Prince

Released: August 21, 1990

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Dear Dad
Things didn't turn out quite like I wanted them to
Sometimes I feel like I'm going to explode
Everybody want to see you down for the count
But that isn't what being a real man's about
The brave and the bold hang around for the kill
So the bigger the hole, the bigger we fill it
Fill it!
They can hit us with all they got
But cha know what?
What?

[Verse 1]
I can't stop this feeling I got
I feel it right down to my toes
I can't stop this feeling I got
My body got to have it you know
I can't stop this feeling I got
I'll write a letter to the whole world
I can't stop this feeling I got
Every man, woman, boy and girl

[Chorus]
Can't stop this feeling I got, I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got, I can't stop this feeling I got

[Verse 2]
I can't stop this feeling I got
You know I can't sleep at night
I can't stop, you know I love it a lot
I'm talking about an everlasting light
I can't stop this feeling I got
I get to shaking all in my shoes
I can't stop this feeling I got
The doctor say there's nothing that he can do

[Chorus]
I can't stop this feeling I got, I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got, I can't stop this feeling I got
Gonna sing it now

[Bridge]
Can't stop
Try to tell me how to paint my palace
That isn't where it's at
That's like trying to tell Columbus that the world is flat
If the song we're singing truly is the best
Then that my brothers is the ultimate test
All in favor say Aye
We can change anything at all
I, I, I can't stop. can't stop
I'm in a butt kicking mood tonight ya'll

[Chorus]
Can't stop, can't stop
Can't stop this feeling I got
Can't stop this feeling I got
Can't stop this feeling I got
Can't stop this feeling I got
Can't stop this feeling I got
Can't stop this feeling I got
(no, no, no, no)
Feeling, feeling, feeling, hey!

[Intrlude]
Hey, pardon me for living, (pardon me for living)
But this is my world, (this is my world)
You can't make me change (you can't make me change)
Maybe we all got to rearrange (rearrange)
Our brains (our brains)
Only we can change the world
Only we can change the world
Only we can change the world

[Chorus]
1, 2, 1, 2, 3
I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got
Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, yeah!
Yeah!

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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