Prince

Released: September 26, 1995

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
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About time, come in
Ow!
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[Verse 1]
Take off your clothes
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Bet you got a body, by God
Come on, let me see
You ought a
My camera's going to get you when you get it good and wet
You ought a let me come and pet you so it lasts, baby
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[Interlude]
Can I see it, baby?
(Mmm)
Ow!

[Verse 2]
I got a good shot, put your leg on the chair (Like that?)
You know you're too hot when you play with your hair (Ha ha ha)
I like it
I just want to holler, scream, and shout
When you let your fingers do the walking in and out and all about
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[Interlude]
Ah hoochie, don't do that
You.. you.. you make me want to dance!
Now watch this

[Verse 3]
Lock the door and kill the phone
My camera, you and me alone
Will make a picture all will see and go
"Ow, 319"

[Interlude]
Oh baby, how'd you get your legs to do that?
Ooh shit
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You're just too mean
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Yeah, yeah, go on girl
Ain't gotta tell you cuz already know
Girl, you in the house so keep running that show
Go on girl
Yeah

[Spoken Interlude]
Come here
Have you ever kissed another woman on the dance floor?

[Outro]
Come here, where you going?
Come here
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Oh

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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