Prince

Released: September 12, 1995

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

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[Verse 1: Prince]
I never thought that you would be the one
After all the things that we've been through
You gave your body to another in the name of fun
I hope you had some baby, if not, boo hoo

[Chorus: Prince]
It's so sad but I hate you like a day without sunshine
It's so bad but I hate you 'cause you're all that's ever on my mind
Honey, I hate you
Now everyday would be a waste of time
'Cause I hate you

[Verse 2: Prince]
I never thought that I could feel this way
To fall in love was a table reserved for fools
Say you're sorry if you wanna but it's all in vain
I'm out the door sweet baby, that's right, we're through

[Chorus: Prince]
It's so sad but I hate you like a day without sunshine
It's so bad but I hate you 'cause you're all that's ever on my mind
Honey, I hate you
Now everyday would be a waste of time
'Cause I hate you

[Spoken Interlude: Prince]
This court is now in session
Would the defendant please rise?
State your name for the court
Never mind
Billy Jack Bitch
You're being charged with one to many counts of heartbreaking
In the first degree
I don't give a damn about the others
My main concern is you and me
Your honor, may I call to the stand my one and only witness?
A girl that know damn well she didn't have no damn business
I know what did, how you did it and, uh, who you did it with
So you might as well plead guilty 'cause you sure can't plead the fifth
Now raise your right hand
Do you swear to tell the whole truth
Not the half truth like you used to so help you God?
Nod your head one time if you hear me
If you don't, I'll have to use the rod
Anything to make you see that uh.. you re going to miss me
Yeah, you're gonna miss me
Uh, uh, uh, oh!
If it please the court
I'd like to have the defendant place her hands behind her back
So I can tie her up tight and get into the act
The act of showing her how good it used to be
I want it to be so good she falls back in love with me
Close your eyes
I'm gonna cover your ass with this sheet
And I want you to pump your hips like you used to
And, baby, you better stay on the beat
Did you do to your other man the same things that you did to me?
Right now I hate you so much I wanna make love until you see
That it's killin' me, baby, to be without you
'Cause all I ever wanted to do was to be with you, ow!

[Outro: Prince]
I hate you
I hate you
Because I love you
Because I love you
But I can't love you
I can't love you
Because I hate you
I hate you
Because I love you
I love you, baby
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you 'cause you're all that's ever on my mind
I hate you because I love you

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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