Prince

Released: February 3, 2013

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Joshua Welton Prince

[Intro]
Hey baby, where you going?
No please don’t rush off so soon
If you leave me like this
What I’m gonna do

[Chorus]
Finally, my eyes are open
I dream about you all night long
The only thing that I’ve been hoping for
Is before you to go to work babe, we get it on
I ain’t tryin’ to make you blush
But I just wanted to tell ya, I think you’re great
I know you’re late, but I need another taste
Breakfast can wait

[Verse 1]
Grits and gravy, cheese eggs, and jam
Can't nobody cook it like you girl
No ma’am
This here early morning, need something else on my plate
I think I want another bite of you, babe
Breakfast can wait
Breakfast can wait

[Verse 2]
You really put it on me
You shut it down last night
I thought the police was gonna come
(Was it loud?)
Loud, yeah, quite
Yeah, I ain’t tryin’ to make you blush
I just think you’re great
Ain’t no need to rush
Breakfast can wait

[Chorus]
Finally, my eyes are open
I dream about you all night long
The only thing that I’ve been hoping for
Is before you to go to work babe, we get it on
I ain’t tryin’ to make you blush
But I just wanted to tell ya, I think you’re great
I know you’re late, but I need another taste
Breakfast can wait

[Verse 3]
Hotcakes smothered in honey
(Wait a minute)
I’m gon’ have to pass
Fresh cup of coffee, no, no
I’d rather have you in my glass
Only thing’s that gonna sweeten my tongue
Only thing that’s gonna last now
Is another bite of you, babe
Breakfast can wait

[Chorus]
Finally, my eyes are open
I dream about you all night long
The only thing that I’ve been hoping for
Is before you to go to work babe, we get it on
I ain’t tryin’ to make you blush
But I just wanted to tell ya, I think you’re great
I know you’re late, but I need another taste
Breakfast can wait
Breakfast can wait

[Outro]
Can't stop even if the ṗolice come
Breakfast can wait
I got a double time, kick drum
Breakfast, breakfast
You can't leave a black man in this state
Breakfast can wait
Oh no
Breakfast, breakfast can wait
Come here baby, let me put you on my plate
Hey now
Breakfast can wait
Better call your job yeah
Breakfast can wait
Tell ‘em you gon’ be late
Breakfast can wait
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Prince is in charge now
That's right
Breakfast can wait
Breakfast can wait
Breakfast can wait
You’re the only thing I need
Breakfast can wait
Sweetness in my tongue
Breakfast can wait
Come here baby, let me show you where I’m comin' from
Breakfast can wait
Yeah
Breakfast can wait
Oh, you know you might need to pray for me
You might need to come again
Breakfast can wait
Oh-yeah-yeah

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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