Prince

Released: January 29, 1998

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Oh, baby
Oh, baby

[Verse 1]
How many times have you called my number
Wishing I was someone else?
How many times did my heart tumble
Feeling sorry for myself?
How many times have I kissed you
And smelled another man's perfume?
How many lonely nights I missed you
Wishing for ya body in my lonely room? (lonely room)

[Chorus]
Baby, if you break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart you will ever break
I've taken all I can take
Baby, this heart wasn't made to break

[Verse 2]
How many times can you hurt me (hurt me)
Before your conscience makes you stop? (stop, stop, oh)
You made it all, why now desert me?
Baby, you know you can never cop (never cop), never cop
A body that'll do you like I do
You got to get your thing together sister
I'm tired of being your fool

[Chorus]
Baby, if you break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart you will ever break
I've taken all I can take
Baby, this heart wasn't made to break

[Bridge]
Baby, don't you break my heart
No, no, don't do it!

[Chorus]
Baby, if you break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart you will ever break
I've taken all I can take
Baby, this heart wasn't made to break

[Verse 3]
(When yo fix your mouth to tell that lie)
When you fix your mouth to tell a brand new lie
(Never before told, by and by)
Never ignore the truth, by and by
(False words should never be spoken)
False words should never be, never be spoken
(My heart should never be broken)
And baby, my heart should never be, never be broken

[Chorus]
Baby, if you break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart you will ever break
I've taken all I can take
Baby, this heart wasn't made to break

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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