Prince

Released: September 7, 2015

Featuring: Rita Ora

Songwriter: Joshua Welton Prince

Producer: Prince Joshua Welton

[Verse 1: Prince]
Closed over, day done
New day is dawning and the fun has just begun
Onto the next Generation X
Didn't leave me nothing and nobody to respect
Looking to be proud, dirty projects
Hoping, hungry, feed my stomach
Y'all can see my mom's chest

[Pre-Chorus: Prince]
I come from north Minny
And I never run from any
And I ain't about to stop right now

[Chorus: Prince & Rita Ora]
If your life is a B-side, my dream is the A
I got a rockstar, celebration cannot drink away
I come from North Minny
And I never run from many
And I ain't about to stop right now
Ain't about to stop, ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop, and I ain't about to stop right now
Ain't about to stop, ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop right now

[Verse 2: Rita Ora]
Low class, in the past
From the bottom up, we gettin' rough and kickin' ass
Never fail, cause see these females
We still gotta little bit of dirt underneath these hundred dollar nails
Latest fashion, once I get the cash in
Nothing is too good for Rita if she got the passion

[Pre-Chorus: Prince]
I come from North Minny
And I never run from any
And I ain't about to stop right now

[Chorus: Prince & Rita Ora]
If your life is a B-side, my dream is the A
I got a rockstar, celebration cannot drink away
I come from north Minny
And I never run from many
And I ain't about to stop right now
Ain't about to stop, ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop, and I ain't about to stop right now
Ain't about to stop, ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop right now

[Bridge: Prince & Rita Ora]
If you're not a Ritabot, you're a blood clot
If you're not a Ritabot, you're a blood clot
If you're not a Ritabot, you're a blood clot
If you're not a Ritabot, Ritabot, Ritabot

[Outro: Prince & Rita Ora]
Woo, woo-woo
Woo, woo-woo
Woo, woo-woo
Woo, woo-woo
Ain't about to stop, ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop
Ain't about to stop right now
Pick out my clothes

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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