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Bold GenerationPrince

Released: November 29, 2019

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Woooo!

[Verse 1]
Pardon me for living, but this is my world too
I can't help if what's cool to us might be strange to you
Pardon me for breathing, borrow some of your air
The trouble with your generation is you don't take time to care

[Pre-Chorus]
Ain't got time for politics, we never fight no war
Makin' love and music is the only thing worth fighting for

[Chorus]
Bold Generation, we wanna change the world
The only thing that's in our way is you
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas
We're sick and tired of you telling us what to do

[Verse 2]
Pardon me for thinking, there's something under my hair
Maybe you thought the lights were on but no one's living there
Pardon me for living, but this is my world too
I hope they bury your old ideas the same time they bury you

[Pre-Chorus]
Ain't got time for politics, we never fight no war
Makin' love and music is the only thing worth fighting for

[Chorus]
Bold Generation, we wanna change the world
The only thing that's in our way is you
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas
We're sick and tired of you telling us what to do

[Spoken]
[?]

[Chorus]
Bold Generation, we wanna change the world
The only thing that's in our way is you
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas
We're sick and tired of you telling us what to do

[Chorus]
Bold Generation, we wanna change the world
The only thing that's in our way is you
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas
We're sick and tired of you telling us what to do

[Interlude]
Gonna change the world
Gonna change, gonna change, gonna change the world

[Breakdown]
Bold Generation
Bold Generation
Everybody say:
Bold Generation
Yeah
Bold Generation
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhhh
Bold Generation
Bold Generation
Everybody say, everybody say, everybody everybody
Bold Generation
Uh-huh, baby

[Verse 3]
Pardon me for breathing, may I borrow some of your air
The trouble with your generation is you don't take time to care Take time to care

[Pre-Chorus]
Ain't got time for politics, we never fight no war (Never fight no war)
Makin' love and music is the only thing worth fighting for

[Chorus]
Bold Generation, we wanna change the world
The only thing that's in our way is you
Change the world, gotta change the world
Bold Generation, your old ideas
We're sick and tired of you telling us what to do
Don't tell us what to do
Bold Generation
Okay

Prince

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

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