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What About UsJodeci

Released: December 21, 1993

Songwriter: DeVante Swing Devell Moore Roger Troutman Shirley Murdock Larry Troutman

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Intro: Jodeci, DeVante Swing, JoJo]
Come and talk to me
Can I talk to you?
Come and talk to me, oh
Then I want you to stay
Let's make it
K-Ci
Yeah, we can do this
I wanna love you, I wanna love you
I wanna love you, I wanna love you
I wanna love you, I wanna love you
I wanna love you, woo
Check this out
I wanna love you
JoJo

[Verse 1: JoJo]
Girl, I'm reaching out my hand
Tryna make you understand
That you don't have to be alone
'Cause I wanna be your man
Girl, I need you in my life
Just wanna live right by your side
So girl I won't be satisfied
Until you give this love a try

[Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo, K-Ci]
I'm in need of love
(I'm in need of love)
And baby you're in need of love
(You're in need of love)
So what about us? (Yeah)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(On and on and on) (Hey, hey)
I'm in need of love
(I'm in need of love)
And baby you're in need of love
(And baby, you're in need of love, baby)
So what about us?
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

[Post-Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo]
Can you feel (Yeah), can you feel (Can you feel), can you feel me?
I can feel you, baby

[Verse 2: JoJo, Jodeci]
Satisfaction guaranteed
If you come and get with me
Girl, I can get down on my knees
So let me please, let me (Do you, lady)
'Cause I know just what you need (I need your love)
I need your love
Girl, would you listen to me?
Yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, oh, oh

[Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo]
I'm in need of love
And baby you're in need of love
(You're in need of love)
So what about us? (Yeah)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(I'm in need of love, I'm in need of love)
I'm in need of love (Oh oh oh oh ooh)
And baby you're in need of love (Baby)
So what about us? (I wanna love you)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(I wanna love you)

[Bridge: Jodeci, JoJo, K-Ci]
Shooby-doo-wop, shoo-doo-wop, I wanna love you
(I just wanna get little closer to you)
I wanna love you, baby
Shooby-doo-wop, shoo-doo-wop, I wanna love you
(You're driving me so)
And it's so good
(Yeah, yeah, ha)
Shooby-doo-wop, shoo-doo-wop, I wanna love you
(Now tell me what can we do)
I wanna love you, baby
(What can we do for love, baby?)
Shooby-doo-wop, shoo-doo-wop, I wanna love you
You know you hear me, baby

[Chorus: Jodeci, K-Ci]
I'm in need of love (I'm in need)
And baby you're in need of love (And you're in need)
So what about us? (Oh, no-no-no-no-no)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(I don't know, I don't know what to do)
I'm in need of love (If I can't be with you)
And baby you're in need of love (Do you want me?)
So what about us? (Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, oh)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, oh)

[Refrain: JoJo]
I wanna love you
I wanna love you
I'm in need

[Chorus: Jodeci, JoJo]
I'm in need of love (I'm in need of love)
And baby you're in need of love (So what about)
So what about us? (Hey, yeah)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(On, and on, and on)
I'm in need of love (I'm in need of love, baby)
And baby you're in need of love (I'm in need of love, yeah)
So what about us?
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
(On, and on, and on)
I'm in need of love (I'm in need)
And baby you're in need of love
(Can you hear what I'm talkin' out there?)
So what about us? (Oh yeah)
On and on and on 'til the break of dawn, it's on
I'm in need of love (I'm in need of love)
And baby, you're in need of love
So what about us?

Jodeci

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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