Prince

Released: July 9, 2007

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
(Oh Yeah)
Yeah
Uh uh

[Verse 1]
Getting dirty at the club again
I'm usually 'round your waist like a chain but then
I got that call
So I jumped in my car

[Hook]
I love you, baby
But not like I love my guitar
Uh huh
Not like I love my guitar
No

[Verse 2]
You couldn't do it all by yourself
You had to go and get somebody else
You're high enough to call me
But you can't reach the bar

[Hook]
I love you, baby
But not like I love my guitar
No
Not like I love my guitar

[Ad lib]
Oh, listen, turn it up
Uh uh, yeah, now dig

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
I tried to warn you that it's hard to be a star
Especially when you're driving other people's car
I would have gave you mine, girl
But you took it too far

[Hook]
I love you, baby, huh
But just not like I love my guitar - whoo, uh uh
Not like I love my guitar
Oh

[Verse 4]
I know you love me and you want to be friends
And if you don't, at least you need to pretend
We're still together
Even if we don't get that far

[Hook]
I love you, baby
But not like I love this guitar
I love you, baby, I love you, baby
Not like I love my guitar

[Outro]
I love you, baby, and I wish you well (I wish you well)
I'll write a letter when I learn how to spell
Until that day, you can go to... [laugh]
I love you, baby.... you know the rest

[Guitar Solo]
Aah aah aah

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.

more tracks from the album

Planet Earth

From the albums

Planet Earth (2007)
Anthology: 1995 – 2010 (2018)

Prince popular songs

GuitarPrince

Prince

Planet Earth