Prince

Released: July 15, 2007

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Sitting on the floor of an all-white room
Feeling like the color blue
Thinking about the words that I can use
To get this through to you

A million mistakes and then some
I've made with the ones before
I've probably passed my expiration date
But still I adore you
Adore you

Looking for the energy to take you there
The places that you wanna go
Knowing if I do, you're fully aware
The press will turn it in to a show (A show)

Everyone expects this outcome
But still they jump for all the crew
I guess I should be happy, but I'm still not
Sure that you really love me
(Love me, love me, love me) You love me

[Chorus]
Like the Lion of Judah (Judah)
I strike my enemies down
As my God is living
Surely the trumpet will sound

There was one who would stand by my side
Through the good and the bad
Let that one stand with pride
The best that I've ever had
Like the Lion of Judah

[Verse 2]
Driving away with a smile on my face
Wind blowing through my hair
Wondering how you'll feel when you find out
How much I really care (I care)

Hoping that the tears roll down your face (Down your face)
Your body grasps who we are (Who are we?)
Two gypsy beggars who only by Vegas
Came to be a star
(A super star) A star
That's what we are

[Chorus]
Like the Lion of Judah (Judah)
I strike my enemies down
As my God is living
Surely the trumpet will sound
Lion of Judah
Lion of Judah

[Guitar solo]

[Outro]
Like the Lion of Judah (Judah)
I strike my enemies down
Like the Lion of Judah (Judah)
Surely you, going to hear the trumpet sound
Hear the trumpet will sound (oh)
Lion... Judah... Judah
The Lion of Judah

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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