Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsy… Read Full Bio ↴Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Wanya Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Nathan Morris, on Motown Records during the early 1990s.

Based on sales, Boyz II Men is one of the most successful R&B groups of all time, having recorded five #1 pop hits between 1992 and 1997. They have since topped sales of 25 million records. Three of their #1 hits, "End of the Road", "I'll Make Love to You", and "One Sweet Day" (a duet with Mariah Carey), set and broke records for the longest period of time a single remained at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Boyz II Men were originally signed to Motown Records from 1990 to 2000, at which point they were moved to parent label Universal Records. After the 2000 album Nathan Shawn Michael Wanya, Boyz II Men moved to Arista Records. In 2003, Michael McCary left the group due to chronic back problems resulting from scoliosis. As of 2005, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and Nathan Morris continue to tour and record as a trio.

What The Deal
Boyz II Men Lyrics

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Yeah yeah ohh ooehhh
[Verse One] - [Shawn ]
Incredible...
From your legs up to your mouth you look so edible
Don't have to speak your spirit it's just legible
And when you lick your lips I swear girl I go medical
Let the mystery unfold

[Chorus: ]
What the deal mommy
Can you make a deal
Let me show you mommy
That my love is for real
Got the goods baby
Make you want to reveal your heart (yeahey yeahey)
So let me feel mommy
'Cause I got what you need
Girl I want you (yeaheeyhh yeaheeyhh)
Really close to me
Girl I promise
We will never be apart

[Verse Two] - [Nate ]
Naaauuhhh....
Paradise
Tonight I'll take you there
Lay back and close your eyes
I'll make this loving hurt so good
But you won't want to cry
So let me put my love inside you
Make you tremble ever so
Gently baby don't let go

[Chorus ]
I want you feel mommy
Can you make the deal (uuohhh)
Let me show mommy
That my love is for real (uuohhh)
Got the goods baby (...yeaahh)
Make you want to reveal your heart (make you want to reveal your heart...)
So let me feel mommy
'Cause I got what you need
Girl I want you (girl I want you)
Really close to me (so bad...)
Girl I promise (ohh yeah)
We will never be apart (uuueeeyhhh...)
I want you feel mommy
Can you make the deal (ooehhh)
Let me show mommy
That my love is for real (ooehhh yeeaahh...)
Got the goods baby
Make you want to reveal your heart
So let me feel mommy
'Cause I got what you need
Girl I want you
Really close to me
Girl I promise
We will never be apart

Lalalalalalalalalaaaaaahhhh....uuoehhhh....
[Bridge] - [ Wanya ]
Why don't you open up your heart and let me in
I'll tell you what the end is before we begin
I'll be swimming in an ocean filled essence of you
Your world's surrounding me
Your love is drowning me ooehhh...
Oh I can see the future when I look in your eyes
Loving you forever we will always be together
Oh that's the real mommy
Oh do you feel mommy
What do you feel mommy
What's the deal mommy
Oh I want to make you reveal your heeeaaaart...

[Chorus ]
I want you feel mommy
Can you make the deal
Let me show mommy
That my love is for real
Got the goods baby
Make you want to reveal your heart (hey girl...)
(making you reveal it) So let me feel mommy
(uuoehhh...) 'Cause I got what you need
Girl I want you
Really close to me
Girl I promise (girl girl)
We will never be apart (ne...neeveer be apart)
I want you feel mommy
(ouuehhh...) Can you make the deal
Let me show mommy (heeyihhh)
That my love is for real (ohhh God reveal yeeahh)
Got the goods baby
Make you want to reveal your heart (yeeahh...reveeaal...)
So let me feel mommy
'Cause I got what you need
Girl I want you
Really close to me
Girl I promise (oohh ooehhh)
We will never be apart
Neva be apart...
Lalalalalalalalalaaaaaahhhh....uuoehhhh....laaaalaaaalaalaaalaaa...uoehhhh...
lalaaalaaaalaaaalalalalaalalalaaahhh...
I want you feel mommy
Can you make the deal
Let me show mommy
That my love is for real
Got the goods baby
Make you want to reveal your heart
So let me feel mommy
'Cause I got what you need
Girl I want you
Really close to me

Girl I promise
We will never be apart

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Boyz II Men's song "What The Deal" are about the desire and passion that the singer feels towards a woman who he finds incredibly attractive. He describes her as being edible from her legs up to her mouth and that he can read her spirit just by looking at her. He mentions that when she licks her lips, he goes weak in the knees because of her beauty. The chorus talks about the deal that the singer wants the woman to make with him so that he can show her that his love is real.

The second verse is about taking the woman to paradise and making love to her that will be so good that she won't cry. The singer wants to put his love inside her and make her tremble ever so gently. The bridge talks about opening up the heart and letting the singer in. It talks about how the singer can read the woman's essence, and her love is drowning him.

Overall, the lyrics are about the passionate desire the singer has for this woman and how he wants to make her reveal her heart to him.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: ANTHONY S. CRAWFORD, JAZZ NIXON, SHAWN PATRICK STOCKMAN, WANYA JERMAINE MORRIS, NATHAN B. MORRIS, MICHAEL S. MCCARY

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