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featuring fellow

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. It was released on March 11, 1997, through

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from Tela's debut studio album ''

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''. Recording sessions took place at Crosstown Studios in

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is credited to Tela, DJ Slice T, and

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, who also performed the song's hook. The single became a moderate hit, peaking at number 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 10 on the

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, becoming Tela's the only single to reach the ''Billboard'' charts.

Track listing

Personnel

*Winston "

" Rogers – vocals, producer *Premro " 8Ball" Smith – vocals (tracks: 1, 2) *Marlon " MJG" Goodwin – vocals (tracks: 1, 2) *Phalon "

" Alexander – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4), keyboards & producer (tracks: 1-3) *Neal Jones – bass guitar (tracks: 1-3), engineering *Sheldon "Slice T" Arrington – keyboards & drum programming (track 4), producer *Clay "Jus Fresh" James – engineering (track 4) *Kevin Page – engineering assistant (track 4) * Tony Dawsey – mastering *Tony Draper – executive producer, production coordinator *James Endsley – co-executive producer * Pen & Pixel Graphics, Inc. – artwork, design, layout

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{8Ball & MJG 1996 songs 1997 singles Songs written by Jazze Pha Song recordings produced by Jazze Pha