Prince

Released: May 10, 1988

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Have you ever been so lonely
That you felt like you were the only one in this world?
Have you ever wanted to play with someone so much
You'd take any one boy or girl?

[Chorus]
Anna Stesia come to me, talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what you think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

[Verse 1]
Between white and black, night and day
Black night seemed like the only way
So I danced
Music late, nothing great
No way to differentiate
I took a chance

[Verse 2]
Gregory looks just like a ghost
Then a beautiful girl the most
Wets her lips to say
"We could live for a little while
If you could just learn to smile
You and I could fly away, fly away"
Yeah...

[Chorus]
Anna Stesia come to me, talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what you think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

[Interlude]
Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn to love
I mean the right way, I mean the only way
Perhaps could show me, baby

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Anna Stesia come to me, talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind

[Breakdown]
You
Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn to love
Ah, if I was just closer to somethin'
Closer to your higher self? I don't know
Closer to heaven? Maybe
Closer to God, yeah, closer to God

[Verse 3]
Save me Jesus, I've been a fool
How could I forget you are the rule
You are my God
I am Your child, oh yes I am your child
From now on, I shall be wild
I shall be quick, I shall be strong
I'll tell Your story no matter how long
No matter, no matter, yeah

[Interlude]
We're just a play in your master plan
Now, my Lord, I understand

[Outro]
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above

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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