Prince

Released: March 21, 2006

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Look outside your window
Tell me now what you see
Coming up the mountain
For a new philosophy

Every single color
Every race and every creed
Looking for the truth, y'all
That's going to set somebody free

[Chorus]
Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

[Verse 2]
All across the nation
People doing what they can
To avoid the tribulation
That will be great throughout the land

Everything in darkness
Must come out into the light
When we love each other
That's the only way it's gonna be right

[Chorus]
Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

Get on the boat (oh yeah)
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more
Good God

[Ad lib]
Say it again
Bridge

[Bridge]
We were meant to live together
Underneath the sun
I can't think of nothing better
Don't you wanna come?
Get on the boat

[Verse 3]
Nevermind what time it is
The party's just begun
No te alejes de este momento de inspiracion
You can let your hair down
Let the music move your feet
Panamama bring the drama
Dancing to the beat
Maceo

[Saxophone Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
What's the harm in listening to the hopeful words we say
If it moves your heart you know you better get in without delay

[Chorus]
Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

[Ad lib]
Dance to the beat
Ray, Ray, Ray

[Trumpet Solo]

[Ad lib]
Lead line: horns, hit me now

[Chorus]
Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

[Bridge]
We were meant to live together
Underneath the sun
I can't think of nothing better
Don't you want to come?
Get on the boat
Oh yeah

[Chorus]
Get on the boat (get on)
Get on the boat, people (c'mon, c'mon)
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

Get on the boat
Get on the boat, people
Get on the boat now
We got room for a hundred more

[Outro]
Every color, every creed
C'mon c'mon
Come with me
Hallelujah!
Good lord
Lead line, lead line
Can't stand it
Keep it going, keep it going

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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