Hey ya'll, I have been on the org for a couple of years now and from the hundreds of posts I have rea, I have realized that there are some very creative and talented people amongst us. I was wondering if any orgers have written any prince or prince related poems they'd like to share? I just recently moved so my room is a bit bare and I wanted to print out poems and lyrics to frame on my wall. Please don't be shy I would love to hear them!

graycap always writes poems

Vinniecent said:

:shiver:

I sometimes mention songtitles or some allusions to songs or names connected to a.o. Prince, like this (it's called Farewell Blues about the end of a love that was based on the love for music):

With a little help from our friends
we were Housequaking ‘round the clock
I couldn’t do the Go-Go Dance
you didn’t like Crocodile Rock
so we let Four Fabs meet the Purple Man

OH, the last line could make me a f***ing prophet (wrote it in 1994)

or sth like this:

we painted a masterpiece of memories
dancing and singing in the 1st row
at the 87 Camille concert show

I always wanted to write a song about Anna Stesia called 16.31 (you know the point when the 1st chord strikes on the cd), I think I had some ideas for it written down (there was a finished chorus but I can't remember)

Never wrote an entire piece for/about Prince
but his influence is definitely present in a lot of creative stuff I do

I've loved Prince since before I lost my virginityyyyy.....


So, Prince...can you please put your concerts on DVDeeeee???

My new rap on my myspace has plenty of Prince references...

myspace.com/jakeasaurus ... haha , tell me what you think.

There once was a guy named Prince

Whose music made the old folks wince

But he played and he played

In the music game he stayed

Now almost 30 years later...even Micheal Jackson is all on his shit!

Jakeasaurus said:

rap?

Prince is so fine.
The ladies know its true.
If I ever get the chance
to take off his pants
imma make it do what it do

If only I could dance with you just one time
I'd steal, lie, and cheat do unspeakable crime

We could set the floor at the Rio Club ablaze
a silly minuet my ass not even a new dance craze

I'd freak you like only a video vixen would
You know from the start I was up to no good

Then just as the funky ass song was about to end
I'd say thanks for makin my dream come true my Friend

DanceWme said:

I promise that one of these days I will post something here.

There's so much to Prince that it's hard to figure out what to write about him.

But if I ever get the time and have the patience to go through it, I'll try to write poetry that reaches as deep as his lyrics, but even so, I think I'll still pale in comparison to his genius.

Last night I cried as I listened to your voice
No matter how much I fought it I truly had no choice

You gave me a complete shiver with your tender gentle words
Like only you know how to and its really rather absurd

You can Take me with U Everywhere, I'd never Comeback the same
I don't wanna be your lover just simply Call your name

I acknowledge you as a true Prince 4ever in my life
A Sexy MF whose genius cut my heart and soul like a knife

I know nothing last 4ever but you've created eternal bliss
No matter what U do next your music is on the top of my list

Thank U for being you and thank God for being kind & generous
He gave you the blessings to share with each and every One of Us

Right now, I'm just got fragments, but this isn't something that can be rushed. I'm trying to reach for a new depth that could possibly scratch the surface of how deep his lyrics are.

Well I wrote some poems,inspired by listening to Prince's music and attending many concerts. The poems are not so much about Prince but what his words have meant to me. I wrote these poems in 2000.

UNIVERSAL LOVE
Don't hate it's time 2 liberate
Free your mind isn't it about time
Think of UNCONDITIONAL and UNIVERSAL LOVE
4 the Supreme ONE above
Believe in GOD 4 HE is THE TRUTH
And The Bible is the proof
2 give is 2 receive
2 believe otherwise would be naive
Brothers and sisters open your heart
GOD is the only way do not b led astray
*****

Eye am the cup, U are the lips
Only drink 7 sips
2 souls shining bright as a shooting star
Take a chance,join me in this lyrical dance
*****

Want 2 Play On The Other Side Of The Sun

How hot will it get?
Play me like a six string until U make me scream
Hold me tight and run your fingerts up and down my spine
Shhh! Don't speak, let's committ this crime
Caress my neck with your lips while U thrust with your hips
Place your lips uopn my mouth, kiss me in a slow, deep Parisian way
Let's just live 4 2day
Press your body close 2 mine so that we 4get all time
As eye shift in2 gear smooth the ryde will B as eye release my tensions and fear
Feel my heart race at 100 mph I think it's time 4 a cold shower
[Edited 2/22/07 0:02am]

U're SOUL reeks of scented perfume
U know...the faint smell that never leaves the room
I can feel U and see it in all u're smile
Damn u are good
U must have been at this 4 a while

I guess that's why U're Soul
Smells so good

this one orgers stuff is copyrighted but they used 2 post stuff here...it may b n the archives.
then again eye could just orgnote them, it's worth a try.

here's a link to a four epic piece that I throughly enjoyed.

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN 2 MINNESOTA

it originally came from a now defunct website called xperiment.org, about 8 years ago.

http://www.prince.org/msg/15/207206
http://www.prince.org/msg/15/207209
http://www.prince.org/msg/15/207210
http://www.prince.org/msg/15/207211

very princey.

not xactly poetry but it's got flava!


WHAT IS MUSICOLOGY

Is Musicology JUST the study of Music?

NO!

Musicology is 'ANYWHERE' the 'STANK' of 'Funk' is Manifested.

There IS a method 2 the madness of 'THE GROOVE', the ntensity of which, is dtermined n the 'SOUL' of the Bgroover.
Musicology has had adept pupils, ever since DRUM was hit 2 stick, HORN spit 2 lip, strum fit 2 finger licks on the GUITAR, and VOICE was little more than a rythmic hum.

Musicology IS it's own world, it's own law, surfacing n a gutsy GOSPEL groan, a JUKE JOINT shout, a mournful BLUESy moan, a ROCK, POP, R+B stomp, as u HIP HOP ur way thru a 'STONE SOUL PICNIC!'

Musicology is a COLORFUL, myriad nstruction of MOVEMENT, telling u 2 'WALK THIS WAY!", 'TWIST and SHOUT', 'SHAKE UR GROOVE THANG', 'SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER', SHIMMY, ROCK, HUSTLE, JERK, CAMEL-WALK, and ROLL!

Musicology can wiggle a single finger, ELECTRIC SLIDE on one leg, or shake ur whole body down 2 the ground It's a groove that says, "EYE WANT'CHA!"
AnyTime a 'House Rocks' from dusk till dawn, and ppl STILL don't want 2 go home,
Musicology IS EVIDENT.!

The 'Proficient Musicologist' is recognized by his/her ability 2 play 'PIED PIPER' 2 a ppl, WANTING 2 b 'LED' 2 a mountain of magic hidden deep withn the realms of their ART.

Faces scrunch up. Sweat flies. Bodies groove n the 'Signifying, Xquisite, Contortion of Xpression that 'THE MUSIC' causes them 2 feel.

A MASTER, of the Highest Order, a MINISTER OF MUSICOLOGY, 'CAN', call down HEAVEN, raise CANE, and xcuse my french, cause all HELL 2 break 'LOOSE'!

Transcending 'gender', The Cloak of Mastery' falls on the shoulders of those WILLING and ABLE 2 'Wave the Rag', 'Fan the Funk', 'Rock the Joint', 'Tear the Roof off The Sucka!', while shamelessly sporting Diamonds n the Soles of Their Shoes, as THEIR GROOVES REMAIN PLATINUM n ur hearts.

Musicology NEVER dies, IT TRANSCENDS.

Bessie Smith > Aretha Franklin > Alicia Keys > Little jimmy scott > Sam Cooke > R. Kelly > Duke Ellington > Cab Calloway > PRINCE?

Musicology IS ALL THESE THINGS-
From Funk, 2 Groove, and the Rock of Pop. What of the crop? 'CREAM' ALWAYS RISES STRAIGHT 2 THE TOP!
'Warm it up! Prince? 'eye'm about 2!' WARM IT UP! PRINCE??? 'THAT'S WHAT EYE WAS BORN 2 DUE!'

***U asked the ?uestion, ***U got ur answer.

from 'The Girl' n the front row, with braids, who WON'T accept ur nvitations 2 dance, until u....

BRANG IT!

"u can't sit on a groove that is on Fi-yah, it'll burn a hole n ur back pocket! every time!"

TayknmiAzziz Feb, (2004)

So much depends on the little red corvette,
glazed with rain water,
beside the white chickens....

prince gave me 'props' for this one personally...I wrote it for him as a Valentine gift waaaaay back in the day, when he still acknowledged it.

hope you dig it too.
the nfluence of Prince is vast
granted,

but his way with music, eye feel, is GOD given... When GOD gives a thing...
No One can take it away.

*****DE COLORES*****

Color U Plagued, with Quiet Pain
Color U Purple, as U Reign
Color U Mysterious,
U can't C through it
The Ouestion of U,
Will U do, R don't Do it?

Color U Amber, U Speak with Ur Eyes
Color U Silent, Color U Disguised
Color U Ntense n Ur Effort 2 Reveal
There R Colors that Hurt,
U NO Some WILL Heal

Coloring U Sex, was 2 Color a Touch, but Touch was A Color U didn't get much.....of
Color u Distant, Farther than Far
The Color Nvisible IS what U R
Special Glasses R needed 2-C-U-N
Ur World...
U offer a pair made of Diamonds and Pearl

Colored U Lace, Flowers, and Dolphins
Colored U Paisley, Face Down n Coffins
Colored U FE, though clearly Quite MALE
Threw that 'paint' on U.
Hey!

STRAIGHT!

Out the Pail.

Once Colored Ur hair a brassy Fawn
Colored U Eccentric, Colored U Dawn
'THE DAWN'
U asked Us, 2 Live, 2 C,
Colored U-U, While U Colored Me
Colored Me a fan, but
Made Me a FRIEND
A Portrait N TRUTH,
ALL THE LINES FILLED N

Colored U Permission 2 B Who U Were
Colored U FREE! Colored U SIR.
Colored U Old, then saw U turn New
Colored U Single, but
LOVE Married U
Took ALL the Colors of UR GRAND DESIGN
Wove a Tapestry 2 last 4EVER,
4EVER 4 ALL TIME

Coloring U Museum,
Produced The Canvases of Ur Past
Paintings U Colored as,
'THE ARTIST'
The Paintbrush?


Music...


and,

UR MUSIC!!!?



*****CoLoRFAsT*****



from the Prince novel '7'
(c) 11.11.96 tayknmiazziz



there are a few variations of this piece, but this is the one 'the man' dug.

Imago said:

Omg, I know that poem, the one you based it on, I mean. We discussed it in my "Experience in Literature" class freshman year (1.5 years ago)

Imago said:

idiot

I came up with this little six-line poem that's just so good that it stands well enough on its own.

His charm intoxicating
As an incense stick
His aura fills the air
Resulting in fog thick
With an essence so indescribable
That it knows no name


Let me know what you think. I have a few others in the works.
[Edited 2/23/07 12:21pm]

keep em coming!

I wrote a song that was inspired by him this is how the hook goes...

I wanna be perfect 4 u.
I wanna make u happy, never blue.
I wanna be ur savior and all that's pure, honest and true.
I wanna be so perfect 4 u.
Yes I wanna be so perfect 4 u.

I am going to record it soon.

Here's one I just finished. I call it "The Prince & Me"...not very original title, but I could care less.

His gift warms my heart
Sweeps me off my feet
Gives me the sensation
What its like to feel complete

He gives a stare that weaves a spell
An endless heaven resides in his eyes
Yet I continue to heed his every word
Without ever knowing the reason why

His grasp on my soul
Is hard to describe
Does it comes from his heart
Or those alluring ebony eyes?

Taking my breath away
With every word he’d say
Not wanting the spell to break
I ask his memory to stay

Tempted to bath in his glory
Even blow a kiss
But resist the feel to worship
For it’s anything
But his wish

Imago said:

You sir, are a star. Or an idiot.

I wrote this one when I was 14 or 15. My freinds really liked it, but they never new my inspiration. I'm so lame I actually wrote music to it an recorded it (lame because I don't know how to actually right down music the way you are supposed to). I'm suprised I even remember the words because I lost the lyrics a long time ago.



Board Game

Well I woke up this mornin'
to some good news
I'm gonna make it happen
theres only win
When there's no lose

When you get things done right
Thats when you're at your best
Unlock the secret to life
And get that secret off your chest

Well you've turned my life all around
upside down
no more frown
and I realize its not so bad
stop bein' so sad
well I'm not just gonna sit around
hangin' out
playin' out
the life that I wish I had
on a board game
yeah on a board game

Last night I stayed up so late
the feeling was surreal
and in the abstract twilight
I wonder what it is I feel

But it all was worth it
I'd spend my last damn dime
to hear this man say it
that freedom is no crime

Well you've turned my life all around
upside down
no more frown
and I realize its not so bad
stop bein' so sad
well I'm not just gonna sit around
hangin' out
playin' out
the life that I wish I had
on a board game
yeah on a board game