Prince

Released: September 25, 2020

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

Oh
I want a brighter day now

For those of you on the way out
You might not have a place to go
But that ain't what it's all about
That someone that loves you
And keeps your life together
Could one day disown you
Throw you out so you can watch the weather

But it be's like that sometime, sometime
Be like that sometime, y'all
Ooh...
Looka here

For those of you on your way down
If you were tryin' to lift up the groove
They would follow you around
But maybe you would rather
Now You're on the run
All they want is what they know
And you just wanna have fun

For those of you on your way down
It be's like that sometime, sometime
Be's like that, y'all, sometime
Be's like that sometime, sometime

Yeah
This is for those of you on your way up
Huh
The same motherfuckers that make you
Break you when you had enough
Dig this now
Be a rebel
Always a brighter day
'Cause on your way down you can knock knock
'Cause you did it your way

You tell 'em it be's like that sometime, y'all
Be like that sometime
Yeah...
It Be like that
It Be like that sometime, y'all

When you lead the way
You can say...
It be like that sometime

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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