Prince

Released: September 7, 2015

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince Joshua Welton

[Intro]
Ohh, ah, yeah
Page one

[Verse 1]
You work so hard, you really do
I don't think that anyone could ever work as hard as you
Hot desert sun, you can feel the heat
Every drop of sweat on your brow is well earned
So you best believe

[Chorus]
I got a thousand hugs and kisses for you when you come back home, baby
(Ooh woo)
I got a thousand hugs and kisses for you when you come back home, baby
(Ooh woo)

Turn the page

[Verse 2]
When you give 'em your all, and still it's only second best
You can come and lay your head upon your baby's chest
Every one of your worries
(All your worries)
All your miseries
(All your miseries)
You can put them in a little boat and ship them off to sea
'Cause

[Chorus]
I got a thousand hugs and kisses for you when you come back home, baby
(Ooh woo)
I got a thousand hugs and kisses for you when you come back home, baby
(Ooh woo)

[Spoken]
I got a thousand hugs and kisses
For when you come back home
Uh, come here!

[Bridge]
The world can be
Well to put it frankly
Such a bitch sometimes
Seems like love that lasts forever
Is kinda hard to find
Most of the people we know just lookin' for a reason to cry
As long as you got me I got your back and this is why

[Verse 3]
You work so hard, you really do
I don't think that anyone could work as hard as you
You can lock the door (lock the door)
You better turn off the phone (turn off your phone)
'Cause I'm gonna give you a thousand reasons why we need to be alone

[Ad lib]
Oh oh
Ooooh oooh
Hey baby
I got a thousand hugs for you
And when you come back home
Sugar baby

[Verse 4]
I wanna hold you
Tie you up in lace
And I wanna kiss you
Kiss you all over your face
I wanna love you all up and down
Give you love like you never had
Blindfold, gagged, and bound
I'm wanna love you, baby
One time
Two time
Three time

[Outro]
I got a thousand hugs and kisses for you when you come back home, baby
Love you up and love you down
Love you 'til you make them sounds

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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