Prince

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

Can you talk to me with your body, baby?
Can you tell me what I wanna hear?
Can you lay on me a good enough reason to cross the line?
Yeah, ho!
Yeah, ho!

Can you be my lover and still be my friend? (Can you be my friend?)
Can you stick with me till the bitter end? (The bitter end)
Can you lay on me a good enough reason to cross the line?
Yeah, ho! (Cross the line)

[Chorus]
The line, line - it's a happy step to make
It takes time, time - all is what it takes
The line, line - and soon your life is so much better
The water's so much better on the other side
Cross the line

Can you tolerate? Why am I not so free?
How I did the plan
Can you understand I'm a free man?
But will I stop the dam if I don't cross the line?
Yeah, ho!
Yeah, ho!
Ow!

Hey
Cross the line sugar, cross the line
Cross the line sugar, cross the line
Cross the line

[Chorus]
The line, line - it's a happy step to make
It takes time, time - all is what it takes
The line, line - and soon your life is so much better
The water's so much better on the other side
Cross the line

Cross the line

Cross the line sugar, cross the line
Cross the line sugar, cross the line
Cross the line sugar, cross the line

I want you to cross the line, hey!
Talk to me, say the things I wanna hear, oh!
Cross the line

Cross the line

Cross the line
Baby, baby, baby, can you make me cross the line?
Cross the line, sugar, cross the line
You know you got to cross the line!

(New dance) {repeat in BG}
People, people, I got a brand new dance
People, people, I got a brand new dance
Ain't talkin' 'bout Housequake! No!
Ain't talkin' 'bout Shake 'N' Bake! No!
Ain't talkin' 'bout Rice-O-Roni! No!
I'm talkin' 'bout Macaroni? No!
Lord have mercy

Boni? (What?)
On the 2 (Yeah!)
What we gonna do? (Kangaroo!)
Say it! (Kangaroo!)
Come on
Boni? (What?)
On the 2 (Yeah!)
What U wanna do? (Kangaroo!)
Do the do (Do the do!)

Cross the line {repeat}
Baby, baby, baby, cross the line {repeat 2 fade}

Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, help me stand
I try, I have need, I am whole
Through the door, through the shore
Precious Lord, I believe in your name

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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