I was happy for US! Didn't matter to me that 'we' didn't write the song. Look at how it all turned out now :) GO OMARI :) remember going back to London after Say Yes was released in the USA and returning to 'SAY YES'. *every time I see him now we smile, acknowledging where we used to be those years ago. Performance shots are everything and the Say Yes video was shot carefully to ensure it looked cohesive thanks to the director Jeremy Rall! I remember choosing Omari Hardwick as the guy I would be checking out on the subway in the video and I'm thankful he 'said yes' ) The Floacist would lip sync all my vocals throughout the video to give the illusion of this being a Floetry song. I remember sitting in creative meetings about the video trying to figure out how to incorporate the duo in this song because only I wrote it and only my vocals are on the song. I remember it then being chosen as a single. I remember Dreamworks being very happy that they could use this song on the Floetry debut album Floetic. I remember hearing that Ron Isley's album was already completed so he didn't take it either. I remember him liking the song and passing up on it. I remember playing it for Babyface when he came to A Touch of Jazz to meet with the producers. I remember who gave me the 'you DID THAT' look and I remember who shrugged it off as just another song I had done without them. I remember who liked it and who said it was 'a nice song'. I remember everyone coming to the studio the next day and how hype I was to play it for them. Andre Harris and myself KNEW that song was SOMETHING!Īt the time, Ron Isley was looking for songs so I definitely wrote it with him in mind. That night in the B Room at A Touch of Jazz, we listened back to it on repeat. My voice was so worn out from coughing and sneezing that I didn't do anymore vocals than that. Asked for another track, did another harmony. So I did ) Asked for another track, did some background harmonies. I didn't write a bridge so at the time, it only made sense to just enjoy the moment. I got in the booth, the four chords looped around a couple of times and I freestyled the intro 'See I've been watching you for a while, your smile and style, I wanna know if I can be with you for the night aiight! Is that alright? Baby? baby!' I recorded the lead in one take. I was gonna record whether he was tired and whether or not I was coming down with a cold. I told Andre I was done writing it which meant one thing and one thing only.

Sense is gonna be made to tonight tonight I began to write.ĭon't deny what you feel let me undress you baby I said 'loop those four chords and play it real slow.' He did so. Still, the two of us stayed in the B room. He was tired, I was coming down with a cold. Everyone had left the studio except for myself and Andre Harris.

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