Prince

Released: November 19, 1996

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro: Scrap D.]
Turn off that weak jam, man
Come on, huh
Mr. Happy's here, huh, and we're bugging

[Chorus: Prince]
I will take care of you
Whatever you want, I do it right
Oh, I will take care of you
Mr. Happy every day and night, oh

[Verse 1: Prince]
I got some money, I got some juice
But somethings funny, I ain't got you
I comes to party (Yeah), don't wanna be alone
I need somebody - somebody grown

[Chorus: Prince]
I will take care of you
Whatever you want, I do it right
Oh, I will take care of you
Mr. Happy every day and night, oh

[Verse 2: Prince]
Sugarbaby, with the curly hair
Dancing crazy, underwear
Witcha name on it, looking fine ("Bought a house next to Prince") (Fine)
Keep smacking that booty and you'll be mine

[Chorus: Prince]
I will take care of you
Whatever you want, I do it right
Oh, I will take care of you
Mr. Happy every day and night, oh

[Verse 3: Scrap D.]
Pump it up, pump it up
Brown man, puffing on a weak jam
Understand this is 80 proof
Guaranteed to get your girl loose if she douche
Throw your set up to the roof, huh
Third finger down, if you're wild, make a sound
Look at my people getting on down (Get down, get down)
Skip the Remy and let me have some Mary Tyler Moore of that new power soul
Coming from the midwest passing every test with a fuzztone remote control

[Chorus: Prince]
I will take care of you
Whatever you want, I do it right
Oh, I will take care of you
Mr. Happy every day and night, oh

[Verse 4: Scrap D.]
I'll make your love come down like a freaking elevator
In the middle of the night, body vibrating like a pager
You play the drink, baby, I'll play the chaser
Do I love you? I can't love you because I hate you
See, you got this bad case of the sad face
Dinner at 8 then intercourse at my place
Keep the drapes open, VCR, the whole bit
I know it sound sick, but baby, let's make a flick
Mr. Happy, babydoll, I came to do damage (I will take care of you)
Rock your world, knock your brain to another planet
You know my North Pole can generate heat
Been thinking about me? Hmm, I can see them stains in your sheets
Before the reputation, they all used to pass me (I will take care of you)
Yeah?
Now they stop to ask me
For real?
Straight up, the lifestyle of Mr. Happy
Yeah

[Outro: Prince]
I will take care of you
Whatever you want, I do it right, oh
Mr. Happy every day and night
(Yeah)
("Microphone check")

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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