After 7

Released: August 22, 1989

Songwriter: LA Reid Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

L.A. Reid and Babyface

All was right
We were one
You were my everything
So in love
Now I've learned
That You weren't there
How could I be so blind for you

Well I seen it in your face
That you were on a date
Girl I should've known, you started comin in so late
Someone else had said
That I had been misled
Till the day our kid found you in someone else's bed

Sayonara**
I won't be bothered
And I never want to see yo face no more
Sayonara
I won't be bothered
And I never want to see yo face no more

All I know
Is you were wrong
But still I could forgive
I stayed strong
Till one day
He came by
And said our family
Was all a lie

Well I couldn't believe my ears
What he was tellin me
So I went to call the doctors
Cause I just had to see
Well He really rocked my world
You know good and well he did
Cause you knew all the time
That you had someone's kid

Repeat chorus **4x

Oh! Oh! Oh! Girl
Girl I've had it
You could have had the decency
To tell the child if not just me
Oh! Oh! Oh! Girl
Girl Forget it
Girl I'm walking out that door
You can't come this way no more

No.No.No.No
No.No.No.No

Repeat chorus *

After 7 is a group originating from Indianapolis, Indiana, and consists of brothers Melvin Edmonds and Kevon Edmonds along with their friend Keith Mitchell. The group came together in 1987 after Melvin and Kevon’s brother, superstar singer/songwriter/producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds brought them out to Los Angeles as he was starting to move up in the music business. Babyface, along with his partner L.A. Reid, wrote and produced 7 out of 9 songs on After 7’s platinum self-titled debut album released in 1989. L.A. & ‘Face produced the album’s three singles — the Top 20 pop hit “Heat of the Moment” as well as the #1 R&B hits “Ready or Not” and “Can’t Stop,” which were both Top 10 pop hits. They followed this album with another popular song, their 1991 Top 10 R&B single “Nights Like This” from the movie The Five Heartbeats.

L.A. & Face weren’t as involved in their next two albums — 1992’s Takin' My Time and 1995’s Reflections — but these albums still went Gold thanks to their respective Top 5 R&B hit singles “Baby, I’m For Real/Natural High” and “‘Til You Do Me Right.”

The group disbanded in 1997 after issues with their label Virgin Records and Kevon Edmonds went on to release his solo album 24/7 in 1999. As discussions to reconvene took place, Melvin Edmonds decided not to tour with the group, so his son Jason Edmonds took his spot. The four of them came together to create their 2016 album Timeless, which featured production from Babyface and his longtime musical partner Daryl Simmons.

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