Prince

Released: June 20, 1989

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Ready for the crush

[Chorus]
Every time you kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time you do me - such a rush
Ooh it goes right through me - lemon crush

[Verse 1]
All it takes is a little bitty
Of your ooh, pretty, pretty
And I'm the wildest in the city
Ooh, pretty, pretty one
Come on, come on
I'm ready for the crush

[Chorus]
Every time you kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time you do me - such a rush
Ooh it goes right through me - lemon crush

[Verse 2]
If I'm working at my jobber
I'm the victim, you're the robber
No matter how much I try to stop her
I can't help thinking about you
Lemon crush - I'm ready for the crush

[Chorus]
Every time you kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time you do me - such a rush
Ooh it goes right through me - lemon crush

[Breakdown]
Every time we, ooh baby, I get such a rush
Lemon crush
(Lemon crush)
I'm running out of things to call your (lemon crush)
Don't want to do without your
Ain't no doubt about your (lemon crush)
I want to scream and shout your
I said, let's scream and shout your
Lemon crush
I'm ready now
Ready for the crush
I'm ready now
Girl, I like it, baby I'm ready
Every time you do me, do me baby
Lemon crush
That's her
I'm in a crush
Crush
Crush
No
Ready for the crush
Ready for the crush
Ready
Ready
Ready for the crush

[Chorus]
Every time you kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time you do me - such a rush
Ooh it goes right through me - lemon crush
Every time you kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time you do me - such a rush
Ooh it goes right through me - lemon crush

[Outro]
Ready for the crush

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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