Prince

Released: June 7, 2019

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
I know what people say
They say you don't know how to love
But I want you anyway
You're like a drug and I can't get enough
You'd be great in motion pictures
'Cause baby, you really got me blind
You're the only one I wanna see
You're the only one that does it to me every time

[Chorus]
Baby, you're an ocean that's too wide to cross
And baby, you're the cross that's too deep to bear
Baby, you're the star that's too far away
Baby, you're a trip and a half, but I don't care

[Verse 2]
I know what people think
They think I'm a star struck little fool
But baby, you could be flat broke
I'd still be crazy for you
I know that I'm in love
'Cause I'd change my whole life just to make you smile
And I still can't have you when I want
But when I do it's only for a little while

[Chorus]
Baby, you're an ocean that's too wide to cross
And baby, you're the cross that's too deep to bear
Baby, you're the star that's too far away
Baby, you're a trip and a half, but I don't care

[Post-Chorus]
You see, it's in my diet (Diet), ooh
Something in the water don't compute, ooh
Baby, I'm quite happy after you give me love
And you can see who's the fool

[Bridge]
You're, you're an ocean too wide to cross
(Baby, you're an ocean that's too wide to cross)
(Baby, you're the cross that's too deep to bear)
Yes you are, ooh
(Baby, you're the star that's too far away)
Baby, baby
(Baby, you're a trip, I don't care)
You're a trip and a half, a trip and a half, half
(Baby, you're an ocean that's too wide to cross)
(Baby, you're the cross that's too deep to bear)
You are the star who's much too far away
(Baby you're a trip)
You
Baby
(Baby, you're a trip)
You're a trip, yeah, and a half (Baby, you're a trip)
(Baby, you're a trip)
You're a trip and a half
And I don't, I don't, I don't care, I don't care (Baby, you're a trip)
Baby, baby, no no (Baby, you're a trip)
You're a trip and a half, baby
Trip and a half (Baby, you're a trip)
I'd do anything you want me to do, baby
I'd change my life for you, you (Baby, you're a trip)
You, you are that star who's much too far away
I don't care girl 'cause I, I, I, I love (Baby, you're a trip)
You, love you, baby, oh yes (Baby, you're a trip)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You're a trip and a half, a half (Baby, you're a trip)
You're a trip and a half (Baby, you're a trip)
(Baby, you're a trip)

[Outro]
I, I know those people say
They say you don't know how to love
But I want you anyway, baby, you're like a drug
I can't get enough 'cause you
You'd be great in motion pictures, girl
You really got me blind
You'd be the only one I wanna see
Only one that done it every time
I'd do the do with you
You're like an ocean much too wide to cross
You are the cross that's much too deep to bear
You are the star much too far away
But I don't care, you're a trip and a half
I want you every day, hey

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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