Prince

Released: March 29, 2009

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Oooh-oh
Mmm-oh
Time, time
Oooh-oh

[Verse 1]
This might seem strange since so much time has passed
And since only one of us still looks the same
Your words, not mine, baby
You're still fine, yes, you are
Like wine, you get better with time

[Verse 2]
So young and so naïve
That I never once believed
That the memory of you would go through me
Like wind going through the trees
Either you believe, baby, that I could not deceive you
You and I, side by side, or somewhere in between

[Verse 3]
I don't know
I don't know if this is a bore
But I just can no longer ignore
This fact so sublime
You get better with time

[Verse 4]
Anyone who's met you agrees
That no one forgets you, most of all not me
You can claim you're humble and hide
But when it's true, my dear, it's not pride
No
No, no

[Verse 5]
A jury of my peers would find me
Guilty of so many crimes
If I chose not to remind you that you get better with time
Oh, this might seem absurd
To someone so cultured
And to one who would grace any stage
(Listen to me now)
When the hair that frames that face
Dark brown or silvery lace
What is age but a cage, never mind
You will be blind to not know that you get better with time

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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