Prince

Released: November 29, 2019

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Oh yeah

[Verse 1]
Something's the matter baby, I'm going insane
Something inside of me keeps talkin' to my brain
Why can't I stop this satanic lust?
I know I shouldn't hold you, my body says I must

[Chorus]
I'm possessed
And I don't know what to do
I'm possessed (yes)
I'm stone crazy in love with you

[Verse 2]
Something's the matter baby, you're all I see
Your voice is all I hear, beggin' to me
I wish I didn't need you, wish I didn't care
I've to make some love to you, Cause' it's much too much to bare

[Chorus]
I'm possessed (yes I am)
And I don't know what to do (ooh)
I'm possessed (oh, oh, oh)
I'm stone crazy in love with you
I'm possessed...

[Interlude]
(I don't know what to do)
(oh, possessed)
(oh, I'm stone crazy)
Ooh
Whoa!

Ooh!

[Verse 3]
Something's the matter babe, my mind's in a daze
(Something's the matter, mind's in a daze)
Trippin' off your love, it's hard to relate
(I'm trippin' off your love babe, so hard to relate)
Can't stop this yearnin', Lord knows I've tried
(Can't stop this yearnin', Lord knows I've tried)
Free me from your spell, I'm much too young to die
(Free me from your spell, I'm much too young to die!)

[Chorus]
I'm possessed (woo!)
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm possessed (I'm)
I'm stone crazy in love with you
I'm possessed (yes I am)
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm possessed (yeah!)
I'm stone crazy in love with you
Ooh ooh
Yeah, ooh ooh
Yeah, ooh ooh
Yeah, ooh ooh
Yeah!
Possessed

[Breakdown]
So fucked up in the head, babe
(said I'm) Possessed...
All I wanna do, lay you down in my bed
(I'm) Possessed...
Oh
Yes I am
(I'm) Possessed...
Yes
Oh yeah
I'm, I'm stone crazy in love with you
Yeah
Possessed...
I'm goin' insane
(hey, I'm) Possessed...
You only wanna do things baby
You only wanna do things to this tired negro's brain, yeah
Yeah
Uh, oh, yeah
You're leavin' me no choice, I'm gonna hit ya with my guitar, babe...
Oh, yes...
Oh, yes...
Bobby Z., step on it...
Step on it...
Step on it...
Step down on my head now, baby
Eh, hey
I'm possessed, baby
Fucked up in my head
All I wanna do, is in my bed
I'm
Oh, I've got this lust
Baby, know I've got this lust, yeas
I don't wanna hold ya
I don't wanna hold ya
I don't wanna hold ya
But My body says I must
(I must!)
(I must!)
Cause' baby, if I don't
Cause' baby, if I don't
Cause' baby, if I don't
You know it puts up a fuss
Yes it does
Puts up a fuss, yeah
You know what that means
Pussy gettin' wet

[Verse 4]
Something's the matter baby, I'm going insane
Something inside of me keeps talkin' to my brain
Why can't I stop this satanic lust?
I know I shouldn't hold you, but my body says I must

[Chorus]
I'm possessed
Yeah!
I'm possessed
Stone in love with you
(Stone in love with you)
Yeah
Stone crazy
Me and da boys, we like to jam...

[Outro]
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Possessed

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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