Prince

Released: February 21, 2006

Featuring: Támar Davis

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro: Támar Davis and Prince]
Wake up
You're beautiful, loved and blessed
You feel me?
I think I do

[Verse 1: Támar Davis and Prince]
When you found me I was just a piece of clay
I was formless, you gave me a new name
With the breath of life I now live abundantly
All I needed was the potter's hand
And the blood on Calvary

But too much power
Can sometimes turn to shame
Too much desire
Sometimes makes you feel the same (Come on)
But forgiveness is how you win the game
I begged for truth, now I know the truth
And that is when you came and said I was

[Chorus: Támar Davis & Prince]
Beautiful, loved and blessed
I'm better than the day before
'Cause you made me confess that I am
Beautiful, loved and blessed
When you're free, you're really free indeed
All you gotta do is just plant the seed

[Verse 2: Prince & Támar Davis]
A constant battle to stay ahead of the game
Is anybody famous when everybody wants fame?
Always trying to break you down thinkin' that it'll raise 'em up
I just wanna be happy, come, take this bitter cup from me

If I were to ever write down my life story
I could truly say with all the fame and glory
I was just a piece of clay in need of the potter's hand
'Cause when you whispered in my ear
The words I so now understand, oh

[Chorus: Támar Davis & Prince]
Beautiful, loved and blessed
I'm better than the day before
'Cause you made me confess that I am
Beautiful, loved and blessed
When you're free, you're really free indeed
All you gotta do is just plant the seed

[Bridge: Támar Davis]
Everything you made you said, "That's good"
Before the fall of man you said, "That's good"
Every time I walk in faith, that's good
You let me see another day, that's good

Before the Earth was made you said "Támar
I will lead the way and you'll go far"
Knowledge and understanding
Understanding is good
And when I wake up in the morning
All I hear in my hood is people saying that they're

[Chorus: Támar Davis & Prince]
Beautiful, loved and blessed
Will you rescue me from the darkness?
And now I just must confess
That I am beautiful, loved and blessed
Oh, when you're free you're free indeed
All you gotta do is just plant the seed

[Post-Chorus: Támar Davis]
Hey, hey, hey
Wake up, it's a new day
Hey, hey, hey
Wave your hands in the air and say
Hey, hey, hey
Wake up it's a new day
Hey, hey, hey
Wave your hands in the air and say

[Chorus: Támar Davis & Prince]
Beautiful, loved and blessed
You rescued me from the
Darkness in the wilderness
That's why I am beautiful, loved and blessed
No matter what the challenge
I'll always pass the test

[Outro: Támar Davis & Prince]
That's why I am
That's why I am
That's why I am
I don't mean to put nobody down
Still I must confess that I am
Beautiful, oh
When you wanna give up
Don't 'cause you know
You've always got a friend
That's why I am
That's why I am
That's why I am
Beautiful, beautiful
That's why I am
That's why I am
That's why I am
Beautiful, beautiful
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful

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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