Prince

Released: June 12, 2013

Featuring: Ledisi

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone
When I did you right, you did me wrong
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone
Only thing I'm leaving you: alone

By my critique, something's changed
Every time you speak, it sounds deranged
Blessed are the meek
You used to be my girl
Now you're just a freak
That's going back in the world
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone
Only thing I'm leaving you: alone

Stacking the weeks
Sitting, counting the years
Never been scared of nothing
But you I fear
No more curse, cause you're away
Nothing's worse than talking talk on holy days
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone

[Interlude]
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone

Ain't gonna miss you, never would
I bet you think this song is about you
I give her credit when credit's due
But if it wasn't for me
You'd be a who
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone

Last time I checked
Every man is free
Free of each other now
You and me
Speak my name
It's in my soul
Just don't ask you to miss you
When you're gone

[Interlude]

[Rap Break]
Never gonna miss you
Don't you look for me to hit you
Only thing I'm leavin' with you is alone
Nobody wanna kiss you
Where the sun'll never hit you
Better take your Gucci up and be gone

Ain't gonna miss you when you're
Ain't gonna miss you
Never, boo
It really don't matter
Whatever you do
Ain't gonna miss you
Nevermore
Go ?
And your rubber tatas

I'm not, I'm not
Ain't gonna miss you
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone
When you're gone
Get gone
I don't think you heard me
Gone
Ain't gonna miss you

[Rap Break]

[Outro]
Ain't gonna miss you when you're gone

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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