (I got my mind on my
Money
Yo the booty's on me)
(come on baby you drive me
Crazy)
Hit me off
Come on baby

C sec:
Do de ows (repeat)
I got my mind on my money
And the booty's on me
Ad libs over chorus to fade

New Edition is a Boston-based R&B group that was seen as the inspiration of the boy bands that followed them during the 1980s and 1990s. The group initially consisted of Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe. They released their debut album Candy Girl in 1983 after being discovered by producer Maurice Starr. This album yielded the hits “Candy Girl,” “Popcorn Love,” and “Is This the End.” After a financial dispute, New Edition cut ties with Starr and released their second album New Edition in 1984, which features two of their biggest “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man.” In November 1985, they released All for Love featuring the hits “Count Me Out” and “A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)” and one month later released Christmas All Over the World.

Before the end of 1985, the group decided to vote Bobby Brown out of the group for his disruptive behavior. After their 1986 doo-wop cover album Under the Blue Moon, lead singer Ralph Tresvant was considering a solo career as the group’s direction was in question. In 1987, Johnny Gill was added to the group and the quintet went on to create their most popular album Heart Break with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in 1988. This album was released on June 20, 1988—the same day as Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel—and features two more of their biggest “If It Isn’t Love” and “Can You Stand the Rain.”

In 1990, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill and Bell Biv Devoe all went on to have successful hits. Among these hits was the remix to BBD’s “Word to the Mutha,” which was the first song to feature all six members. After a hiatus, all six members came together in 1996 to create the album Home Again, which hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and was a multi-platinum success. After some friction on the Home Again tour, Bobby Brown decided to depart the group again. In 2004, after leaving their longtime label MCA Records, New Edition signed with Bad Boy Records and released the album One Love but they left Bad Boy a year later due to a lack of promotion. The group continues to tour together and sell out shows after 30 years in the business. The group was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 23, 2017—one day ahead of the BET premiere of their 3-night mini-series The New Edition Story.

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