New Edition

Released: August 2, 1996

Featuring: Shaquille O’Neal

Songwriter: Silky Jeff Dyson Dinky Bingham Shaquille O’Neal Michael Bivins Ronnie DeVoe

Producer: Silky

[Intro: Shaquille O'Neal]
Come here for a sec
Oh, you gonna act like you don't hear me, a'ight

[Verse 1: Shaq]
Shaq Diesel better get them digits or somethin'
With all that back, why you frontin'?
You remind me of a (Candy girl)
Check my steez, I'm hot as a hundred and two degrees
600s and 3s
I'll send ya telegrams and roses wrapped in fifty grand
Your body is real estate, let Shaq appraise the land
The sexy bow will make you smile front to backy style, macky style
Shaqy style, hit me off now

[Verse 2: Bobby Brown]
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"

[Pre-Chorus: New Edition & Ricky Bell]
We can get started as long as you're ready, baby
As long as you're ready, babe
Baby
Anyway you want it

[Chorus: New Edition]
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 3: Johnny Gill]
You got me open, got me jonin' for an episode
Come on, baby, you drive me crazy
Let's spend an hour in the shower
When it's nice and wet I'm ready for your love

[Pre-Chorus: New Edition & Ralph Tresvant]
So who's making moves
'Cause I'm looking at you and I like it
Ooh, anyway you want it, girl

[Chorus: New Edition]
Hit me off (Come on, baby)
Hit me off
Come on, baby
Hit me off
(Come and hit me with the flavor, let me taste you, baby, oh)
Hit me off
(I'm the man with the master plan, come on, ah)
Come on, baby
You drive me crazy
Hit me off
Come on, baby

[Verse 4 - Ronnie DeVoe & Michael Bivins]
Now, check it
I'm taking no losses, now I'm the boss
And I see you flossing my way
With the grace all up in my face so I say
"What's up love? How you doing?
What you think about me and you screwin'?"
Naw but wait, let's make a date, plans for dinner
I'm down to take it slow 'cause you know that she's a winner, uh
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 peek at it
Grab it, stab it, 'cause you know I got's to have it
So hit me

[Chorus: New Edition]
Hit me off
Hit me off
I got my mind on my money
Yo, the booty's on me, oh
Come on, baby
You drive me crazy
Hit me off
Come on, baby

[Bridge]
I got my mind on my money
And the booty's on me
Come on, baby, come on, got me open, baby
I got my mind on my money
And the booty's on me

[Chorus: New Edition]
Hit me off
Hit me off

[Outro]
Remix
Spyder and Big Shaq, baby
Uh, what what what what
Once again, y'all
Hit me, hit me, hit me, hit me
Hit me off, baby
It's like that, what what what what, remix
N.E., baby
Don't stop
Like that, it's like that

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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