Jody Watley (born Jan. 30, 1959, Chicago) emerged from the R&B group Shalam… Read Full Bio ↴Jody Watley (born Jan. 30, 1959, Chicago) emerged from the R&B group Shalamar to score a string of solo hit singles, chiefly from 1987 to 1990, a period in which she reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 six times. Watley got her start as a dancer on the television dance show Soul Train, which led to her being tapped for a spot in Shalamar. Her first solo album, Jody Watley, yielded #2 hit Looking for a New Love, which was followed by two more top 10 singles — Don’t You Want Me (#6) and Some Kind of Lover (#10). Two other singles from the album charted — Still a Thrill (#56) and Most of All (#60). The success propelled her to a Best New Artist Grammy win for 1987. Subsequent album Larger Than Life produced another three top 10 singles: Real Love (#2), Everything (#4) and Friends (#9). Her only other U.S. top 40 appearances came in 1992 with I’m the One You Need (#19) and as one of several featured artists on Babyface’s This is for the Lover in You (#6) in 1996. She is ranked #21 on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.

Friendz
Jody Watley Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Friendz' by these artists:

B-Legit Days broken into pieces Of golden moments for dirty hands Do…
jam9 それぞれに進む道があり気がつけばアイツも親になり今も変わらない奴がいたりいつも思い出すあの頃の物語若かったと苦笑…
Kc I'm friends with demons Ain't no "happy ever after" Still, w…
N.O.R.E. feat. Mariah Carey & Big Pun Chyeah What Chyeah Chyeah Chyeah Fucking her friends Back o…
N.O.R.E. ft. Mariah Carey & Big Pun Chyeah What Chyeah Chyeah Chyeah Fucking her friends Back o…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Jody Watley:

A Beautiful Life Through the years we've had our share of ups and…
A Little Respect I try to discover A little something to make me sweeter Oh…

After You Who Though with joy I should be reeling That at last you…
All The Way To Heaven You hold me and a hundred rainbows fill the sky Everytime…
Always And Forever At the start when I met you I had no…
Are You The One? No mountain's too high for you to climb All you have…
Bed Of Roses Job's gone, rent's too, I don't know what I'm gonna…
Best Of Me Since we met, a wonderful feeling I get So complete and…
Borderline Something in the way you love me Just won't let me…
Clouds Are you listening to your life Are you listening to your…
Commitment Of Love How, yeah, one chance in a million the two of…
Do It To The Beat You wanna dance with me? As I move my body With my…
Don When I first laid my eyes upon you I knew right…
Don't You Want Me When I first laid my eyes upon you I knew right…
Don't You Want Me? When I first laid my eyes upon you I knew right…
Everything Lately I feel so alone can't find the joy You…
For Love's Sake You gave me love, you did me wrong Didn't know what…
For The Girls Gettin' ready to do the town My Baby, so we'll be…
Friends Have you ever been stabbed in the back By someone you…
I No mountain's too high for you to climb All you have…
I Love to Love You gave me love, you did me wrong Didn't know what…
I Want You When the night falls surrounds us gently With a sexy atmosph…
I Want Your Love When the night falls surrounds us gently With a sexy atmosp…
I'm The One You Need No mountain's too high for you to climb All you have…
If I'm Not In Love If I'm not in love with you What is this I'm…
It All Begins With You There's something 'bout the morning sun, a day's begun anew …
Killing For Love You gave me love, you did me wrong Didn't know what…
L.O.V.E.R Hannah honey was a peachy kind of girl Her eyes…
L.O.V.E.R. I never knew what I was missing Love with no passion…
Learn to Say No Too strong woah You're too strong for me baby I've…
Looking For A New Love You gave me love, you did me wrong Didn't know what…
Love Hangover Love hangover night and day Love hangover night and day …
Love Injection I've been watching you Watching all the girls go crazy over…
Lovin' You So You got the lovin', baby, my style You got the groove,…
Lovin' You So Far You got the lovin', baby, my style You got the groove,…
Midnight Lounge I'm so glad lookin' at the weekend We like colorful friends…
More I'm wondering when a change is gonna come and I wonder…
Most Of All You made a promise That you'd never desert me So where are…
Only You It's hard to say the way I feel Sometimes the words…
Photographs Loving can hurt Loving can hurt sometimes But it's the only …
Precious Love Georgia, my heart with love Bring me the mystery And all t…
Real Love I said I would get over you Now I'm here out…
Skin Deep I'm searching for the kind of love that goes beyond…
Some Kind Of Lover I never knew what I was missing Love with no passion…
Still A Thrill You know it's funny, funny how time flies As I watch…
The Way You hold me and a hundred rainbows fill the sky Everytime…
This Is for the Lover in You Uh, uh, check it, uh, uh, uh Word is bond, yeah I…
To Be With You There's something 'bout the morning sun, a day's begun anew …
What 'Cha Gonna Do For Me Did somebody turn that damn music down? I'm a woman of…
What'cha Gonna Do for Me Better be sure There's no way to turn back once we…
What? Did somebody turn that damn music down? I'm a woman of…
When A Man Loves A Woman When a man loves a woman They say she could do…
Whenever LIFE CAN BE A CHALLENGE AT TIMES IT'S OVERWHELMING EVERYBODY…

Your Love Keeps Working On Me I was so lonely I was left with no one to…

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Comments from YouTube:

@rfast10430

3y↑229

Model looks, can write her own songs, and sing and dance. She is the complete package.

@BoobooThaFooI

2y↑8

I just saw her in concert on August 14 and she’s 63 now. I was just in awe! She’s beautiful vibrant and was so encouraging and uplifting to the audience. She did this song, looking for a new love and more. The highlight of my birth month

@gavanmitchell9516

Was the complete package

@fuferito

40w↑2

Yup. And she spits Rakim's rhymes when he's not performing with her, like she did on Arsenio, back in the day.

@Bishop98409

13y↑249

this is a classic and people dont even know how important this track is, its the first ever successful marrage of Hip Hop/R&B that people still use today

@kittied4482

3y↑12

Blondie was first

@reggiebarker5964

3y↑2

I FORGOT, SI REMIND ME DID BLONDIE COLAB WIT A HIP ⭐

@darrenjones5533

2y↑8

Blonde was dope bur not hip hop or r&b. Pop.

@IceManLikeGervin

1y↑12

1984: Chaka Khan ft Melle Mel- I Feel For You
1985: Rene & Angela ft Kurtis Blow- Save Your Love (For #1)
1988: Rick James ft Roxanne Shante- Loosey’s Rap
1988: Midnight Star ft Ecstacy (from Whodini)- Don’t Rock The Boat
1988: LeVert ft Heavy D- Just Coolin'
1989: Joyce “Fenderella” Irby ft Doug E Fresh- Mr DJ
1989: O’Jays ft Jaz- Have You Had Your Love Today?
1989: Al B Sure ft Slick Rick- If I’m Not Your Lover (Remix)

@SignatureSignsSouthampton24

1y↑3

@IceManLikeGervin rap with R&B goes back as far as the 50s with the Jackson 5. Hip hop with R&B , well that's a different story

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@blazesimpson8830

7y↑360

Jody Wately was the number one trendsetter in the 80s, first to put a rapper ( Rakim The Greatest of all time) on a r N b track,

@TheEdub1

5y↑61

No she's not the first Chaka Khan is with Melle Mel on I Feel For You in 1984!

@ivanlugo9491

5y↑14

Sorry your both wrong blondie was the first

@TheEdub1

5y↑29

@Ivan lugo My man Blondie was doing the rapping not anyone else. She had brothers in the video but not rapping on her tracks. And Blondie was a pop artist not R&B!

@ivanlugo9491

@edub1 hear whole album

@TheEdub1

5y↑13

@Ivan lugo She's still pop not R&B. We said the first to put a rapper on R&B track.

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@lithajones-bs2hy

38w↑6

Don't have any friends but Jesus

@johngold1849

7y↑164

Genius collaboration! Jody, is and will always be a goddess. Rakim is a lyrical beast!

@shamondavis406

3y↑6

John Gold
I strongly agree with you!!

@DjTIMEJD

37w

@@shamondavis406I wholeheartedly concur with the both of you, friends.

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑2

The friends Who I had they.held me up in the penitentiary because I remember where I came from and how I grew up hard and you never forget who was there for you because almighty god designated all my friends and I was a leader who was chosen by my creator and I deemed myself JESUS number one DISCIPLE and that’s how I knew

@Tommyseger7

7y↑238

Jody Watley the original trendsetter!! Excellent artist!!!

@jamesdavidkmoss

Tommyseger7 not really,she was a ok dancer

@DiscoFetish

6y↑12

No - she's an original and trendsetter. Her and Grace Jones sculpted a whole new aesthetic for black women performers! Next...

@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN

6y↑2

💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍

@Igaveyoumyfakename

@All About Me : Fun Fact: in this video ORIGINAL TREND-SETTER Jody Watley is rocking over-accessorized Gaultier a year before Madonna did it. So RECOGNIZE the Black genius mutha-phuckaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

@andreawhite5917

One of the best

@MaydaySanders12-ie1mh

30w↑14

I am a big fan of this collaboration. This is simply beautiful! This song is telling the truth. It is so relevant to 2023 and how friends treat you. I just love Rakim he's one of the best rappers that ever picked up a mic. Ms Watley is in a class by herself. She's the epitome of beauty , grace and one heck of a singer!!

@funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442

3y↑97

Anyone else is going through all their favorite jams thinking about how life was back in the days? ✌🏼️

@bonganibophela2819

50w↑2

Trust me everyone does, music are pegs that hold special events on a string of our lifeline

@davidg.9932

3y↑18

Happy 62nd Birthday January 30, 1959 Jody Vanessa Watley..
Chicago born..
A Dance music icon.. We love you Jody

@jtaquaqueen130

January 30th.. MY BDAY!!!... YES!!!... SOOO FUTURISTIC!!!!. WAY BEFORE HER TIME!!!... AQUA QUEEN!!!.. #AQUA GANG ♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️. . ALSO RAKIM born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28th!!!... AQUA BROTHER!!... AN AQUARIAN TAG TEAM... YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE IT‼️💯💪🏿👍🏾🔥👌🏾❤️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️

@Hala_2806

4y↑67

Over the years, you realize how ahead of her time Jody Watley was; simply brilliant. I just love her voice, it's so recognizable and cool. Geek info: She was one of the very few women who took part in Band Aid's legendary "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (the others were the members of Bananarama).

@mediaguy4037

3y↑5

Also one of the only americans (along with Kool and the Gang)

@bornwithaBA

@Media Guy she was living in England at the time. Her original solo work was released there first. That's how she was considered a New Artist for the Grammys.

@user-ii1tt8ym2l

27w

This song is the truth yes Jody Watley is the best of all times. This song speaks a lot of volume lots of, Truth to when it comes too jealous friends and invy. Sometimes, you can have a friend aslong as you have something they want. But the moment they think is something that they cannot have that you have they tend to get a fucked-up attitude because they wished they were in your shoes ,knowing that they can have the same things if they work hard for it or pray about it, friends will get jealous if you get it a new car or come into some money and, they also think that you are obligated to do them certain favor's like become their taxi driver some friends act like you owe them something because you have something they want,but when you don't have anything they seem to disappear .A lot of times . people are not your friend that just want what you have and that's it. A real friend would be around for you even when you're broke so-called friends never want to see you get ahead they tend to like you more when you given them something or when you don't have anything at all, and if they do like you is because you are given them things that you have like if you have a new car they feel like you owe them something like you supposed to be their personal Taxi they want you to pick them up all the time ,they want you to cater to their every Needs & Wants but as soon as you can't pick them up then you are no longer friends ,anymore it's nothing like a bunch of freeloaders ,never want to see you get ahead . They will Often call you out of your name and tell you that you think that you're too good because you can't do everything that they want or need you to. A real friend is there no matter what so the part with Jody Watley says was it the lies they told you is a very true statement because people would tell you lies just to get what they want out of you. They also don't want you to get ahead because if they're not happy they don't want you to be happy either.

@219records

8y↑309

Look at them voguing before Madonna made it famous!

@jayjones3276

8y↑24

damn u right.... great observation. I fuck wit Madonna but u see how them people do?

@blakkone4000

8y↑27

She's NOT a trans woman. She's given birth at least twice if I'm not mistaken.

@blakkone4000

8y↑14

+esco bar Says the person questioning people's gender and sexuality..... with no content on their profile no less. Obviously a troll.

@PeculiarChameleon

+L. Hill she's androgynous.

@aniyah80

8y↑47

Jody Watley gave birth to two children. A simple Google search would have revealed that. I'm so tired of people trying to say that just because a black woman is beautiful, that means they're transgendered. No, that's just a way for people like you to throw shade at them. P.S. she had one of those kids with Andre Cymone (the bassist from Prince and the Revolution) who she was married to. Save your conspiracy theories for the trash.

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@blackcosmos

5y↑80

The message in this track still resonates today

@shottashabazz6721

3y↑5

Two years later and your comment still holds weight.

@tarabeverly3680

12w

And even today as we just started 2024! Universal message❤ Love Jody Watley! Beauty given from God.

@jayscribe7547

8y↑126

So beautiful! Everybody had a crush on Jody

@LongJerryCurl

+Jay Scribe yes sir,,,,good times

@jayscribe7547

8y↑2

***** Yes indeed.

@LloydWamai

8y↑1

+Jay Scribe Oh yea we did!

@oceanbabin

The fat lady?

@jayjones3276

8y↑4

+MPA2000 and pebbles lol

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@hollypietrzak5214

8y↑116

this is how pop and hip hop used to sound like in the late 80s

@mikekaraoke

8y↑7

+holly pietrzak 80's were a golden decade

@hollypietrzak5214

7y↑3

yes it sure was and I also like the way jody dresses also

@mikekaraoke

7y↑2

holly pietrzak Yea dresses are good like any decade some fashion was bad and others alright- My niece said the same and she was born in 2000 :-]

@jcp1977

Amen

@richardredic

yes - god awful

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@kentmathis5398

11w

Jesus won’t let us down

@bro.malcolmali395

9y↑160

Rakim a gifted lyricist

@jayscribe7547

8y↑8

Ya think

@jayjones3276

8y↑15

didn't u mean to say one of the most gifted. to me he's top #1

@fab5frk

8y↑4

The R is the lyrics that start the saying "You know what I'm sayin". Fact !

@lebronbarkley6038

7y↑12

fab5frk he's the greatest

@ErK82

7y↑19

Rakim is the Greatest Of all time. Even here where some might say appearing with Jody Watley who's a legend from Shalamar, Could be seen as a mainstream no-no, Rakim adds credibility by walking the streets of NY with his crew

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@Kevin198898

2y↑3

today R&B Music cant Touch Jody Watley

@missmarthafawker

1y↑13

I listened to this song so much in high school that it is the reason I dropped the friends I had and chose better people to be in my life. I’m fifty one now.

@jasondawson92

47w

This need more dam views

@janismichelebenoit73

1y↑23

Will never get enough of Jody's music, an absolute genius of a woman , style and grace and that voice... OMG she rocked everything she sang. I'm 56 , it's now Nov 2022 and Jody's tunes get me dancing on a dime. She will Always be an artist I admire ❣

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑2

Sometimes the friends who have your back are usually people that you don’t even know who has your back because God can designate angels to be their for you when you least expect them to be there, especially when you’re on the streets, because most of the time that’s where you need them, because you have to live by a code, and if you don’t have that too bad and like she said you have to be a leader and that’s a mason .

@jerrycalhoun5075

8y↑115

Jody never lied. Real friends are always on deck.

@tonys1923

6y↑54

Jodie Watley was one of the best from this era, Shalamar lead singer to boot

@dougwilliams2480

2y↑2

Howard Hewitt was actually Shalamar's lead vocalist

@dameyunhenry5488

3y↑10

Newsflash JODY WATLEY was one of the first to introduce the dance form of voguing to the world way before MADONNA FACTZZZZZZZZZZ

@martha6018

4y↑5

Yeah i listened to Madonna. Yeah i listened to Whitney. Yeah i listened to Janet. But it was Jody that had that special something for me!!!

@kisukehanout8703

8y↑111

yo that's crazy Rakim was only 21 on this shit, dope verses

@whateva.man.1993

8y↑2

Word

@jayjones3276

8y↑3

damn so young to be so dope

@aqueenstandsalone3954

5y↑2

Kisuke Hanout he is an ICON

@2010Gullwing

4y↑7

Rakim best rapper ever

@lelynnmalkia9385

3y↑4

Real Lyricist, Always #Rakim

@stanleysimmons3959

6y↑54

She's so right, and yet we all have been the "friend" to let down others as well! I speak from experience, so I've apologized to my buddies and family members I've wronged over the years. Hey, even Whodini says that the dictionary doesn't know the meaning of friend!!

@Eurodance90schick

4y↑1

same here I love this song and especially the lyrics.

@trevorhicks3576

Yup

@murderwitahashtag840

45w↑1

STILL sounds like "NOW"! in 2023

Even BETTER THAN "NOW"!!

@mlyten67

35w↑5

Could there be a better collaboration of talent? I think not. Jody’s silky smooth and soulful voice and Rakim’s highly expressive lyrical groove combining to make a timeless track. Still and forever a fave. Makes me pine for a fantastic time.

@timmusumba5846

51w↑5

Released in 1989 when i was in grade 6....! The song had a very great message indeed! The mid 80s and 90s had the best music indeed! Why the song does not have more than 10,000,000 million views is a mystery to me!

@tallcoolone09

5y↑270

She was slightly ahead of everyone. The voguing and to feature rap artists in songs and video.

@rayconley82

4y↑14

Yep! She was ahead of the curve.

@SmoothCinnamonX

4y↑29

She really was. I feel like she never got the props she deserves. Jody is a phenomenal artist, a true artist!

@firouz4296

4y↑30

She was the first female to vogue in a mainstream video( 2. Taylor Dayne 3. Madonna) , the first to wear Gautier‘s Cone bra (1983 in her first solo video „where the boys are“), the first to collab with a rap artist, the first to bring high fashion and great directors to mainstream pop (David Fincher), one of the first to record a „new soul“ album (Intimacy) and so much more...
Tragically underrated in so many ways. Rihanna, Ameriie, Beyonce and many others wouldn‘t be here without her.
She needs to get a big time tribute! Since she still sounds and looks flawless, how about herself beginning the tribute and duet with the new girls?

@richardmiiller1813

4y↑11

YAAASSSS! I WS JUST SITIN HERE THINKIN THT LIKE WOW THIS HAS TO B 1 OF THE FIRST R & B rap collab songz. Jody ws a trendsetter n every since!

@anthonycorbett6264

4y↑2

slightly?

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@jimmimukuria2212

2y↑11

This was so daring of Jody...Marrying Rap and R&B when everyone else would have thought that was a crazy thing to try, and coming up with such a great song. Jody was way ahead of her time. She is and she'll always remain one of the greatest of all time.

@jasondawson92

1y↑2

Welcome to the 80s

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑1

I don’t have any friends at this point but I’m feeling pretty confident about the future because I know that almighty god will deliver because he knows who had my back in my past so I don’t worry about it anymore because I’m my own best friend and all I care about is my women that he surrounds around me and plus the dude’s that perpetuated to be my friend and stabbed me in the back, I will get my revenge back.

@MrThe1123

13y↑2

interesting song..but a lot of times the ppl who complain about having bad friends are the ones who don't look in the mirror and don't realize their the ones who need to change.

@curtismoore7738

31w↑9

FRIENDS TIMELESS CLASSIC A PURE MASTERPIECE

@mortinsprocessor

8y↑59

that very first verse though speaks HELLA volumes!

@heaven7360

2y↑2

I'm learning about friends these days.....this song is perfect. Hard to figure people out....

@chargedupchallah5006

1y↑2

This is Rak, #1 on one list, 🤔. Have more than one, categorizing them will take you back. Have fun with your Hip Hop.

@felixagabo9122

1y↑10

This song always gets me laughing and dancing and smiling and singing and nodding. This song brings back fresh memories of teenage years, really fond and nostalgic ones. Beautiful and eclectic Jody Watley sure contributed in making our growing years lively. This song for will everly remain A FIVE STARS rating.

@fuferito

40w↑1

Notice people voguing in the video years before Madonna picked up on it.
Jody Watley was the true trailblazer.

@nataliesammylove8716

7y↑62

This combination is truly untouchable. The God & Ms Jody.

@gowens7598

42w↑2

This song is still revelvant in 2023, The truth.

@sacheverelle

1y↑5

Friends will let you tf down. True then, true now and forever.

@Jamaica2024

26w

When I was opening my nightclub in June 1989, this song along with buffalo stance ( Nenah Cherry) we’re on mtv- I taped them and showed them on projector screen and was so enamored by them. So cool, and what was this rap thing, and so cool, and women so beautiful. Just magical

@ctbadcop15

3y↑11

This is the ONLY collaboration that featured a successful dance( that’s what we called in the 80’s) music singer and a real hardcore MC. I don’t care who you are but if Rakim isn’t in your top 5 list of emcee’s, you will never know hip-hop!

@CesarJ-zj9su

36w↑1

JESUS IS THE ONLY REAL FRIEND! BEGOTTEN!

@WesWessey

2y↑2

November 2021 lyrics still relevant 🤦🏽‍♀️.....this song came out when i wuz i da 6tg grade......i 'ma grown ass woman now and this song came to mind when this bacc stabbin BULLS+@#$ happen today. it's ol'rite granny taught me to seek da lord in times as this. findin my spiritual authority as his child n' servant. HIS WORD told me according to Luke 10:19. “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” hhmm! so amen amen AAAAMMMMEEEENNNN!

@michaelmaqua5179

I don’t completely agree with this song but it’s ninety percent accurate because I have never had a genuine friend because I was to out of touch with reality because I was blinded by something I didn’t understand about myself, but now my eyes are open and God has opened them up for me to on guard because I was a loner in my reality, but I had Jimmie’s , dudes that I grew up with that I trusted but they were taken away from me because I really had one big buddy who was my best friend and he was older than me and his name was Melvin Reed.

@theresagreen1493

4y↑11

RAKIM KICKS KNOWLEDGE every time in our time he was the best and will always be to Me!!! The god

@jeffreyprather5834

1y↑2

RAKIM BLACK KING ,LIVING LEGEND

@pjonesps

2y↑1

I believe this was the first R&B song to feature a rapper!

@tjrizzo1619

15w

I miss the 80s. Some of the best years of my life

@TheVegan15

3y↑1

Here because she was on the Wendy Williams Show. She looked great. 2021♥️🧡

@amgnomercy

6y↑3

Eric B is the coolest dude who ever lived. So much swagger in this video and he doesn't even speak.

@tallcoolone09

13y↑25

This video and song were so ground breaking at the time. i think she was the first to have a rapper featured in a song. and she had the vougers befor Madonna.

@adamscott9208

2y↑1

To me, and regardless of where you live in the world, it's extremely hard to find true, proper friends - the kind who never, ever let you down, use you (emotionally and/or financially), abuse/backstab/betray/bully/control/criticise/desert/hurt/judge/manipulate/mock/neglect you, or beg, borrow, grovel, steal, or ask for money from you! And I've had that problem since childhood, and I'm still a loner!

@santocarmona7517

45w↑1

Nothing new under the sun this track 30 plus almost 40 yrs old and the message still apply today

@MauricioSierraM.

2y↑24

One of the real R&B/Rap pioneers!

@sarahsimpkins2021

9y↑38

This came out in 1989 I was in the 4th grade when this came out I used to watch this on BET on Video souls them was the days Good music.Also I don't know what this young lady talking about her video was kind of like aliayah this was way before her time before she even came out.back in 80s every one had they own style and music and it was fun.I had for got about this one. Its been so long since I heard this I forgot Eric b and rakim did this song with her

@mynameisnotimportant2854

6y↑1

Sarah Simpkins a 1980 baby just like me

@Eurodance90schick

I remember this song when it came out I was in grade 1 when it came out.

@tyreed.3716

IM ON3 YEAR OLDER THAN YOU!!!!! #thaiwave class of 97 ooaa oaa! Or are you them same?

@bombboys

47w↑7

Song still gives me chillzzzzzz just like the 1st time I heard it. I was already in love with Jody after her 1st masterpiece of an album. This solidified it. ❤😊

@ajtowin

1y↑2

Makes me always wish to go back to the summer of 89, being 18 again

@sfrank8687

13w

I'm right with you

@ajtowin

1y↑2

Jody was a nubian Queen here in this video ❤😘

@ladylaurenia

4y↑10

She really resembles Sade! A beautiful woman.

@JaniceCarter-ws7lu

33w

Thank God when you find a Good one😌 that truly understands you❤

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑2

But now that I am older and I see life from a different perspective I can understand the difference between a real person who can be my friend but from a distance until I gain their trust and respect and loyalty and genuinely

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑8

She is so right about about this song and what friends will do because you can’t trust people who don’t have what you have

@jasondawson92

Especially in the hood the ghetto be hating when you drive a Benz in the neighborhood even when they your friends

@willjenkins3529

2y↑12

Still a CLASSIC and bumping in 2k22 and beyond. Plz keep your heads up and keep your eye on the business. God bless 🙌 9th day 🙏 🙌 ❤ ♥ 💖 💙 🙏

@isidorembianda7504

11w

Rakim,Rakim,Rakkkkkk...lord Rak,,,a born lyricist,second to none....Maybe him Daddy Kane and Father MC need to do a comeback Supergroup album....

@jeffreyprather5834

1y↑7

SHE IS A LIVING LEGEND

@s.w.9138

2y↑13

When this masterpiece came out I was a young child but I knew it was a hit. I loved her sound and style. Years later as an adult and life has happened, this joint slaps! It truly hits home!!!💯💯💯

@edwardbarnes75

11w

Rakim was the GOAT of this Era

@danksanatraoldredeyes2394

6y↑21

Her career was so iconic shalamar and her solo success she was killing new York's radio. Stations

@KennethPowers-tf7rt

21w↑3

The message in this song is relevant now more than ever!!!☹️👍🏿

@valmontmoore8301

7y↑16

Rakim great Lyrics him and Big daddy Kane best ever when it comes to lyrics

@aqueenstandsalone3954

5y↑10

JODI WHATELEY AND RAKIM ARE ICONS!

@cardockyloveslife82

Irs Jody Watley!!

@EarthWindandFirepower0990

7y↑26

DIS WAS THE 1ST SONG TO FEATURE A SINGER AND A RAPPER ON DA SAME RECORD.

@hectorrivera2096

6y↑1

Marcus Reeves I thought Run DMC did walk this way before this came out

@Pants3

Hector Rivera that was rock. This is for R&B.

@TheEdub1

5y↑8

No it was Chaka Khan and Melle Mel - I Feel For You (1984).

@evanginzburg

4y↑24

She's a great live performer- don't miss her.

@Ericechild1979

4y↑1

FOSTER HOME MUSIC growing up in the system in ILLINOIS the only good thing about during those growing pains was MUSIC 🎵and it was still is THERAPY it has to be good GOOD to the SOUL I LOVE JODY WATLEY she mos def doesn’t really get the recognition she so WELL DESERVES🎵🎵🎵🎵❤️😘😍😊👌🏾

@STLHouseLegend

14y↑4

Mo (the one voguer with the flattop) just made me the loveliest dinner last month, down to the macaroni & cheese! Brooklyn's finest, baby! AND HE STILL SERVES THE OLD WAY, BTW!! You kids would gag...

@jarrelely1376

STLHouseLegend do you ever see Grace Jones in Brooklyn NY? I'm always over there

@jeffreyprather5834

1y↑4

SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND VERY AND VERY HUMBLE

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑1

I meant I had a lot of Jimmie’s and they came and went because like I said before I was my own best friends, but I was a leader and I knew who had my back so it doesn’t matter about friendship but it’s about loyalty and having comrades that are loyal and trustworthy when you need them to be there for me , it’s called street savoir de core and being strong and smart with wisdom and love for them and your fellow man and giving back to them that was there for me when I needed them and didn’t know it, but God did because he ordained me to be his servant that he could depend on to help those who he chose not me

@ytbb2007

7y↑31

Jody Was the first to incorporate elegance, style, fashion, hair, and hot dance moves in her videos. What artist that's out right now completely copied her? (Beyoncé).

@Baldursgate2shadow

This is ISIS remix

@johnnymchappyboy

MADONNA

@mamadouaziza2536

Please, she was not the first..

@donaldflowers6169

5y↑26

Jody was and is still fierce

@michaelmaqua5179

1y↑2

She can be my friend because I don’t have no friends but she can be mine because she got what I want and she can give me the best thing a man can’t give me and she knows what I’m talking about and that’s some good loving

@kemaranight2456

2y↑13

This song got me through grade school in the early 00s. Don't recall ever seeing the video; wanting to vogue, this is hitting even harder at 4:14am. Just woke up from sleep with Jody on my mind and fixing my life in my heart. S/o to this queen for the forever vibe <3 #MyOWNFriend

@archstan33

3y↑2

Can you believe that this joint is over 30yrs old!!! I remember it well back in the day. There is nothing out there now to even touch this. Jody is absolutely gorgeous - damn those cheek bones!!! And of course there are no words necessary to describe the flow of the God M.C. 👊🏾

@ash-shakirwhitaker7008

6y↑17

I love it when rap (A-K-A Hip Hop) and R&B are blended together!

@edgardogonzalez4589

3y↑1

Friends don't hold u back.
.they uplift..
2o21 til infinity

@guri4114

3y↑2

She looks like Sade in this video. She was really a pioneer.

@bridgettholman4074

6y↑15

Awesome video, Rakim is the worlds best rapper!

@RBS_

5y↑8

AHHHH! They used the Hank Shocklee 12" remix, for the Video!! FANNNTASTIC!!

OK, trivia TIME: Rakim did a UHF interview LOOONG ago ('89), and discussed this video; He knew Jody was going to have something 'big budget', and thought he may be flown out to Paris (like the 'Still A Thrill; Video), or an exotic locale, and was anticipating the video shoot. NO ONE told him about the motif, so he just went along, thinking it was gonna be a 'stone gas, honey'...

He resided in Harlem at the time, and they picked him up in a Limousine (the one in this video) in his neighborhood....and drove him ONE BLOCK, to a warehouse, filled with Drag Queens (LOVE the one with the 'tired' sign at 1:46!), downtown Club Kids, Bodybuilders in loincloths, gay black boys voguing, and the Elvis impersonator!! ...Rakim was NOT READY for that! he said, 'I thought I was gonna leave my 'hood for one night, and they drove me ONE BLOCK!'....ha-HAAA!!

Jody was NO WHERE to be found, and only showed up when he had to the rap part on the stage! ..he said he wanted OUTTA THERE, but knew this would take him (and Eric B.) to new heights as 'street' rappers, reaching for a broader audience....BOY, did it EVER; they were RAW at the time, and this opened the door for Mariah / ODB, Rhianna / Drake, Beyonce / Jay Z, and MANY, MANY others...THIS was the template, all, so RESPECT Miss Watley, PLEASE!

@pasotay

2y↑1

I love the bridge..."there to wipe your tears away...from that new heartache!"

@unixpro1970

33w↑2

The great Rakim!

@user-qh2kz4xq6s

28w

Let's be honest, this was the first collaboration between a Hip-Hop and an R&B/pop artist...

@htiekmahned8859

2y↑2

It's 2022 and friends will let you down.

@ronaldwilliams8184

7y↑35

Ahead of its time.

@Eurodance90schick

They need to bring songs like this one back for the 21st century I love the message in it about friends and it's so true too.

@landocalrisian2014

5y↑11

I always wanted Jody and Sade to do a photo shoot. That would have been epic.

@kristiaspight332

3y↑8

OMG...this song literally just popped in my head today...Jody is so underated...the creativity in this video is on another level🔥

@kevinlong5392

3y↑2

She was way ahead of her time. Her milkshake brought me to the yard. Unique and then some😎

@blackirishrose4040

5y↑14

who's listening to Jody for 2019

@bigpank879

2y↑3

I was a huge fan of this song when it was released. Thought it was a nice track, but it took me 30 years to realize it had to be autobiographical considering the January 2022 interview of Howard Hewitt, and how he hated on Jody. Careful the ills you speak on someone's life. What God bless, let know man put asunder!