Sheila E.

Released: February 19, 1987

Songwriter: Sheila E. Prince

Producer: Prince

Oh, there he is
Ooh, he looks better every time I see him
Look
Those eyes, those lips
I know he wants me
I know he does

I see him walkin'
His body talkin'
He's got a real cool style
Something that he got
It get me so hot
His body drive me wild

I know it's gonna be tough
Things I'm gonna have 2 give up
Yeah, I know he thinks he's sweet
But he can't resist my beat

I know he sees me
Why does he tease me?
Why does he play this game?
Ha!

He knows I love him
Always thinking of him
I guess pretty men have no shame

Sometimes I wanna beat U up
Is that what U want me 2 do?
(Sing)

One day, one day, one day
I wanna make U mine
One day, one day, one day
I wanna make U mine

I've got a potion that gives emotion
I'm gonna turn U on
(Hot)
U will adore me
None will come before me
Then it won't be long

U're gonna kiss me
U're gonna kiss me
Like U never kissed before

Ooh, that night U want me
I'll be happy
(And I'll be happy)
Cuz on that night I'll have what I've been waiting 4

One day
One day, one day
Gonna make U mine
One day
One day, one day
I'm gonna make U mine

Oh wow, there he is again
What am I gonna do?
(Gonna make U mine)
Ooh, I do declare
I think I'm gonna go mad
I want that body so bad, so bad
(Gonna make U mine)

One day
(Hear me out)
I'm gonna make U mine
(Hear me out)
(distant Spanish vocals in background)
One day, one day
I'm gonna make U mine

Hear me out
One day, one day
I'm gonna make U mine
Oh, oh
One day, I'm gonna sock it 2 U

Someday I'm gonna sock it 2 U
U, ooh
Gonna make U mine
Gonna make U

Gonna make U
Gonna make U mine
Gonna make U mine, mine, mine... yeah!

Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Gonna make U mine

Mine, mine, mine, mine
One day!

Sheila E., born Sheila Escovedo on December 12, 1957, is a singer, songwriter, and percussionist from Oakland, California. Her honorific title is “The Queen of Percussion”.

The daughter of a Mexican jazz percussionist and Creole/African-American factory worker, Sheila comes from a family of musical royalty – father Pete Escovedo and uncle Coke were members of the Santana band for a time. Her other uncles are Alejandro, who has had a sustained alt-punk career; Javier, who led the early punk pioneer band The Zeros; and Mario, who fronted the 90s group The Dragons and MEX, aka Mario Escovedo Xperience. Sheila’s brothers Juan and Peter Michael are also percussionists, with Peter working on The Wayne Brady Show. Sheila is the goddaughter of Tito Puente, a Latin Jazz pioneer and Spanish Harlem legend.

“Before I had language, I had rhythm,” she wrote in The Beat Of My Own Drum, a 2014 memoir. “I learned it before I learned my mother tongue.” At the age of 20, Sheila became a member of George Duke’s R&B jazz band, and worked with him from 1976 to 1980, during Duke’s early Epic/CBS years. By the age of 26, she had already worked or toured with Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, Diana Ross, and family friend Lionel Richie.

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