Prince

Released: November 19, 1996

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
How did I ever come this far without you, baby?
What was I thinking, what was I trying to be?
Never did you ever give me reason to doubt you, baby
You are my destiny and this I truly see

[Chorus]
I can see we're like two petals from the same flower, baby
We're like two branches from the same tree
Whenever I look in your eyes, I can see a paradise
You're my saviour, you're all I ever need
Saviour

[Verse 2]
I used to say, no one lover could have me, no one lover
That was before my eyes had seen the light
To make love with another, uh uh, I couldn't do it, no way
(Couldn't do it)
You're my saviour (saviour), you're the only one that does it right

[Chorus]
I can see we're like two petals from the same flower, baby
We're like two branches from the same tree
Whenever I look in your eyes, I can see a paradise
You're my saviour, you're all I ever need
Saviour

[Bridge]
What would I be without your love around me?
(Oh, what would I be, oh, without your love?)
What would I see, you constantly astound me
(Oh baby, you know you constantly astound me)
Saviour
Saviour
Saviour
Saviour
Yeah!
Well, oh!
(Saviour)

[Verse 3]
Oh, how did I (how did I) come this far
Without you, baby? (without you, baby) I don't know
What was I thinking (what was I thinking)
What was I trying to be? (I don't know)
But what I do know is that...

[Chorus]
(Can't you see we're like) We're like two petals from the same flower, baby
We're like two branches from the same tree
(two drops of water from the same sea)
Whenever I look in your eyes, I can see a paradise
You're my saviour, you're all I
You're my saviour, you're all I ever
You're my saviour, you're all I ever need (Saviour)
Saviour, you're all I ever need

[Outro]
Saviour, you (I do)
You are my flower, baby (flower)
Ooh, every, every hour (hour)
Oh, yes you are
Won't you come and just (Won't you come and just)
Rain, I said rain!
(Won't you come and just)
Rain, rain, rain!
(Rain some of your sweet love down on me?)
Down on me!
Down on me!
Saviour! Saviour! Saviour!
Yeah!
Down on me!
Yeah!
Down on me!
Yeah!
Down on me!

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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