Prince

Released: July 15, 2007

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
I know you are out there
I can feel your eyes on me
Seen that face a thousand times
If only in my dreams

I know you really want me
I can feel your hands on me
I really want to touch you too
In a way I'm much to shy to speak

[Chorus 1]
And even though
I'm all alone
For what it's worth
You're somewhere here on Earth
And I like it

[Verse 2]
I know you're out there
I can feel you getting closer to me
I'm just wondering what you're waiting for
You know I am free

In this digital age, you could just page me
I know it's the rage, but it just don't engage me
Like the face to face
Do you want to do this at yours, or my place?

[Chorus 2]
It's been so long
Since I been with somebody
Like a million years
Now you're here on Earth
You're here, you're here

[Modified Chorus 1]
Somewhere here on Earth
And I like it, I like it

[Verse 3]
Listen, I know you hear me
Like a whisper in your ear
You don't have to fear me
You're everything I hold so dear

I know you already love me
You're probably just too cool to say
Somebody somewhere put you down
But that's okay, that's okay

[Chorus 3]
'Cause whatever you feel
It's time to heal
No, no more hurt
As long as I'm here on Earth

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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