Prince

Released: October 31, 2006

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

We have to find our heartsongs all by ourselves. It's the voice you hear inside, who you truly are...

You might make a different song—oh yes, that's right, it's true
That don't make anybody more or less as good as you
If you can't feel the music then that's all you really need
Then turn this party all the way out, good time guaranteed

Everybody get up, clap your hands and dancin' to the beat
Whatever you do, little darlin' it's cool, just get up out your seat
And wave your flag because everybody plays a part
One world united singing the song of the heart

Look, everybody makes mistakes—oh yeah, not one or two (Right!)
But that don't make the dirty little things they say about you true (You tell 'em!)
Step aside little babies and watch me do my thing
I don't even need a good reason to listen to me sing

Everybody get up, clap your hands and show them what you got
Tonight we gonna jam from now until eternity—don't u stop, make it hot
And wave a flag because everybody plays a part
One world united singing this song of the heart

Come on!
Watch me now!
Oh, I don't care what the people say (Say)
This is my life (This is my life)
I just got to like that okay (Okay?)
They can go fly their momma's kite
Hooray!

We could be together if we all do our part
I'll let you if you let me sing the song of the heart...

All right I'm going to tell you one more time
Listen, uh

One world
One world
One world united
Singing a song
Singing a song
Singing a...song of the heart

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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