Where It All Started - New Edition

Picture this: Where it all started

Was back in Boston, Massachusetts some time ago (Believe that!) And by

reopening the doors to all youth

A little salt was thrown on me and my boys

(You know what I’m sayin'?) But now we’re back

Picking up where we left off (Aw, yeah!)

And through this song, process of elimination will be done

(You better believe that!)

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

The beginning of a dream

Where our ideas were born

Tell 'em, Ricky

(To understand what this really means)

Let’s set the record straight once and for all

I’ll tell you 'cause…

Other people imitate

And try their best to recreate

This is where it all started from

So they only perpetrate

But they can never duplicate

This is where it all started from

(Yo, it’s on you Ron)

(Ronnie DeVoe: It’s nice to be the original)

(Ralph: That all the counterfeits like to bite off)

(Ricky: We only take it as a compliment)

(Johnny Gill: When they copy some of our material)

To stay the best among the rest

We work to keep our movements fresh

This is where it all started from

(Yo, listen up! Uh!)

Instead of being clones (Why don’t ya…)

Think of something on your own

This is where it all started from

(Now there’s one more thing we think you should know)

Don’t be a victim to the wannabe

This is where it all started from

(A fake, a fake)

'Cause no other’s ever gonna be (like us)

This is where it all started from

(Take that)

(Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike)

We’re coolin'

(Cool it, coo-, coo-, coo-coo-, cool it now)

Let’s sweeten it up

(Candy girl)

Count it off…1, 2, 1, 2

But you better not, better not

(Count me out)

Other people imitate

And try their best to recreate

This is where it all started from

So they only perpetrate

But they can never duplicate

This is where it all started from

To stay the best among the rest

We work to keep our movements fresh

This is where it all started from

(Yo, listen up! Uh!)

Instead of being clones (Why don’t ya…)

Think of something on your own

This is where it all started from

Yo, wait a minute!

Hold up!

Wait!

Stop!

Wait a minute!

Pause!

You didn’t know

we was coming back like this on 'em, my brother!