Prince

Released: February 7, 2006

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat

[Verse 1]
I don't want to take my clothes off
But I do
I don't want to turn nobody on
Unless it's you
I don't want to dance too hard, baby
But this is a groove
Yes it is, funky
I'm hot and I don't care who knows it
I got a job to do

[Chorus]
I'm working
Working up a black sweat
I'm working
Working up a black sweat
I'm working

[Post-Chorus]
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat

[Verse 2]
I don't want to break your pride
Pride
But I got to
'Bout to hurt 'em
Go on, hurt 'em, boy
You bet take your woman and hide her
Hide
Because I'm about to
Show 'em what you're 'bout to do, boy
Got to, got to
Show you what's really good
Show you what's really good
Break you off like you knew I would
Like you knew I would
I got a brand new dance
I got my brand new dance
And it's called a... uh!

[Chorus]
Working
Working up a black sweat
I'm working
Working up a black sweat
I'm working

[Post-Chorus]
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat
Working, working up a black sweat
Breakdown

[Bridge]
You can act hard if you want to
This groove will make you sweet
You'll be screaming like a white lady
When I count to three
1, 2, 3

[Chorus]
Working
Working up a black sweat
I'm working, ohh
Working up a black sweat, ohh
Working
Working up a black

[Outro]
Working
Working up a black, hey
Black sweat

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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