Prince

Released: December 21, 2000

Featuring: Angie Stone

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1: Prince]
Come on over here, baby
Uh
Put your ass right down here on this throne
Yeah
Don't you say nary a little word
Until you learn how to leave
Leave that devil alone
Let me run it down
I keep your paper coming in real steady
I could tell you what the "I" in the pimp stands for
If you're ready, ready, ready
Your eyes are wide shut
You cannot even see
That behind your back
He calls you names
But you're still a queen to me

[Chorus: Prince]
In this trusting place
You can erase
Every tear
That ever rolled down your weary face
All the time you waste
In that paper chase
Is time better spent in these arms of mine
Heaven sent
Angel so divine
You're my complement
You make my sun shine
You make my sun shine at night
(Ooh, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh)

[Verse 2: Angie Stone]
Listen to me now, baby
Let me tell you what I gotta do
(Tell you)
I gotta stop letting the devil
(Define what it takes to be a woman)
Stop letting him tell me
What it takes to be a woman
Gotta never stop
Believing in me, myself, and I
Pretty little lies
That the rich keep using
I opened up my eyes
The only reason they're winning
Is 'cause I keep losing
Gotta get back to my right place
This is the subject of my show
We love the human race
This is where I belong

[Chorus: Angie Stone and Milenia]
In this trusting place
You can erase
Every tear
That ever rolled down your weary face
All the time you waste
In that paper chase
Is time better spent in these arms of mine
Heaven sent
Angel so divine
You're my complement
You make my sun shine

[Bridge: Prince]
Wonderfully
Truly caring
You make the words I wish in every song
Come here now, pretty baby
Let me take you somewhere
And put you real close
We've both been in the dark much too long
Now that we got the knowledge and the truth
We can both be strong
Kings and Queens
Getting it on

[Chorus: Prince and Angie Stone]
Trusted place you can erase
Every tear
That ever rolled down your weary face
All the time you waste
(Wasted time)
In that paper chase
Can't you see
That it's all time better spent right here
Is time better spent in these arms of mine
(Sweet angel)
Heaven sent
Angel so divine
(You're so divine)
You're my complement
You make my sun shine
You make my sun shine at night

[Outro: Prince and Angie Stone]
Can you feel me?
Sun shine
Sun shine
Sun shine at night
Doobay, doobay, doobay, doo
Angel so divine
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
Well, well, yeah
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
Making us strong
(Oh yeah)
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
In the mornin' sun shine, sun shine
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
Say it again
(Hold on)
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
Angel, angel mighty divine
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
(Yeah, yeah)
Tell that devil to leave you alone
(Yeah)
Yeah...
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
It's such a shame, yeah
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
Forever, baby, holding me
(Ow!)
(Ooh)

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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