Prince

Released: January 29, 1998

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Pussy pussy (Control man)
(Here come the drums)

[Intro]
Uh, yeah, uh
Good morning ladies and gentlemen
Boys and motherfucking girls
This is your captain with no name speaking
And I'm here to rock your world
With a tale that will soon be classic
About a woman you already know
No prostitute she, but the mayor of your brain
Pussy Control

[Chorus]
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)

[Verse 1]
Our story begins in a schoolyard
A little girl skipping rope with her friends
A tisket, a tasket, no lunch in her basket
Just school books for the fight she would be in
One day over this hoodie
She got beat for some clothes and a rep
With her chin up, she scolded "All you all's molded
When I'm rich, on your neck I will step"
And step she did to the straight A's
Then college, a master degree
She hired the heifers that jumped her
And made everyone of them work for free?
No! Why?
So what if my sisters are trifling?
They just don't know
She said "Mama didn't tell'em what she told me
'Girl, you need Pussy Control'"

[Chorus]
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)

[Verse 2]
Pussy got bank in her pockets
Before she got dick in her drawers
If brother didn't have good and plenty of his own
In love Pussy never did fall
And this fool named Trick want to stick her
Uh, talking more shit than a bit
About how he going to make Pussy a star
If she come and sing a lick on his hit
Pussy said "Nigga, you crazy if you don't know
Every woman in the world ain't a freak (Pussy)
You can go platinum for times
Still couldn't make what I make in a week (Pussy)
So push up on somebody that want hear that
Cuz this somebody here don't want to know (Pussy)
Boy, you better act like you understand
When you roll with Pussy Control"

[Chorus]
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)

[Breakdwon]
Breakdown
(Pussy)

[Verse 3]
With one more verse to the story
I need another piece of your ear
I want to hip you all to the reason
I'm known as the Player of the Year
Cuz I met this girl named Pussy
At the club - International Balls (Pussy)
She was rolling for deep
Tree sisters and a weepy-eyed white girl driving a Hog
I pulled up right beside her
And my electric top went down (Pussy)
I said "Motherfucker, I know your reputation
And I'm astounded that you are here
I fear you are lonely and you want to know (Pussy)
A 12 o'clock straight up nigga
That don't give a shit that you are Pussy Control
Well I'm that nigga, at least I want to be
But it's going to be hard as hell (Pussy)
To keep my mind off a body
That would make every rich man want to sell, sell, sell
Can I tell you what I'm thinking that you already know?
You need a motherfucker that respects your name"
Now say it, Pussy Control

[Chorus]
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)

[Spoken Interlude]
And the moral of this motherfucker is
Ladies, make them act like they know
You are, was, and always will be Pussy Control

[Chorus]
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)

[Spoken Interlude]
Peace and be wild
Say what, huh?
Oh no, don't you think about calling her a ho
You juvenile delinquent
Best sit your ass down
Talking about Pussy Control
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Huh, can you dig it?

[Chorus]
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)
Aaah, Pussy Control, oh
(Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy Control)

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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