Prince

Released: June 27, 2006

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
You must have heard it on the news this morning
"Congratulations! A new star is born!"
Sun to his shadow, rose to a thorn
But there ain't no fury like a woman scorned

[Verse 2]
Y'all must have dug it, when you did your thing
It's like a song, everybody wanna sing
When the music's over, your ears ring
With a voice that says, "Queen got no King"
Got no King

[Bridge]
He got a message saying, you tried to reach him on the phone
He didn't want to answer 'cause he's so afraid
You'd probably tell him just to leave you alone

[Verse 3]
I bet you heard he got another band
They're making money, they're making plans
You feel left out but you need to understand
Word on the street: he's still your man
He's still your man
He's still your man, girl

[Verse 4]
Look out, here comes your rainy day
Now you think you got a good reason to say
Everything that's in your heart, come what may
Even though his might get broken

[Verse 5]
Who's the guilty one when there ain't no judge or jury?
Shadow to the sun, next to the one
Hell ain't got no fury

[Verse 6]
Will the roses the dead keep sending
Repair the heart in need of mending
Will this song have a happy ending?
Only the woman knows, only she knows

[Verse 7]
Two sides to every story
One man's gloom, another man's glory
Sun to his shadow, rose to a thorn
Ain't no fury like a woman scorned

Oh no
Ain't no fury like a woman scorned
Oh no
Ain't no fury like a woman scorned
No fury like a woman scorned

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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