Prince

Released: July 10, 2010

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Wheels go down
About to land and another dream of you
All night long
Out of town
I had to go but now I need a cup of something
Black and strong
Beside me
I was used to waking up with you here
Now you're gone
Why oh why
Didn't you hurry along with me this time?
Right or wrong

[Chorus 1]
As a matter of fact, I can't stop thinking about you, babe
When we're together, everything is cool
Beautiful lover, friend, I'll never leave you again
You and me, we're sticky like glue

[Verse 2]
Bright blue eyes
Staring down into mine saying
"Good morning, how are you?"
I can't lie
Waking up in a plane without a warning
Ain't too cool
Cast ashore
Without a paddle and no more excuses
We just drown
What's the score?
If you still really want to be my Muse then
Come around

[Chorus 2]
As a matter of fact I just can't live without you, babe
I'm wondering if you feel the same way too
I'm hugging this pillow tight
The way we did last night
The sweat of each other, sticky like glue

[Verse 3]
Sticky, sticky, 1, 2
That was the coolest movie ever
The one we saw last night
The closer you got to me
The less we saw, alright
The scene you remember the most is none of 'em
That ain't a boast, girl
I'm just in front of them others, I am a gracious host
Everybody under me, make a toast

[Chorus 1]
As a matter of fact, I can't stop thinking about you, babe
Sexiest man alive
When we're together, everything is cool
People Magazine ain't even in the top five
Beautiful lover, friend, I'll never leave you again
You and me, we're sticky
You and me, we're sticky
Sticky sticky
You and me, we're sticky like glue

[Breakdown]
Breakdown
Uh, get it
Oh, sticky like glue
All right that's the part
I got something I want to say to you, babe
You might want to dig me later
I think you better dig me now
Listen
I can't get to sleep unless your body
Unless your body is right here next to me
It's crazy baby, I know we're dysfunctional
But I, I, I, I just can't, can't see myself
Myself with another, girl
Oh, what in the world is wrong with me?
I don't know what's wrong with me, babe
Tell me what to do, is it me or you?
We fight so much and then we're through
It might come as a shock to you
But I, I, I, I, I still love you, yes, I do
Sticky like glue, sticky, sticky
Don't you think I ain't when I am?
One more thing and then I'm out
You get us wet with your pride
Then you hang us both outside to cry, cry
What's that sound?
Sticky like glue
Said it must be raining, raining tears, tears, tears
But you need to dry your eyes
Sticky like glue
Please, please, please don't cry
Cause we ain't, I ain't, going nowhere, no
Somebody needs to tell that girl
One more time, now
Sticky like glue

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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