Prince

Released: December 12, 2015

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Every man that meets her wants to give her his name
She’s too hot for words and too wise to tame
She’s got knee-high boots and e-o-lectric hair
She's born to be a rock star I swear
She’s got nine lives with a couple more to spare

[Refrain]
Old enough to do ya
But too young to dare

[Verse 2]
She got a kick drum brain full o’ technology
But just enough old school to know where the party be
She talks about the top as if she’s always been there
Like a member of the "chosen few rarified heirs"
Her legs so long she never climbs stairs

[Refrain]
She's old enough to do ya
But too young to dare

[Chorus]
Too young too young to dare
Too young too young to dare
(Yeah)
Too young too young to dare
Too young too young to dare

[Verse 3]
Too fine for "Idol"
Too smart for "The X-Factor"
Internet beauty
Everybody wanna hack her
The world can only wonder right up until
They hear the juicy gossip that’s in her will
'Til then we can just pretend that she’s

[Outro]
Old enough to do ya
Old enough to do ya
Old enough to do ya
But she’s just too young to dare
Too young to dare
Too young to dare
Too young to dare
Too young to dare

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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