Prince

Released: March 29, 2004

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna give you my love
'Cause I don't wanna lose my mind
I don't wanna give you my love
'Cause if I do it's gonna be the last time
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
'Cause I never want to feel this way again
If I can't be your lover
I don't wanna be your friend, no
I don't wanna be friends, no
Ooh, ooh

[Verse 2]
I don't wanna hold your hand, no
(I don't wanna hold your hand)
'Cause I would just follow you everywhere, oh oh oh
I don't wanna see you dance
(I don't wanna see you, girl)
'Cause I don't even really want to take the chance
Of fallin' in love with you, baby

[Chorus]
If you ever said those beautiful words to me
"If I wanna be your fantasy," yes
I wanna dance, yes

[Interlude]
Let's dance, sugar
Ooh ooh ooh, oh
I don't wanna give you my love
Oh baby, this must be temptation
'Cause I just can't get you off my mind
I try and try
But when I close my eyes
I see you every time

[Verse 3]
I don't wanna go too fast, ooh
'Cause if I do I just might stay
(Stay with me)
I'd stay with you, baby
I guess I better make it last
(Make it last)
The longer that I feel this way
(The longer that you feel this way, girl)
Ooh oh

[Chorus]
'Cause I never want to feel this way again
If I can't be your lover
I don't wanna be your friend, no
I don't wanna be friends, no

[Outro]
I don't wanna give you my love
No
I don't wanna give you my love
Oh-oh honey, baby
(No no no)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, baby
Are you gonna really just stand there
And act like you don't want this, baby?
If you do then you know I just don't care
Oh baby, I could find another
Just like you anywhere
Oh baby, they might not have your hips, girl
And all that pretty hair, oh
At least they won't spend all day in the mirror
Tryin' to find somethin' to wear
At least, they won't wanna make love
Like you do on the stairs, against the pole, on the north corner of the...
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby, it's just not fair
It's just not fair!
Oww!

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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