Prince

Released: March 24, 2009

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Nine out of ten mortals agree today
Too much fame causes spiritual decay
Yeah!
Ow!
Ow ow ow!

[Verse 1]
To all the punks who believe
That life imitates music
No more candy for you
We can't hang with you
To all the punks who want to be rock stars
And do what they do
There's no future for you
That's the life of a fool

[Refrain]
No more candy, no more candy for you
We're too funky, and you can't handle our groove

Get it now!

[Verse 2]
To all the freaks in the magazines
Uh, who never paid no dues
No more candy for you
You can't sing, it's true
To all the freaks walking into walls
Somebody put a spell on you
No more candy for you
I guess the devil got a brand new fool

[Refrain]
No more candy, no more candy for you
We're too funky, and you can't handle our groove

[Bridge]
No more candy
No more candy
No more candy
No more candy

[Refrain]
No more candy, no more candy for you

[Ad lib]
Look out, sugar
Ooh

[Refrain]
No more candy, no more candy for you

[Verse 3]
To all the haters on the internet
Somebody's looking at you
No more candy for you
They got your number now, fool
To all the suckers winning anything
And thanking the lord for what you do
No more candy for you, no more candy for you

[Refrain]
No more candy, no more candy for you
No more candy for you, yeah

[Outro]
No more candy, no more candy for you
I'm too funky, and you can't handle my groove
No more candy, no more candy for you, no more candy for you

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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