Prince

Released: March 21, 2006

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro: Prince]
Ooh
Ooh
Ow!
Uh

[Verse 1: Prince & Támar Davis]
Stop telling me what you want me to hear
Stop telling me what you want me to fear
Stop trippin' on something you overheard
Love is winning without a word
Stop giving me your wish list
Love is free from all this

[Chorus: Prince & Támar Davis]
Like a bird flyin' over the hilltops
Love is like the sky, you know it never stops
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Love is whatever, whatever, you want it to be

[Verse 2: Prince & Támar Davis]
Love is not a game you can play on the floor
You gotta stop keepin' score
If you wanna, If you wanna play me like you did before
You better stop and walk out the door
You can skate around the issue if you like
But who's gonna get you high in the middle of the night?

[Chorus: Prince & Támar Davis]
Like a bird flyin' over the hilltops
Love is like the sky, you know it never stops
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Love is whatever, whatever, you want it to be

[Post-Chorus: Prince]
I see you standing with your back on the wall
You better, better get your hands up and clap if that's all
And, uh, if you don't wanna get yours, then let me get mine
See, ain't gonna be no drama 'cause we have a good time

[Verse 3:Prince & Támar Davis]
What's the point of giving me ultimatums?
Smiling at my friends when you really hate 'em
Trying to convince me that I should too
What's the point?

Stop worryin' about what people say
When it ain't gonna stop 'em anyway
Love can do anything if you try
Come on, spread your wings and let's fly, fly so high

[Chorus: Prince & Támar Davis]
Flyin' over the hilltops
Love is like the sky, you know it never stops
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Love is whatever, whatever, whatever

[Chorus: Prince & Támar Davis]
Like a bird flyin' over the hilltops
Love is like the sky, you know it never stops
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Love is whatever, whatever, you want it to be
Whatever you want it to be
Whatever you want it to be
Whatever you want it to be
Alright
Let's skate

[Post-Chorus: Prince]
Uh
C'mon
I see you standing with your back on the wall
Better get your hands up and clap if that's all
If you don't wanna get yours, then let me get mine
Ain't gonna be no drama 'cause we have a good time
Bounce
Aww, shake that thing, c'mon
Ahh, bounce it baby
Aww, shake that thing c'mon
Good 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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