[Intro: Johnny Gill]
Hoo, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh

Johnny, Ronnie, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, Bobby, too
Yeah

Word
Word
Word
Oh, word
Word to the mutha

Hoo
Hoo
Ooh
Yeah

[Verse 1: Ricky Bell]
People come
People go
In this business
You'll never, never know
Some are good
Some are bad
You know we got what no one's ever had, oh
[Pre-Chorus: Ralph Tresvant]
And the time will come
When we will be as one
Wanna be legends, yeah
And nobody knows
How we really feel
They don't know the deal

[Chorus: Bobby Brown, (Bell Biv DeVoe)]
(Get back)
We've got to put this back togеther
(Get right back)
And send our word to thе mutha
(Get back)
Right back where we started from
(Get right back)
And send our word to the mutha

[Verse 2: Ricky Bell]
We are one, breaking new
Oh, Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, and Johnny, too
You see, it ain't nothing but a thing that we're gonna do
Everybody's always talking 'bout the NE crew
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
[Instrumental break]

[Chorus: Bobby Brown, (Bell Biv DeVoe)]
(Get back)
We've got to put this thing together
(Get right back)
And send our words to the mutha
(Get back)
Bringing it right back where we started from
(Get right back)
And send our words to the mutha
(Get back)
We got to bring it back
We got to bring it back to the mutha
(Get right back)
Hey, hey, hey

Yo, Rizz...

[Instrumental]

[Pre-Chorus: Ralph Tresvant]
The time will come
And we will be as one
Wanna be legends, yeah, yeah
Nobody knows
How we really feel
They don't know the deal
[Outro: New Edition]
Hey, y'all
Hey, y'all, hey
Word to the mutha
(We gotta bring it back)
Hey, y'all
Hey, y'all, hey
Word to the mutha
(Everybody sing it) (Get back)
Hey, y'all (Ooh)
Hey, y'all, hey (Ooh)
Word to the mutha
(Hey, hey, baby) (Everybody sing it) (Get back)
Hey, y'all (Ooh)
Hey, y'all, hey
Word to the mutha
(Word to the mutha) (Get back)
Hey, y'all (Ooh)
Hey, y'all, hey
Word to the mutha