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Eye NoPrince

Released: May 6, 1988

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Spoken Intro: Ingrid Chavez]
Rain is wet, and sugar is sweet
Clap your hands, and stomp your feet
Everybody, everybody knows
When love calls, you got to go

[Spoken Intro: Prince]
Listen, the soul of this song belongs to God
Welcome to the New Power Generation
The reason my voice is so clear
Is there's no smack in my brain
Hundalasiliah

[Verse 1]
I know there is a heaven, I know there is a hell
Listen to me people, I got a story to tell
I know there was confusion lightning all around me
That's when I called his name don't you know he found me

[Chorus]
No! Is what Spooky Electric say, it's not OK
But I know love is the only way till my dying day
No - 'til my dying day I'll be OK
Cause Lovesexy is the one til my day is done
Hundalasiliah

[Verse 2]
I know there is a devil because he talks so loud
He makes you do things that your friends do, hang out with the crowd
But my Lord he is so quiet when He calls your name
When you hear it your heart will thunder
You will wan'na hear it every day

[Chorus]
No! Is what Spooky Electric say, it's not OK
But I know love is the only way till my dying day
No - til my dying day I'll be OK
Cause Lovesexy is the one til my day is done
Hundalasiliah

[Verse 3]
Alright y'all, everybody in the house (serve it up, Frankie)
Here's what I want you to do
Raise your hand up, straight in the air
Swing it to the right, savoir faire
Up on the two, swing on the four
Everybody on the dancefloor

[Bridge]
Sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho
Sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho
Y'all ain't got it together
Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead
Raise your hand up, straight in the air
(Let's get it up)
(Let's get it up)

[Verse 4]
Say no
(say no) No - if you can't find your way - everybody say
(say no) No - if you're afraid, everybody ain't got it made
(Say no) - if you want a drug other than the God above
No - if you need a drink every single day
Blow that devil away!

[Verse 5]
Say yes
Yes - if you want this feeling called love
Yes - if you want it now raise your hand you the man above
(Yes) Up on the two, swing right on the four
We want everybody to open this door!

[Verse 6]
Say no - if you don't want to live life under the gun
(I know) We know a better way to have some fun
(I know) I know - there is a heaven and a hell
I know there is a heaven and a hell

[Breakdown]
Tell you what
Man, are we on the guest list?
Guest list? Guest list?
I don't see no 5 dollars you owe
I'm going to go to the car
I'm going home
I'm going to have one of them sandwiches
Sandwich, that's right
I need the green three sheets
That's right. (that's what I'm talking about)
A peanut-butter sandwich (her and her girlfriend)
The one that was standing
Right next to my woman
Right next to my woman
Let us praise God
With the fruit of the vine (My name's Andre Crabtree III)
Our [?] symbol of glory (I've got more holes than a golf course)
And thank him for lessons
Of the past, for life, prince
I said who popped the question?

Prince

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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