Prince

Released: April 20, 2004

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Chorus]
If I was the man in your life
I'd make you happy, I'd treat you right
I'd buy you flowers every single day
I'd give you power, I'd do whatever you say

[Verse 1]
I heard a rumor that you are man he said he'd do you wrong
And you are so vain you`d think that you are the one behind this song
Sure you know he got plenty lyrics, yeah, up his sleeve
And after he got what he want he just go up and leave
And Sunday chocolate on the roof right after his game
He like the Lakers but the Sixers on when he came
If he's with another now you best believe the party's crackin'
You are getting played girl, you better get your mack on

[Pre-Chorus]
And do onto others as they do onto you
You call me on the day that you and him are just too through
Ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
If I was the man in your life
I'd make you happy, I'd treat you right
I'd buy you flowers every single day
I'd give you power, I'd do whatever you say

[Verse 2]
Was it you that I saw outside the liquor store
Waiting on that fool to purchase what you been dying for?
And before I see you drop a spill I have to bring you down
Now you got that chocolate barracuda hangin' 'round
Hangin' 'round your neck like a cheap gold chain
He don't deserve to say that he ever knew your name
Much less he get to smell the perfume I gave you
Please don't tell me that you all got down

[Pre-Chorus]
Better do onto others as they do onto you
You call me on the day that you and him are just too through

[Chorus]
If I was the man in your life
I'd make you happy, I'd treat you right
I'd buy you flowers every single day
I'd give you power, I'd do whatever you say
Do whatever you say

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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