Bootsy Collins

Released: October 23, 2020

Songwriter: Michael Sembello Ellis Hall Bootsy Collins

Producer: Bootsy Collins

(As the world changes, I just need to say a prayer to you)
I'm saying another prayer
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well
I'm spending another dream
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well, wishing well
Years ago I thought that
Everything was impossible, so improbable
Chasing the moon
When it seems so close to the Earth
But I was going insane, I felt so strange
I'm saying another prayer
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well
I'm spending another dream
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well, wishing well
Sing along, brother
Anything that has been lost
They couldn't worth for myself my true rеal desire
Until whatevеr happened
Showed me there ain't no natural miracles
The truth revealed my time to heal
I'm saying another prayer
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well
I'm spending another dream
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well, wishing well
Star light, star bright
I'm wishing well and saying prayers
Be careful what you wish for
I've lost my mother and brother
There'll never ever be another
The pain just never goes away
I used to grow with them
And I think they cared about me alot
I just got a wish, would you pray with me?
So, won't you pray with me?
I'm saying another prayer
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well
I'm spending another dream
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well, wishing well
I keep dreaming, keep dreaming
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well
I keep praying, keep praying
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well, wishing well
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well
I'm turning the corner and I'm wishing well, wishing well

Bootsy Collins (born William Earl Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 26, 1951) is a singer-songwriter and guitar player known as one of the pillars of the funk sound in his work with James Brown and George Clinton. His nickname was given to him by his mother, who told him, “You looked like Bootsy.”

Along with his brother Phelps “Catfish” Collins, Bootsy joined James Brown’s backing band, The J.B.’s, in the early 1970s and played on a number of Brown’s hits, including “Super Bad”, “Soul Power”, and “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” among others. After nearly a year, Collins left Brown’s band and connected with George Clinton and his Parliament Funkadelic P-Funk movement in 1972. During his run with the group, Bootsy also branched off to produce solo work with Bootsy’s Rubber Band.

Bootsy was also instrumental in the career of electro-funk legend Roger Troutman and his group Zapp in the early 1980s. Bootsy’s work also became a major sample source by a number of hip-hop stars, and his style was a big inspiration to Snoop Dogg a.k.a. Snoopy Collins. His signature vocals were featured in Grand Theft Auto V as the DJ for radio station Space 103.2, as well as featured on the 2018 hit “After the Storm” with Kali Uchis. As a member of Parliament Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

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