Prince

Released: September 25, 2020

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
What it ain't y'all?
Welcome to the Crystal Ball
Got any notion about the way things are?
Give 'em up!, come on y'all
(Ball)
Ooh wee!
(Party!)
(Get up, come on)
All pound on the to y'all
Shake the weakest peach
(Get off and party, y'all)
If you got a weak heart, split now
(Ball)
We got to be funky
Everybody, say it
(Ball)
This is your Crystal Ball
(Get up and party) (Yeah)
One time, say it
(Ball)
(Come on, get up and get down, yeah)
(Ball)

[Verse 1]
Check it out if you want to
Listen to a brand new sound
Peachy beat and harmony
Shake your body down
No time for attitudes
No, we don't wanna fight
All I wanna do is get yo' peachy stuff
And have some fun tonight, people

[Chorus]
Ouch!
(Come on)
Come on, Ball
(Party)
(Come on)
(Ball)
Yeah
(Get down)
Come on, come on, yeah
(Ball)

[Verse 2]
Jam in the three, y'all
Ain't no couples allowed
Unless you wanna do it right, mama
And get married like a bull and cow
No time for attitudes
I said we don't wanna fight
All I wanna do is get pumped, mama
And have some fun tonight, people

Ball, it's a party
Everybody get loose
Ball, shake your body
Just like a goose, goosey
(Ball)
(Ball)
Everybody
(Ball)
(Ball)
Ooh aah
Oooh wee!

[Verse 3]
Say it y'all, come on
(Oooh wee!)
(Yeah, come on, get up)
(Join the party, get up, get up, yeah)
What it ain't, y'all?
Welcome to the Crystal Ball
You got any notions about the way things are?
Give 'em up and come on, y'all, oh!
Any peaches in the house?
Sing with me, y'all, come on
Whoa!
Too funky, say it again
Whoa!
Yeah ooh
Woo!

[Outro]
This is your Crystal Ball
All for fun, fun for all
Ow! Ow!
Crystal Ball
Alright, everybody on the one, y'all
I want you to say "Ball"
(Ball)
Say it like you mean it, come on, say it
Woo, yeah
Say it y'all, come on
(Ball)
Baby?
(Ball)
Baby, do you wanna?
(Ball)
Yes
This is your Crystal Ball
(Ball)
All for fun and fun for all, woo!
(Ball)
Keep singing, y'all
Keep singing, y'all
(Ball)
Come on
(Ball)
What you wanna do?
(Ball)
What you wanna do?
(Ball)
Woo!
(Ball)
Yes
Oh!
(Ball)
Don't try and stop me!
(Ball)
Hit me girl!
(Ball)
Welcome to the Crystal Ball
(We ought to use 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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