Prince

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Hey sugar
Come here
I got something to lay on your mind

[Chorus]
I'm gonna build a big tall wall
Stone circle so you can't get out
Big tall wall
True love is what it's all about

[Verse 1]
If I see you in a restaurant
Ooh, babe, you're all I want
Your sexy body, your curly brown hair
Try to run if you want to, I don't care

[Chorus]
I'm gonna build a big tall wall
Stone circle so you can't get out
Big tall wall
(Sugar darling)
True love is what it's all about

[Verse 2]
If I see you walkin' down the street
(See you walkin' down the street)
You be the one I wanna meet
(You be the one I wanna meet)
You dress so smart
(You dress so smart)
You talk so neat
(You talk so neat)
You are so fine
(So fine)
It's hard not to eat ya, baby

[Chorus]
Big tall wall
Stone circle so you can't get out
I'm gonna build a big tall wall
(Oh yeah, ooh)
True love is what it's all about

[Breakdown]
B is for bold, girl that's how you make me feel
I is for ignorant, this situation's real
(So real)
G is for my girlfriend, yeah you know
I got another one
(G is for my girlfriend)
But that ain't gonna stop me and you
From having fun
(Stop me, stop me)
Big tall wall
I see you in a restaurant
I don't want nothing else
You're all I want
(You're all I want)
Big tall wall
Baby, I'd put you before Uncle Sam
Pretty little baby, you're so glam
Every time I see you I wanna slam

[Chorus]
Big tall wall
Stone circle so you can't get out, get out
(You can't get out)
Big tall wall
(Yeah, yes I am)
True love, true love is what it's all about

Big (Ooh) tall wall
B is for bold, that's how you make me feel
Ooh, big tall, big tall wall
(Don't leave me like this, that's so cold)
Your sexy body, your curly brown hair
Ooh, pretty baby you really take me there
Baby doll, you're so glam
Every time I see you I wanna slam (Ow, uh!)

If I see you in a restaurant (I don't want nothing else)
Oh baby, baby, you're all I want (You're all I want)
Sexy body, your curly brown hair (Girl, girl, girl, girl)
You really take me there (Yeah!)

I'm gonna build a big tall wall
Stone circle so you can't get out
Build a big tall wall
(I'm gonna build a...)
(Ooh, I'm gonna build a...)
True love is what it's all about
I'm gonna build a big tall wall (Tall wall, tall wall, tall, baby, sugar)
Stone circle so you can't get out (Get out)
Big tall wall (I'm gonna, I'm gonna, yeah)
True love is what it's all about (True)

Stone circle so you can't get out
True love is what it's all about
(Big tall wall)

I'm gonna
I'm gonna build a big tall wall

Baby doll, you're so glam
Every time I see you I wanna slam
You have the nerve to walk up my street
Didn't anybody tell you that
My modus operandi left a lot to be desired?
I got more holes than a golf course
Oh yeah, you'll have company

Take your time cuz in the back room
I'm building a...
Honey, (little bitch), you're so mean
Every time I see you I wanna sc-sc-sc-sc-scream
(Oh mama, your body's like that)
You wanna rap?

You dress so smart
You talk so neat
You're just my style girl (Tall wall)
You wanna see my... (Tall wall)
You wanna see my walls? (Tall wall) (I see you walking down the street?)
(Let me put you behind my big tall wall)
You wanna see my bridge? (I just wanna eat'cha, honey)
Well what'cha want, what'cha wanna see? (B is 4 bold, baby)
(Let me put you behind my big tall wall) (How you make me feel)
(I just wanna eat'cha, honey) (I is for ignorant - this situation's real)
G is for my girlfriend (I'm gonna do ya)
You know I got another one
But that ain't gonna stop
Me and you from having
Me and you from having fun

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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