Prince

Released: November 29, 2019

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Whenever you're ready...

[Verse 1]
I keep your picture beside my bed
I still remember everything you said
I always thought our love was so right, I guess I was wrong
I always thought you'd be by my side, tonight you're gone

[Chorus]
What I wanna know, baby
If what we had was good
How come you don't call me anymore?
Yeah

[Verse 2]
(Let me tell you something, listen...)
I still light the fire on a rainy night
I still like it better when you're holding me tight
(Know what?)
Everybody said we should never part, baby
Tell me mama, why'd you wanna go and break my heart, yeah?

[Chorus]
(Listen to me)
All I wanna know, baby
What we had was good
Why don't you never call me anymore?
(Oh no no, I can't stand it no, girl)

[Bridge]
(See)
Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die
You don't call me, girl, honey you gotta try
Down on my knees, beggin' you please, please, please
Call me, girl, sometime

[Chorus]
(Oh)
All I wanna know, baby
That was good before
Why don't you don't call me, don't call me anymore?
How come you don't call me, baby, anymore?

[Breakdown]
Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die
You don't call me, baby, honey gotta try
Down on my knees, beggin' you please
It's just one lousy dime, baby
Why don't call me sometime?
Why can't you just pick up the phone?
I can't stand being alone
Why must you charging me
Why must you charge me
Why must you treat me like a
Why must you treat me like a
SHhh-att-ah
Kill me, why don't you, baby
It can't hurt half as much as this, ohhh-oh
I can't stand being alone
I can't stand being alone no no
I can't stand being alone no no
Yeah
Why must you
You

[Verse 1]
I still keep your picture
I keep it by my bed
I still remember everything little thing you said

[Chorus]
(Let me tell you)
All I wanna know, baby
What we had was good
How come you don't call me anymore?

[Outro]
Why don't you call me
Why don't you call me, yeah
Just call up to see how I'm doing, baby
Sometime

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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