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Promise To Be TruePrince

Released: September 24, 2020

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Well, hello
It's about time you got home
No baby, don't try that tail waggin' routine on me
I want to know where you been
Now speak
That's right, get to talkin'
Or get to walkin'
Yeah, woo
Am I supposed to believe that?
Huh

[Verse 1]
Lipstick on your shirt, baby
And perfume in your bed
You bet on a new love, baby
And lost my love instead
If I take you back, you got to promise

[Chorus]
Promise to be true
(Yeah)
Promise to always be true
(You got to promise)
Promise to be true
(Oh yeah)
Promise to always be true

[Verse 2]
Phone numbers in your suit jacket
Too many nights with the boys
'Cause you're exactly like a spoiled little baby on Christmas
You wanted too many toys
Oh baby, so wrong but will you promise?

[Chorus]
Promise to be true
(Oh, oh)
Promise to always be true
(You got to promise)
Promise to be true
Promise to always be true
(Listen to me now)

[Breakdown]
Woo, woo
Promise to be true
Oh
Do do do do
Say it, say it, say it!
C'mon, say it
Promise this time to be true
C'mon, say it
Oh yeah, I'd be lost without your kiss
But if you mess up again
Honey, you ain't gon' have no lips to kiss with
Oh

[Verse 3]
I got plenty plenty lovin' for you, baby
But you got to rearrange
(Got to rearrange)
I can find it in my heart to forgive you, baby
Baby, can you really change?
(Yes I will)

[Chorus]
But you got to promise to be true
(You got to promise)
Promise to always be true
(Promise to be true)
Promise to be true
Promise to always be true

[Verse 4]
You know you got all my money
(You got my money, money)
I'll give it to you every time
(Woo, every time)
If you can't support me one more time again
(One more time)
You are still like that child on Christmas

[Chorus]
Promise to be true
Promise to always be true
(Promise to be true)
Promise to be true
Promise to always be true
(Promise to be)
(Do it)
Promise to be true
(You got to promise to be true)
Promise to always be true
(Do it)
Promise to be true
(You got to promise to be true)
Promise to always be true
(Yeah)

[Outro]
Baby, if I take you back
Baby, if I take you back, you got to promise
From the bottom of your stinky ol', crusty ol' no-good heart
You got to promise
To be true, true, true

Prince

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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