K-Ci & JoJo

Released: November 23, 1999

Songwriter: JoJo Hailey Rory Bennett K-Ci Hailey

Producer: Rory Bennett JoJo Hailey

[Intro]
Oh, woah

[Verse 1]
Baby, I was willing to give you all of my love
Baby, I was willing to give you all of my time
Just so we could be together
And share a love to last forever
And that's when you came and said to me
That we should spend some time apart
Why did you go and do that?
Baby, I just can't take it

[Chorus]
If you don't want me tell me
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me know what you see
On the way shouldn't be
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me go, let me be
So I can find someone to love me

[Post-Chorus]
Ba ba ba ba ba da da
Ba ba ba ba ba da da
Ba ba ba ba ba da da
Why did you do this to me?
Ba ba ba ba ba da da
Ba ba ba ba ba da da
Why did you do this to me?

[Verse 2]
What kind of man do you think that I am?
To let you play with my heart
And what kind of fool do you take me for, baby?
I just won't stand for it anymore

[Chorus]
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me know what you see
On the way shouldn't be
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me go, let me be
So I can find someone to love me

[Bridge]
Girl, tell me do you want me
I gotta know right now
Tell me right now, girl
Girl, girl, I've been your fool
Too long for you
And I've been waiting since, and I can't wait, no way

[Chorus]
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me know what you see
On the way shouldn't be
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me go, let me be
So I can find someone to love me
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me know what you see
On the way shouldn't be
Girl, if you don't really love me
Just let me go, let me be
So I can find someone to love me

Brothers Cedric Hailey and Joel Hailey from Monroe, North Carolina make up the duo K-Ci & JoJo, the lead singers and half of the multi-platinum R&B group Jodeci along with brothers Mr. Dalvin and DeVante Swing. After three platinum albums with Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo branched off and sang hooks for 2Pac on his singles “How Do U Want It” and “Toss It Up” in 1996 before releasing their first album Love Always in 1997. The album featured the #1 hit “All My Life,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and was nominated for two Grammys. Their second album, It’s Real, was released in 1999 and hit platinum status in part due to the success of the single “Tell Me It’s Real,” which peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart. Their third album, X, was released in 2000 and featured the hit “Crazy,” which peaked at #3 on the Hot 100.

The duo released two more albums—2002’s Emotional and 2013’s My Brother’s Keeper—but they didn’t contain any top hits. In 2010, they starred in their own reality show on TVOne titled K-Ci & JoJo…Come Clean which dealt with their alcohol and relationship issues as they attempted a comeback. They reunited with Jodeci to release the album The Past, The Present, The Future in 2015.

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