Sheila E.

Songwriter: Sheila E. Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
I've been wondering what to wear
I love our noon rendezvous
I know you tell me you missed me
And I want to make love to you

[Chorus]
Your words
They intoxicate me
I shiver each time that you speak
How much more can I endure, my love?
The sound of your voice makes me weak

[Verse 2]
If my bodily functions operate
This way when you just call my name
I'd hate to see when we are finally
Playing that nasty love game

[Chorus]
Your words
They intoxicate me
I shiver each time that you speak
How much more can I endure, my love?
The sound of your voice makes me weak

[Verse 3]
The words are all over your face, my love
What shall you or shall I do?
You could show me some new tricks, my love
I'd love to be taught by you

[Outro]
I've been wondering what to wear
I love our noon rendezvous

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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