Prince

Released: March 31, 1987

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
There comes a time, in every man's life
When he get's tired of fooling around
Juggling hearts in a three ring circus
Someday will drive a body down to the ground
I never imagined that love would rain on me
And make me want to settle down

[Chorus]
Baby it's true, I think I do
And I just want to tell you that I wanna with you
(Baby, if you do too)
And baby if you do too
Forever, forever, baby I want you forever
I want to keep you for the rest of my life
(You can make right)
All that is wrong in my world
(You are my savior)
You can make right
(You are my light)
You are my savior, you are my light
(Forever I want you in my life)
Forever I want you in my life

[Refrain]
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[Verse 2]
(Every man's journey)
There comes a road in every man's journey
(Don't be afraid)
A road that he's afraid to walk on his own
(I'm at that road)
I'm here to tell you that I'm at that road
(I'd rather walk it with)
And I'd rather walk it
(You than walk it alone)
With you than walk it alone
(You are my future)
You are my hero, you are my future
(No past)
When I am with you, I have no past
Oh baby my one and only desire
(Make this feeling last)
Is find some way in this dog gone world
(Sugar, it's true)
To make this feeling last
(I know I do)

[Chorus]
Oh baby it's true, I know I do
(To with you)
And I just want to tell you that
I want to with you, yeah
And baby if you do too
Forever, forever, I want you baby, baby forever
(You can make right)
I want to keep you for the rest of my life
(You are my savior)
All that is wrong in my world
(You are my light)
You can make right
(Forever I want you in my life)
You are my savior, you are my light
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Forever I want you in my life
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[Refrain]
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[Outro]
Forever in my life
Forever in my life

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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