Prince

Released: September 18, 2014

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Joshua Welton Prince

[Intro]
U-uh
Wooo!
Let's
Funk
Roll
Funk
Let's
Get it turnt up, get it
Get it turnt up, get it
Unh
Let's funk

[Verse 1]
So finally beloved we meet at last
Middle of the here, never mind the past
Only way to get to where you never been
Is party like you ain't gonna party again

[Chorus]
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Getting to the rhythm is good for the soul
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Come on everybody, let's funknroll

[Verse 2]
Whether you're coming by bus or a train
Shade throwers hating cause they're going insane
I'm talkin' bout the million dollar party to the nickel and dime
Another mother further you're committing a crime

[Chorus]
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Getting to the rhythm is good for the soul
Let's funk, yes sir, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Come on everybody, let's funknroll

[Verse 3]
The only way to last 'til the break of dawn
Is put your phone down get your party on
Who you gonna call when it's obvious dear?
Everyone you know is rockin' in here, so let's funk
Roll
Unh

[Chorus]
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Getting to the rhythm is good for the soul
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Come on everybody, let's funknroll

[Breakdown]
I don't really care what y'all be doin'
(I don't really care what y'all be doin')
(I don't really care, I don't really care)
(I don't really care what y'all be doin')
(I don't really care what y'all be doin')
(I don't really care what y'all be doin')
(I don't really care, I don't really care)
(I don't really care what y'all be doin')
Ouch!

[Chorus]
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Getting to the rhythm is good for the soul
Let's funk, let's roll
Get it turned up, get it out of control
Come on everybody, let's funknroll

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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