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Don't Rush
K-Ci & JoJo Lyrics


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The look within you eyes, baby
It makes me wonder why, lady
You want to get with me, darlin
When I thought we were just friends
Then you made your move on me
You started moving on me strongly
Even though nobody was around,
I still had to tell you to slow it down
We don't have to rush the night away
There's always going to be another day
A time to make love an da time to play
What I'm trying to say, take love slowly
When I took you to my house baby you got buck wild
And kicked off your shoes
Then you started dancing
I said come over here have a little seat with me
All I wanna do is watch a little bit of tv
She started rubbin' on my legs
Fingers in my hair
Then you got silly
Said let's play truth or dare
I'm not in the mood
Honey I swear
Baby you're outta control
I had to get up out of there
We don't have to rush the night away
There's always going to be another day
A time to make love and a time to play
What I'm trying to say, take love slowly
Don't rush it
Don't rush (don't)
Don't rush it
Don't rush (don't )
Don't rush it
Don't rush (don't)
Don't rush it
Don't rush (don't)
Don't rush it
Don't rush (don't)
Don't rush it baby
We don't have to rush the night away
There's always going to be another day
A time to make love and a time to play
What I'm trying to say, take love slowly

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to K-Ci & JoJo's "Don't Rush" focus on the pain and confusion of a breakup. The singer is alone in their room, thinking about the person they loved who is no longer with them. Despite giving that person the best of themselves, they were betrayed without any explanation or closure. The days pass without smiles, and life feels unfair. The singer feels like they can't go on, and memories of the lost relationship haunt them. They wait for a phone call that never comes, trying to hold onto hope that things could be fixed, but ultimately, they realize that the relationship is over and they are left to deal with the pain on their own.


The lyrics illustrate how heartbreaking and difficult it can be to get over someone who you thought you would spend your life with. The pain and heartache that comes with a failed relationship can feel unbearable, and the singer is left wondering how they could have been so blind to the other person's true feelings. No matter how much they try to move on, the memories of the lost love continue to haunt them.


Overall, "Don't Rush" is a poignant reminder that love can be both beautiful and painful, and that sometimes, no matter how much we want something to work out, it just isn't meant to be.


Line by Line Meaning

All I can do is sit alone in my room baby
I feel really sad and all I do is sit in my room thinking about you.


Thinking about ya
I can't stop thinking about you and what we had together.


How could this be that you are not here with me
I don't understand how we went from being together to you not being here at all.


When I gave you the best of me
I gave you everything I had and everything I knew how to give.


I face each day (each day)
Every day I wake up and have to face the world without you.


Without a smile
I can't even fake a smile because I feel so heartbroken.


And life seems so unfair
It feels like life is really unfair because I lost you.


I feel like I want to (like I wanna) die
Sometimes I feel so low that I don't want to live anymore.


You didn't even give me a last
You left without even giving me a proper goodbye.


You didn't give me a last goodbye baby
You didn't even take the time to say goodbye to me properly.


I've waited weeks for your call
I've been waiting for you to call me for weeks.


I've waited here by the phone
I've been sitting by the phone waiting for your call.


But when the silence grew long (it grew to long)
When the phone didn't ring for a really long time, I knew something was wrong.


I knew that something was wrong (ooooohhhhhhhh)
I could feel in my heart that something wasn't right.


Right then I knew it babe
At that moment I knew that something was really wrong.


How could you do it babe (how could you do it)
I don't understand how you could have done this to me.


How could you tear my poor heart in two (why did you have to do it oooohhhhh)
You broke my heart into a million pieces and I don't know why you did it.


Do it do it how could you do it baby
How could you have done this to me?


And tear my poor heart in two
You ripped my heart out and left me feeling shattered.


Ain't no more blue up in my sky
Without you, my world feels gray and lifeless.


Only cloudy moments ha
All I have left are painful memories and cloudy moments of us together.


And the tears like rain you left behind
All you left me with were tears and heartache.


All of those memories in the corner of my mind
I can't escape the memories of us together, they are always there in the corner of my mind.


I started looking at a picture in a frame
I looked at a picture of us together in a frame and it made me cry.


As I start to cry 'cause I can't picture us apart
The thought of us not being together anymore is too painful for me to even imagine.


Oh my God can you help me
I'm calling out to God, asking for help to get through this.


Can you help me with this pain
Please God, help me deal with this unbearable pain.


With this pain I've buried deep down inside.
The pain of losing you is so deep that I can't even begin to express it.


Girl tell me it's not true (all my life)
Please tell me that this isn't happening, that you didn't really leave me like this.


Do I have to spend the rest of my life without you baby
I can't imagine spending the rest of my life without you by my side.


How can I get through
I'm not sure how to get through this pain and sadness.


How can I get through this pain this pain no deal baby
I don't know how to deal with this pain that I'm feeling.


Break it down, break it down (But when to silence grew long)
Break it down and analyze what went wrong and how I got to this point.


Break it down, break it down (I knew that something was wrong)
Take a closer look at what happened and try to understand what went wrong.


Break it down
Put everything into perspective and try to figure out a way to move forward from this heartache.




Lyrics Β© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Joel M Hailey, Richard Cedric Hailey, Rory Bennett

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Comments from YouTube:

@carlotoledo4533

Very underrated song and these were some great years for R&B

@DaRendogxtreme

Youre Right I remembered This Song listening to This as a kid When I was 7 and Had To Listen to this now to Understand

@adayah30

Missing this type of R&B for real. We need another album from K-Ci & JoJo.

@anthonyroberts4477

Facts soooo slept onπŸ€¦πŸΎβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€žπŸΎβ£οΈπŸ’―

@ATLGETREADY4ME

They put out an album 13 years ago right after they did that reality show it was called β€œMy Brother’s Keeper” (the album not the show)

@jamesblanco276

I don't think people realize how talented these 2 brothers were. Platinum albums with Jodeci and as a duo. Almost a 10 year span of hits.

@bossguy8301

yeah bro they were ahead of their time and no one can compare

@lawrencecampbell7623

P.S. f

@msgraham6244

James TiBlanc most definitely

@JohnMiller-gi6cw

You are so right my brother..

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