Prince

Released: September 30, 2014

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince Joshua Welton

[Intro: Prince and Ida Nielsen]
Welcome home, Class
You've come a long way
(You've come a long way)
(You've come a long way)
Mine damer og herrer
Konger og dronninger og alt det midt imellem
Velkommen til timen
I skal til at gøre noget der vil forandre jeres liv for evigt
(Cage)
(Cage)
Åben det her bur
(Come on let's go)
(Free people, come on let's go)
(Free the people, free the people)

[Verse 1: Prince & The Golden Hippie]
I woke up in the city in a bit of a rage
Determined to free my mind from this art official cage
Taught by taught by teachers taught from an early age
A place in heaven far off in the future

[Refrain: Prince]
(Come on let's go)
(Free the people, come on let's go)
Art Official
Art Official
Cage

[Verse 2: Prince & The Golden Hippie]
Ghettos to the left of me, Mars to the right
Why's my kingdom come only in prayers at night
What should I expect if I'm not willing to fight
A place in heaven somewhere in the future

[Refrain: Prince]
Art Official
Art Official
Art Official
Cage

[Bridge: Prince]
Louder than a bomb since the day of my birth
Got me second class when I got here first
Lovely score but how am I supposed to know what it's worth
Art official age in the future
Free the people, come on let's go
Starting from the top getting higher so
Never going back underwater, no
Brand new boogie without the hero
Sure Minneapolis get this, no
I'm going up Lady Liberty's dress and blow, blow, blow

[Refrain: Prince]
Art Official
Free the people
Art Official
Art Official
Art Official Cage

[Outro: Prince]
Art Official Cage
We need you to tell us what you know
We need you to tell us what you know
Art Official Cage
Art Official Cage
Art Official Cage
Art Official Cage, Cage, Cage, Cage
Age, Age, Age
Art Official Age

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.

more tracks from the album

ART OFFICIAL AGE

From the album

ART OFFICIAL AGE (2014)

Prince popular songs

ART OFFICIAL CAGEPrince

Prince

ART OFFICIAL AGE