Prince

Released: March 31, 1987

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Oooh Doggies!
Ow!
Oh, oh, oh!

[Verse 1]
We want to play in the sunshine
We want to be free
Without the help of a Margarita or Ecstasy
We want to kick like we used to
Sign up on the dotted line
We going to dance every dance
Like it's going to be the last time
We got to play in the sunshine
Turn all the lights up to 10
I want to meet you (meet you), kiss you (kiss you)
Love you (love you), and miss you (miss you)
Do it all over again, do it all over again

[Chorus]
We going to play in the sunshine
We're going to get over
I'm feeling kind of lucky tonight
I'm going to find my four leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way, some how, I'm going to have fun

[Verse 2]
Play in the sunshine
We going to love all our enemies
Till the gorilla falls off the wall
We're going to rock him
We're going to roll him
We're going to teach him that love will make him tall (somehow)
Aah, pop goes the music
When the big white rabbit begin to talk
And the colour green will make your best friends leave ya
It will make them do the walk
But that's cool
Cuz one day, everyday will be a yellow day
And let's play

[Chorus]
We going to play in the sunshine
We're going to get over
I'm feeling kind of lucky tonight
I'm going to find my four leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way, some how, I'm going to have fun
We going to play in the sunshine
We're going to get over
I'm feeling kind of lucky tonight
I'm going to find my four leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way, some how, I'm going to have fun

[Outro]
(play), (play)
(play) no, (play) no, (play) no
(come on, play) no!, (play) no!, (play play play) Yes!
Drummer, do your thing
Drummer, drummer, do your thing
Drummer, drummer, drummer
Can I get some of that?
Let's get out of here (yeah)
(lalalalalalala play, laugh in the sunshine)
We're not afraid to (play, laugh in the sunshine)
We are going to
(play, laugh in the sunshine)
(play, laugh in the sunshine)
La la la

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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