Prince

Released: March 24, 2009

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Chorus]
Hey, Valentina, tell your mama
She should give me a call
When she get tired of running
After you down the hall

[Verse 1]
Before you came onto the scene it was a Hollywood mess
(Hey, Valentina)
Your mama was a movie queen
She was one of the best
(Hey, Valentina)
Every boy had the hots for her
Around the world even girls adored her
Mexican bombshell
Come to conquer the west
(Hey, Valentina)
Hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
Hey, Valentina, tell your mama
She should give me a call
When she get tired of running
After you down the hall

[Post-Chorus]
And she's all worn out
From those late night feedings
And she ready for another
Rock and roll meeting
Oh, Valentina, tell your mama
She should give me a call
Yes, she should

[Verse 2]
Your uncle Sam used to hold it down
Every day
(Hey, Valentina)
Watch the bootyguards
Scarecrow the buzzards away
(Hey, Valentina)
Like an aeroplane the time flies over
So many guys they couldn't get
Your sweet little mama to stay
(Hey, Valentina)

[Chorus]
Hey, Valentina, tell your mama
She should give me a call
When she get tired of running
After you down the hall

[Post-Chorus]
All worn out
Late night feedings
Rock and roll meeting
Tell your mama
She should give me a call

[Bridge]
Curvier than
A fender stratocaster guitar
Reality bender: from no green card
To superstar
Broken up slang even when
The king of Hollywood ain't that tall
Sho' as Betty's ugly
Your mama's bigger than 'em all
(Hey, Valentina)
(Hey, Valentina)

[Guitar Solo]

[Ad Lib]
Give me a call
Yeah
Oh yeah
That's all right
Yeah
Tell your mama

[Chorus]
Hey, Valentina, tell your mama
She should give me a call
(Hey, Valentina)
When she get tired of running
After you down the hall

[Verse 3]
Hey, Valentina
Tell your mama she should call up Mia
In advance
If Penelope wants to cruise
There ain't no way that we ain't going to dance
Tell your mama
Tell your mama she should should give me a call
Ooh, that's all

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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