Prince

Released: January 29, 1998

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro: Prince]
Let's see, body oil: check
Incense: check
Environmental records: double check!
I'ma get some serious drawers tonight, think I ain't?
Let's see, if I tell Gilbert and 'Rome to meet me eleven then I creep at ten that'll give me an hour of free reign
More drawers
(More drawers)

[Verse: Prince]
9:30: getting dressed
I had a couple sips of wine
Boo! I swear to God
My suit was hanging fine
Everybody at the club freaked
When I stepped from the limousine
They said: "Ooh, it's good to see you"
I said: "Oh, it's good to be seen
You know what I mean?"

[Spoken Interlude: Prince]
Tell you what's good
It's a good thing we live close 'cause I almost suffocated in that car
Next time I won't wear so much Paco Rabanne or whatever that stuff is
I wonder if they got potato chips up in this...
Man, this ain't like them house parties we used to go to
That's alright, I'm clean

[Chorus: Prince]
Tonight, hey, I'm a movie star
I see myself on a silver screen, huh
Tonight, it don't matter who you are
I'm the only star on the scene
You know what I mean?

[Spoken Interlude: Prince]
Man, I hate making movies
But I like that money, think I don't? Hmph
Check me out
I just walk in, don't even find a seat
Just threw my coat right on the floor
Grab somebody for a quick dance
Boy or girl, it don't matter no more, I'm hot!
Hahaha, shit
Mix was right
Bold, Lord
Ouch! Ha, ha
Baby, do you want to, do you want to get off?

[Chorus: Prince]
Tonight, I'm a movie star
I see myself up on the silver screen
Tonight, it don't matter
I'm the star on the scene
Ouch!

[Spoken Interlude: Prince]
Mix was right
On the one the kick drum hit the triple beat
Baby, I was popping
Did one spin, did a second, did the splits
Came up, looked around, the joint was hopping
Hopping! The joint was hopping!
Somebody say "Movie Star!"

[Skit: Prince and Susannah Melvoin]
So check it out, you wanna dance?
Are you wearing that Paco Rabbit or whatever you call it?
Oh wow, that's dog
What? Speak up, I can't hear over that suit
Maybe you can hear this?
Am I supposed to be impressed?
That's right, Rolls Royce
Check it out, baby
You want to dance now?
Maybe next song
Yeah right, dance floor is not big enough, fat cow

[Outro: Prince and Susannah Melvoin]
Ooh, the mix, it's about the mix
Ooh baby, I like that, but the kid going to show you a few tricks
Can I play with you?
Baby, let's creep, I had enough of this action
Bartender, on the house
Give everybody in here something
Man, I don't care
I got money to spare, you're cute and your music's thumping
Yo baby, get the check
"Yo baby" my behind, I need my money
Say Brother Carothers, can I get some credit?
No? Much money I done spent in this nasty joint?
You need to be slapped!
Darling, shall we leave now?
Go to Hades, boy!
So you like my crib?
It's not mine, it's rented
Say, how much did you have to drink?
What's the biggest lake you've ever been in?
So, do you like environmental records?
Crickets chirping, water rushing
Supposed to make you horny
It just make me want to go to the bathroom
Actually this one's not bad, check it out
So like, what's your name?
Zzzzzzz
Oh wow, that's dog!

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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