Sheila E.

Released: August 26, 1985

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

There's a nasty rumor that's goin' 'round
People think that U and
U and I are goin' down
They insist that we're more
More than just friends
So I'm gonna stick around until this movie ends

I'm gonna leave it up 2 Sister Fate
Destiny
She's the only thing that's standin' in the way of U and me
Sister Fate
Destiny

One day
We're gonna be 2gether
Wait and see, wait and see

There's an awful story that's in the news
People say that I'm
I'm in love with U
If they knew the real truth
They'd probably die
I could never do nothin' 2 live up 2 those lies

Sister, huh

There's a nasty rumor that's going 'round
(There's a nasty rumor goin' 'round)
People think that U and I are going down
(People think that U and, U and I are goin' down)
They insist that we're more, more than just friends
So I'm gonna stick around
(Until this movie ends, huh)

Wait and see

Sister Fate

Sister Fate
Destiny
She's the only thing standing in the way of U and me
Sister Fate
Destiny
One day we're gonna be 2gether
Wait and see

Sheila E., born Sheila Escovedo on December 12, 1957, is a singer, songwriter, and percussionist from Oakland, California. Her honorific title is “The Queen of Percussion”.

The daughter of a Mexican jazz percussionist and Creole/African-American factory worker, Sheila comes from a family of musical royalty – father Pete Escovedo and uncle Coke were members of the Santana band for a time. Her other uncles are Alejandro, who has had a sustained alt-punk career; Javier, who led the early punk pioneer band The Zeros; and Mario, who fronted the 90s group The Dragons and MEX, aka Mario Escovedo Xperience. Sheila’s brothers Juan and Peter Michael are also percussionists, with Peter working on The Wayne Brady Show. Sheila is the goddaughter of Tito Puente, a Latin Jazz pioneer and Spanish Harlem legend.

“Before I had language, I had rhythm,” she wrote in The Beat Of My Own Drum, a 2014 memoir. “I learned it before I learned my mother tongue.” At the age of 20, Sheila became a member of George Duke’s R&B jazz band, and worked with him from 1976 to 1980, during Duke’s early Epic/CBS years. By the age of 26, she had already worked or toured with Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, Diana Ross, and family friend Lionel Richie.

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