Prince

Released: November 20, 2001

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
With this one I can be what I want to be
I don't have to live up to no one's fantasy
I could write another three hundred melodies
To her it's just three, cause this one
She loves me for me
With this one I don't even have to comb my hair
I can wear what I want to or nothing, she don't care
I don't even have to take her on the rollercoaster, see

[Chorus]
Cause this one, this one
She loves me for me

[Verse 2]
In the morning
When I rise and see her eyes
Look deep into mine
I find a better place
This one I can tell all my secrets to
I don't need to make her swear, she would never tell any who
Besides I'm the only one she ever wants to see

[Chorus]
Cause this one, this one
She loves me for me

[Bridge]
When the night falls
And she calls
I run to her side
'Cause she got the ride that I like to ride
I like to ride it

[Verse 3]
This one I can take over my mamma's house
And I don't have to worry what goes in and out her mouth
All she needs is a little gratuity
She don't like no beef

[Chorus]
She just loves me for me
She just loves me for me

[Chorus]
This one, this one, ooh
She loves me for me

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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