Prince

Released: April 22, 2001

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
This is how we funk on the Northside

[Chorus]
This is how we funk on the Northside
Players ain't gon' stop till it's sold
This is how we funk on the Northside
To get paid in the Moneyapple, got to be bold

When you cop your paper next Friday
This is what I want you all to do
Nevermind the vapor come up my way
We got something freaky for you

Never you mind what you find in the state of your mind
Your city or part of town
When you get up in the Moneyapple
Baby you got to get down
Down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Hey hey hey hey!

[Chorus]
This is how we funk on the Northside
Players ain't gon' stop till it's sold
This is how we funk on the Northside
To get paid in the Moneyapple, got to be bold
(Oh)
(This is how we funk)

When you get tired of the Muzak
That's playin' on that no-funk radio (Uh)
We gotta taste the bass that'll take your face to the Ace of Spades
You never ever thought your ugly face would go
Bass: tell ya one time

Never you cry when you buy a sample single
From the NPG got joints for days
Chart be gone we get it on stage, baby
Aftershow's on the Internet, players gettin' paid!

Hey, this is how we funk
Oh yeah
Hey, this is how we funk
(Hey) Everybody say

(Oh, oh)
(How we funk)
(How) {x3}

With a bone 2 play
We can find the mayor
Talk about that piece of land
Fill a garden y'all
Fill a fan with some hand picked images like the man
Sweet potatoes like U never seen (Tell it)
Martin wasn't the only one that had a dream
Know what I mean? (Woo!)

[Chorus]
This is how we funk on the Northside
Players ain't gon' stop till it's sold
This is how we funk on the Northside
To get paid in the Moneyapple, got to be bold

This is how we funk on the Northside
Players ain't gon' stop till it's sold
This is how we funk on the Northside
To get paid in the Moneyapple, got to be bold

This is how we funk on the Northside
Players ain't gon' stop till it's sold
This is how we funk on the Northside
To get paid in the Moneyapple, got to be bold
(This is how we, this is how we funk)
(We, we be...)
(NPG, so funky it's good to me)
(Northside) (Hey)

This is how we funk on the Northside
This is how we funk on the Northside
Got to be bold
(Got to be)
This is how we funk on the Northside
This is how we funk on the Northside
This is how we funk on the Northside
This is how we funk on the Northside
This is how we funk on the Northside

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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