Is prince a victim of child abuse? The self pitying tone of the song suggests yes he is!

This has to be one of the most serious Prince tracks I have ever heard. For once a Prince track that has imagery not unlike a great novel. Yes the lyircs are easy to follow and are not masterpieces of English literature, but the visuals in my head remind myself that Iam reading a book. This sort of thing is not the norm for a Prince song. A song which has a very serious subject.

I have no idea if there is some autobiographical truth in the song, but it is definately one of the most surprising tracks out of his whole catalogue.

The day in his life when he recorded this, he must of been pretty down in the dumps. The stark line "Dont abuse children, or else they turn out like me", sounds self pitying at it's most extreme. Is Prince just trying to write a disturbing, dark song or is their some truth to the lyrics.

Definately one to ponder over!

It's well documented in interviews that Prince was abused by his father as a child.

squirrelgrease said:

I heard that too. I love the song "Papa", because the music is so moody sounding. But the lyrics are disturbing indeed.

squirrelgrease said:

Really? Physically i guess? (I so hope not sexually)

thesexofit said:

Verbally and physically.

squirrelgrease said:

Poor Prince, it's no wonder he turned to religion, it probably helped him cope with the abuse.

thesexofit said:

Wrong choice of words but I knew what you're saying son

senik said:

Yeah. Essays, even short ones, are not what Iam good at.

thesexofit said:

Not saying it in a condescending manner, theseofit

I love you man

senik said:

Thats cool. I got a C in englsih GCSE, so it could of been worse.

squirrelgrease, maybe i am mistaking and youre right, but i thought it was his stepfather did abuse him, and not his father (who left the house when Prince was 4 or 7, i dont remember his specic age)

Strange, if it was his biologicial father who abused him, then how to explain their compositional collabarations between them on Around the World in a day, Parade and the Batman soundtrack? Did he sort out the problems with his father at that stage?

Riverpoet31 said:

When Prince got rich , Daddy decided to love him again

*cynical orger edit*

Riverpoet31 said:

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P has only said that his real dad was abusive and that he did not get along with his stepdad.

Wendy and Lisa said that P's dad did not really contribute anything to ATWIAD and that P just put his name on the songs to give him some income.

From what P said his Dad started coming around again after PR and that they patched things up but, a few years later their relationship went bad.

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Yes, he is.

He's often touched on auto-biographical momments in his life.

The most interesting one is in the song "7".
In that song he's battling the demons of 7 adversaries who each own armies, and he tells a tale of how he gets their women and watches them fall--his life is very interesting.



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squirrelgrease said:

not 2 sound like an ass or anything, or say that it might not be true, but ALOT of things have been well documented in interviews. such as his race and that he used to read his ma's dirty books and see her vibrators and shit (which i then read that after she got mad, he said it wasn't true), so this might just be prince do some seriously creative writing.

Moonwalkbjrain said:

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Look at the PR DVD. The director based the whold family fight scence on things P told him and it appears that Prince told a lot of people that he his Dad was abusive.

But was Prince sexually abused?

AsianBomb777 said:

No..seven was the number of soldiers sent to kill him and get the Princess back.

klhk said:

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I never read or heard anyone say anything about sexual abuse but, showing your kid porn and taking your kid to strip joints is sexual abuse.

Prince said those experiences ruined him for life.