Prince

Released: January 29, 1998

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Chorus]
Fascination
I want you
Fascination
I want you, I do

[Verse 1]
Fascination chamber lands on the round that kills
The art you hoped to mirror like
Leaves blood upon the sill
The dream you keep dreaming, is better than the life you lead
The papers run out a day and Thirteen hours, Before the weed, it's so high

[Chorus]
Fascination
Still I want you
Fascination
Still I want you, I do

[Verse 2]
The head you thought was rolling, is now reason to be bored
The rapper that gave that head will thank his manager before the lord
And the headache that you moan about feels much better than the treatment would
The pills going to leave a side effect
That'll take another pill to correct
And the whole thing is leaving you feeling less than good
And you still high

[Chorus]
Fascination
Still I want you
Fascination
Still I want you, I do

[Bridge]
Do you mind if I just watch you shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
...Nation
I want you
Fascination
I want you, I do

[Verse 3]
The most vital thing you thought
Is the epitome of doom
You can wake-up in cold sweat
Because one of them is in you're room
Singing on the tele
Making more bucks than sense
So called king gives birth to so called ... prince
A breakup's bitter taste
Still here when the love is gone
And the breaks you wish for
Finally comes among in song
Working it out
Work, work, work, working it out
Fascination

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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