Prince

Released: August 16, 1994

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Spoken Intro]
Come
Lie down beneath my shadow
Lie down beneath my shadow with great delight
And you feel will be sweet to me
Come
My left hand under your head
While my right embraces time
Therein, my virgin, love's wine

[Loop Repeated In Background]
Pheromone make a nigga go crazy
Fuckin' around make a nigga wanna die

[Intro]
L is for lust
O is for obsession
V is for the vast way you envelop my soul
This is crazy, this is crazy
I could die from the pheromone

[Verse 1]
I can see the castle, I can see the throne
I can see the beloved and she's not alone
But it's cool like that
'Cause I'll be digging her just the same

I can see the curtain wrestled from the wall
I can see her hands tied, I can see it all
He pulls a gat
This is how they play the game
And I'm around the back
'Cause curiosity, it knows no shame

[Chorus]
Pheromone, rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone, controlling my every motion
Pheromone, I'm helpless as a pet
Pheromone, when your body's wet

[Verse 2]
I can feel the tension through the crack in the door
He begs for love while she's disgusted more
And I'm on fire, 'cause I never seen her nude before
I wanna save her (save her)
I want for watch (watch)
All my vital signs go up a couple of notches
When he unties her and she runs to the open door
He trips and grinds her (grinds her)
Right there all on the floor (on the floor)
She's so close I can touch her (touch her)

[Chorus]
Pheromone, rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone, controlling my every motion
Pheromone, I'm helpless as a pet
Pheromone, when your body's wet

[Bridge]
Her eyes are closed but there's no penetration
He just makes her point the pistol to his nose
While he masturbates and now I see a tear
Heading down towards her smile
What happens next, it all depends upon your style

[Spoken Interlude]
Oh, this is crazy baby

[Chorus]
Pheromone, rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone, controlling my every motion
Pheromone, I'm helpless as a pet
Pheromone, when your body's wet
Pheromone, rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone, controlling my every motion
Pheromone, I'm helpless as a pet
Pheromone, when your body's wet

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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