Prince

Released: September 30, 2014

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Joshua Welton Prince

[Intro]
They shut your party down, make you walk around
Let me feel all you bobbin' and you troubles gets...
(Go, go, go, go)
They shut your party down, make you walk around
Let me feel all you bobbin' and you troubles gets...
(Go, go, go, go)
They shut your party down, make you walk around
Let me feel all you bobbin' and you troubles gets...
Move
Everybody get ready to move
(Go, go, go, go)
Oh yeah
Everybody, everybody
Come on
Listen

[Verse 1]
We know what y'all be thinkin', nude is the brand new yawn
Everybody's just drinkin', inhibitions just gone

[Pre-Chorus]
You don't need to be rude, you don't need to be wild
Whatever you do, no compromise and done with style

[Chorus]
The gold standard, crazy amazing, upper echelon groove
The gold standard, crazy amazing, turn it up, let your body move

[Post-Chorus]
You
I'm talkin', I'm talkin' to you
Got to, got to let your body move

[Verse 2]
We know what y'all be feelin', there use to be a time
(Be a time)
Music was like a spiritual healing, the body, the soul, and mind
(Some medicine)

[Pre-Chorus]
You don't need to be rude, you don't need to be wild
If what you play take your troubles away and make somebody smile

[Chorus]
The gold standard, crazy amazing, upper echelon groove
The gold standard, crazy amazing, turn it up, let your body move

[Post-Chorus]
You
I'm talkin', I'm talkin' to you
Oh yeah

[Verse 3]
They shut your party down
Make you walk around
Let me see you all bobbin' and your troubles get sold
Twenty-four carrot hashtag, put your phone in your bag
Ain't nobody got to tell you put your hands in the air, say "Ow!"
When the beat's too much, you need to drop that cup
One left and right hands up, everybody just...
Everybody just...
Swing your hip to the left and right
If you know about the "Bus Stop," there's a tight hook
Now everybody just shake
Shake
New power slide
New power slide
Ha, ha, ha
Here come the chorus y'all

[Chorus]
The gold standard, crazy amazing, upper echelon groove
The gold standard, crazy amazing, turn it up, let your body move

[Breakdown]
Turn it up, let me see that body move
Let me see your body move
Turn it up, let me see that body move
Let me see your body move
Turn it up, let me see that body move
Body, body move
Turn it up, let me see that body move

Turn it up, let me see that body move
Turn it up, let me see that body move
(Let me)
Turn it up, let me see that body move
(Let me see yor body, babe)
Turn it up, let me see that body move
That body move
(So amazing)
Gon' see that, that body move
(Baby, you're amazing)
That body move
(The gold standard)
Gon' see that, that body move
(Oh baby)

[Outro]
Hey baby
Oh yeah? Really?
No, that's cool
Bring it here
All the way here, come on
Let me get in there
Good God, mmm
Keep it there
This is exciting, it's different

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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