Jody Watley

At the start when I met you
I had no idea what was in store
But time pass and we got to know each other
A lot of laughs, so many things in common
Oh I feel so good in side
I want to let you know just how I feel
When I pray in my room at night
I?m thinking of you and I eeeeeeeee

That it?s gonna be, a time for us
A love to last, always and forever
A time for us, a love to last
Always and forever

Call me up, on the phone
We can talk all night
Or just be alone
I want to be the one to turn you on
I?m the only one, I can make you happy
Oh, feel so good inside
I want to let you know just how I feel
When I pray in my room at night
I?m thinking of you and I eeeeeeeee

That it?s gonna be, a time for us
A love to last, always and forever
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
A time for us, a love to last, always
Always and forever

No longer am I going to be lonely
Cause you and I are together
We got a good thing going
I want to let you know that
Night and day, I?ll be thinking of you
And I

That it?s gonna be, a time for us
A love to last, always and forever
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
A time for us, oh ah
A love to last
Always and forever
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Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer that first danced her way to fame at 14-years-old as a dancer on Soul Train. That experience led show host Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey to place her and fellow dancer Jeffrey Daniel in the group Shalamar in 1977, with lead singer Howard Hewett added to the group in 1979. They produced the hits “Second Time Around,” “Make That Move,” “This is for the Lover in You,” and “A Night to Remember” before Watley left the group in 1983 due to conflict within the group and a lack of payment from Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records label.

She released her self-titled debut album in 1987 featuring the #1 Dance hits “Don’t You Want Me,” “Some Kind of Lover,” and “Looking for a New Love,” which also peaked at #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Pop chart. This album went Platinum and led to her winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1988. Her follow-up album Larger Than Life was released in 1989 and featured the Top 10 Pop hits “Everything,” “Friends” with Rakim, and the #1 Dance and R&B hit “Real Love.” She worked on these albums with Prince bassist André Cymone, who she would later marry in 1991 before separating in 1995.

She released nine studio albums between 1987 and 2006, and in 2008, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Her last project was the 2014 EP Paradise on her own Avitone label and she made an appearance on DâM-FunK’s Invite the Light album in 2015 on the track “Virtuous Progression.” She also formed “Shalamar Reloaded” with two new members and continues to tour.

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Affairs of the Heart (1991)

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Affairs of the Heart