Prince

Released: September 25, 2020

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

What a day, what a day
When the dawn of the morning comes
All eyes were all open
To view the new rising sun
There'll be joy
And so much fun
Love for everyone
The dawn of the morning comes
Oh, what a day, what a day
When the dawn of the morning comes
Oh, what a day (what a day)
There'll be love for everyone
We will dream and color
While we look into the sun (into the sun)
Unafraid
Only blind faith (every brother)
Blind faith in the one (every sister stand)
There will be no more pain
No more shame
A never-ending glory
To his reign
Oh, what a day (what a day)
When the dawn of the morning comes
All eyes is a-lookin'
To view the new rising sun
(All their lies will be open)
(And your up will be done)
There'll be so much happy
So much fun when the morning comes
Yeah, ooh
There'll be no more pain (oh, what a day)
The dawn of the morning comes
There'll be no more shame (oh, what a day)
The dawn of the morning comes
I just wanna tell you
Oh, what a day, what a day
The dawn of the morning comes (yeah)
Oh, what a day (oh)
The dawn of the morning comes
When the morning comes
Oh, what a day (when the morning comes)
The dawn of the morning comes (when the morning comes)
Oh, what a day (when the morning comes)
The dawn of the morning comes (when the morning comes)
When the morning comes
Oh, what a day
The dawn of the morning comes
Oh, what a day
The dawn of the morning
The dawn of the morning comes
What a day
Start to fact check, uh
Yeah, yeah
Ow
Let's work
Everybody, let's work
Let's work
Everybody, let's work
Watch the character, character
Open your eyes, your eyes, your eyes
To view, to view the rising sun, y'all
Come on now, woo
I wanna, I wanna
Yeah (oh what a day)
I wanna feel, wanna feel
What a day
When the dawn of the morning
The dawn of the morning
The dawn of the morning
The dawn of the morning
The dawn of the morning comes
Yeah, what a day
Oh
What a day
Oh, oh, oh, what a day
Yeah
What a day, oh
Oh, what a day
Oh yeah
What a day
When the dawn of the morning comes

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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