Prince

Released: June 7, 2019

Songwriter: Sheila E. Prince

Producer: Prince

[Chorus]
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock
Say it
(Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock)
Somebody

[Verse 1]
There's a way to say it, good god
Hit me again now
Come on over, baby, and dig the pop
A funky little thing called holly rock
It might be a dance, it might be a song
It might have you rockin', baby, all night long
Anybody want the holly rock?
Take a little pick, you just can't stop
It's bad, good god
Care for you to turn me out
And all you little birds, gather 'round
I'm gonna show you what the holly rock's about

[Refrain]
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock) Good god
(Holly rock) Uh-huh

[Verse 2]
Sheila E's my name, holly rock's my game
I'm funky as I wanna be
Lyin' up a hundred, I swear to God
I'm rockin' 'til you just can't see
Mass appeal, a little girl's smile
I make you happy, baby, all the while
'Cause I'm bad, good god
And if you got a big enough stick
Come on over, baby, to the holly rock
Don't you wanna learn a new trick?

[Refrain]
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock) Lord
(Holly rock) Good god
(Holly rock) Somebody

[Chorus]
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock, say it
(Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock, you say it
(Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock)
Look it here

[Verse 3]
Sheila E's my name, holly rock's my game
I'm funky as I wanna be
Lyin' up a hundred, I swear to God
I'm rock 'em 'til they just can't see
'Cause I'm bad, good god
Funkier than the wicked witch
I'll pet your kitten, your little dog too
Don't you wanna be my bitch?

[Refrain]
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock) Uh-huh, lord
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock) Somebody sing

[Chorus]
Holly rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (What?)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Can't hear ya, say it)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Whoo!)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Say it)
Rock, rock, holly rock

[Refrain]
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock) Bring it back

[Chorus]
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (You say it)
(Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock) (I can't hear ya, sing it)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Oh)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Tom? Eddie? Good god)
Eddie, blow your horn, uh
Somebody, somebody say

[Bridge]
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
(Holly rock) Somebody
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Say it)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Say what?)
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock (Lemme hear ya)

[Outro]
My toybox
I'm not bullshittin'
Steph, yeah it's, uh
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock)
(Holly rock) Everybody stop all the women, good god
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock
Rock, rock, holly rock
Everybody wanna holly rock
Holly rock
Now try to dance to that

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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