CeCe Peniston

Released: January 28, 1992

Songwriter: Rodney K. Jackson Danny Moore Felipe Delgado

Producer: Gail “Sky” King Felipe Delgado Rodney K. Jackson

So you sayin' that you're down with me
So let's check the degree
Is what I'm hearin' something new to me?
Just an impression on what you need
Carry yourself in a gentleman way
So far you're good to go
And now I find myself at your place

CHORUS:
So you're sayin' that you're down with me
Respect my virtue
So you wanna spend some time with me
Respect my virtue
I'm not the one to teach, cause baby, I please
So take some time to get to know me better
And if you wanna be down with me, respect my virtue
Respect my virtue

You say you're living large, so am I
But I don't see no signs

Mack daddies come a dime-a-dozen buggin'
And so they try to find
The combination to my heart and mind
The stimulation kind
The stimulation is easy to do
After, where do I stand with you?
(I never knew ya!)
Cause "C" ain't goin' out like that guaranteed
Not before me need, you see
A new jack move in a woman's plan
If you really want a woman
Find the time to be a man

CHORUS

I need a man, a man with backbone
You know what, baby?
If you wanted to spend some time with me
You should have respected my virtue
You know what I'm sayin'

CeCe Peniston is an R&B and dance singer/songwriter known for her international ‘90s pop hit “Finally.” The Phoenix, Arizona native got her start doing demos and background vocals for rapper Overweight Pooch. Though she didn’t have a lot of time to work on her debut album Finally, it still yielded multiple hit singles like “Keep On Walkin,” “We Got a Love Thang,” and the sentimental soul ballad “Inside That I Cried” that landed in the Top 20 Billboard charts in Pop, Dance and/or R&B categories.

For her 1994 follow-up, Thought Ya Knew, CeCe forged into more R&B territory with the Soulshock & Karlin-produced lead single “I’m In The Mood”. The album also yielded the hit singles “I’m Not Over You” and “Hit By Love”.

Label shake-ups affected the success of her third album I’m Movin' On, but the singles “Movin' On” and her remake of Jocelyn Brown’s dance classic “Somebody Else’s Guy” still made impact on both sides of the Atlantic.

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