Jodeci

Released: August 27, 1991

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

[DeVante Swing]
Do you wanna dance? (Yes, DeVante)

[K-Ci]
Swing, DeVante Swing

Alright!
Alright! Oh, aw yeah...
It's alright...

[Verse 1: K-Ci]
Your friends they keep on telling me I'm always on your mind
Swinging, grooving, getting nasty is what you wanna find
They tell me that you talk about me all night long
But you don't wanna tell me 'cause your scared I'll do you wrong

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci + (Jodeci)]
(Tonight we could have so much fun)
If you let me (Girl, I want to do ya)
I wanna do ya, inject my love into ya
Come on, baby (And it's alright)
It's alright

[Chorus: Jodeci + (K-Ci)]
Alright to tell me that you love me
Tell me that you need me (You know it's alright)
Alright to tell me that you love me
Tell me that you need me (You know that it's alright)
Alright to tell me that you love me (Tell me that you love me)
Tell me that you need me (Tell me that you need me, baby)
Alright to tell me that you love me
Tell me that you need me
(I wanna break it on down)

Do you wanna dance? (Alright!)

[Verse 2: K-Ci]
Said I saw ya last night looking hard as you can
Tryna turn your head but I put you in a trance
You might as well tell me that you wanna roll with me
All the ladies wanna get nasty with K-Ci

[Pre-Chorus: K-Ci + (Jodeci)]
(Tonight we could have so much fun)
If you let me (Girl, I want to do ya)
Said I wanna do you, inject my love into ya
If only you let me, baby (And it's alright)
It's alright

[Chorus: Jodeci + (K-Ci)]
Alright to tell me that you love me (Tell me that you love me)
Tell me that you need me (You know it's alright)
Alright to tell me that you love me
Tell me that you need me (It's alright)
Alright to tell me that you love me (Tell me that you love me)
Tell me that you need me (Tell me that you need me, baby)
Alright to tell me that you love me
Tell me that you need me
(Ooh, I wanna break it on down)

[Bridge: K-Ci]
Tell me that you love me...
Tell me, tell me, tell me...tell 'em, JoJo (Tonight...)

Now if you wanna dance! (it's alright)
If you wanna swing (it's alright)
If you wanna groove (it's alright) it's alright!
Now if you wanna move! (it's alright)
If you wanna party! (it's alright)
If you wanna party! (it's alright)
It's alright! (Alright)

[Breakdown]

Alright (Keep on singin')
Alright (Keep on singin')
Alright

...I saw her on 42nd and Broadway
I'm telling you this girl is (Alright!)

Started in 1983, Jodeci is comprised of two sets of brothers—Cedric and Joel Hailey (also known as K-Ci and JoJo) and Donald and Dalvin Degrate (also known as DeVante Swing and Mr. Dalvin). Jodeci were once known as the “bad boys of R&B,” notable particularly because they were actually boys at the time, breaking out as teenagers in 1991 with their debut album and its title ballad, “Forever My Lady.” Natives of North Carolina, they were discovered by Heavy D, who overheard their demo when an A&R at Uptown was in the process of passing on them. Heavy D introduced Jodeci to Uptown founder Andre Harrell, who signed them after they sang in his office, and handed them off to his then-protégé Puff Daddy, who outfitted the group in dark shades and coordinating leather ensembles. The look, along with the streetwise soul found in songs like “Cry 4 U” and “Feenin” (as well as a few run-ins with the law) made them the antithesis to good-guy personas of then-peaking R&B superstars Boyz II Men. Devante, who along with Mr. Dalvin held down production duties for the group, founded the Swing Mob, a collective responsible for the discovery of musical geniuses like Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Static Major. As a group, Jodeci would go on to release three critically-acclaimed album in the ‘90s, before disappearing from the limelight. K-Ci and JoJo splintered off as a duo in 1997, producing hit single “All My Life” and, eventually, five albums, but adoring fans never let go of their Jodeci obsession. In March, the group released The Past, The Present, The Future, the first Jodeci album in two decades. Jodeci, if y'all reading this, where’d you go?

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