Prince

Released: July 10, 2010

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Act, Act of God, act, act

[Verse 1]
Dirty fat banker sold a house today
Sold at auction wants the family out the way
Kick them on the street, cause he couldn't pay the tax
Call it an act of God
(Act of God)

[Verse 2]
I get a million dollars people hear me sang
Got to give the banker half of everything
(Half of everything)
Didn't the founding fathers holler about the same thing
(Yes they did)
Call it an Act of God

[Chorus]
But I got news for you
Freedom ain't free
They lock you in a cell if you try to be
But the ones who say "no," make history
Call it an Act of God
(Act of God)

[Verse 2]
Tax dollars build a plane drop a bomb
Supposedly to keep us all safe from Saddam
Bringing bad news to another woman
Call it an Act of God
(Act of God)

[Chorus]
But I got news for you
Freedom ain't free
They lock you in a cell if you try to be
But the ones who say "no" make history
Call it an Act of God
(Act of God)

[Bridge]
Funny how nobody's holy books are the same
Everybody's God got a different name
The day that it's over is the end of the game
And they call it an Act of God

[Chorus]
Hey, it will be all over
When the people are free
Free to be who and what they want to be
Wherever we go it's up to you and me
Call it an Act of God
(Act of God)

[Verse 3]
We so tired said we through with fear
There never was no hell or boogie man here
If he was seen, look; he was in your mirror
Call it an act of God

[Outro]
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it an act of God
Oh Lord
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it what you want except an Act of God
Call it what you want except an Act of God

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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