Prince

Released: March 24, 2009

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Ooh, oh, yeah
Oooh, Lord
(Here)

[Verse 1]
How beautiful are you?
There's more than a thousand replies
Could it be your lips or your golden eyes?

[Verse 2]
When I think of an answer
That's when I get so surprised
Another wonder of the world, realized
That's why

[Chorus]
I just don't want you here
I just don't want you near me, baby, no
'Cause I'm scared I'll cry and love you like crazy
Flying above all fears
I haven't seen any tears, not lately
(No, no)
I don't want to land, not even maybe

[Verse 3]
How desperate am I?
I wonder if you are what keeps me alive
Alone I can't get as high, even though I've tried
Oh

[Verse 4]
It's different when you're grown
The wine don't taste the same when you're alone
The size of the bed now seems like the biggest that I've ever known
Oh

[Chorus]
I just don't want you here
I just don't want you near me, baby, oh no
'Cause I'm scared I'll cry and love you like crazy
But I'm flying above all fears
(So high)
I haven't seen any tears, not lately
(No, no)
I don't want to land not even maybe

[Bridge]
There's so much more for you and me to explore
Ooh baby baby
When you walk through that door
I am gonna give you what you waited for

[Spoken Interlude]
Listen baby, let me break this down
I am going to say this once
Then I am going to leave this town
If you can learn to open your eyes under water
Then you and me won't drown without each other
I promise I'll see you on the other side
If you just believe in me and trust this ride
The quickest way, baby
You and me, sincere
Right now, I just don't want you here
(I don't, here, I don't, here, I don't want...)
I just want you here
(don't make me want you)

[Chorus]
I just want you here
I just want you near me, baby
I'm scared I'll cry and love you like crazy
I'm flying above all fears
(So high)
I haven't seen any tears, not lately, no
I don't want to land, not even maybe
Here

[Outro]
Don't listen to me, no
I just need you here
Oh, Lord
I just want you here
I just want you, want you here
Donny Hathaway's "Song For You" ain't the same without you
Here

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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