Prince

Released: November 20, 2001

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
If your last December came
What would you do?
Will anybody remember
To remember you?
Did you stand tall?
Or did you fall?
Did you give your all?

[Verse 2]
Did you ever find a reason
Why you had to die?
Or did you just plan on leaving
Without wondering why?
Was it everything it seemed?
Or did it feel like a dream?
Did you feel redeemed?

[Chorus]
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
We need to come together
Come together as one

[Verse 3]
Did you love somebody
But got no love in return?
Did you understand the real meaning of love?
That it just is and never yearns?
When the truth arrives
We'll be lost on the other side?
Will you still be alive?

[Chorus]
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
We need to come together
Come together as one

[Verse 4]
In your life did you just give a little
Or did you give all that you had?
Were you just somewhere in the middle?
Not too good, not too bad?

[Chorus]
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
We need to come together
Come together as one

[Chorus]
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
We need to come together
Come together as one

[Chorus]
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
We need to come together
Come together as one

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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