Jodeci

Songwriter: Stevie Wonder

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Verse 1]
[JoJo, Jodeci]
Lately I've had the strangest feeling, oh yeah
With no vivid reason here to find
But yet the thought of losing you been hanging
Around my mind (Around my mind)
K-Ci, sing it, sing it (Around my mind)

[K-Ci]
Far more frequently you're wearing perfume
And with you say the special place to go
But when I ask, "Will you be coming back soon?"
You don't know, never know, oh

[Chorus: JoJo, K-Ci]
Oh, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel
My eyes won't let me hide
'Cause they always start to cry, yeah, yeah, baby, well, well
'Cause this time could mеan good, goodbye
Bye, bye (Farеwell), bye (Farewell), farewell
(Oh, won't you tell me) Well, well, well

[Verse 2]
[JoJo]
Lately I've been staring in the mirror, oh yeah
Very slowly picking me apart
Said I'm trying to tell myself that I have no reason with your heart
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah

[K-Ci]
Just the other night while you were sleeping, ha
I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name
But when I ask you of the thought's you're keeping
You just say that nothing changed

[Chorus: JoJo, K-Ci, Jodeci]
Well, well, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses (Oh yeah)
But what I really feel
My eyes won't let me hide
'Cause they always start to cry (Oh, yes, they do)
'Cause this time (Time) could (Could) mean (Mean) good (Good) goodbye (Bye)
Goodbye
I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses (Ooh yeah)
But what I really feel
My eyes won't let me hide
'Cause they al- (Always) -ways (Always) start (Start) to cry, yeah
(Yes, they do) Yes, they do (Yes, they do) Yes, they do
'Cause this time could, could mean goodbye
(It could mean goodbye) It could mean goodbye
(My tears could mean goodbye) Oh, oh yeah
(Ooh yeah) Ooh yeah, yeah

[Outro: Jodeci, K-Ci, JoJo]
(Oh, gotta know, lately, baby) (Lately)
Lately I've had the strangest feeling (Ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
That you were gone
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
That you were gone

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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