Believe it or not I just heard the entire song, what on earth does he mean??

Count the days
Here's the church, here's the steeple
Here's a muthafucka that I gotta blow away
Here's my chance 2 cure the ills of the people
But not until I make this muthafucka pay
And oh, baby I count the days

(Yeah yes)
I count the days

Here's the interview, here's the time
If I keep your secrets, will U keep mine?
If we hurry, we can catch the train
If it was left up 2 U, I would die in pain
(That's why) I count the days

(Oh yeah)
Oh, I'm counting (Oh)
Hear me (Hear me)
(Days) (Days) Days
Counting the days

Great day in the morning
The choir sing a pretty song
Every day I'm with yo ass
is another day wasted, I swear its a day 2 long
I swear it's a day 2 long

Counting
Like Frankie Beverly without Maze
I'm counting
Muthafucka, I count the days

Can I count on? (Hey)
Count on? (Counting)
Count on? (Hey yeah)
I count the days (Days)

Count the days
Count the days
Count the days
Count the days
Count the days

if asked this question here and someone replied it was about his relationship with Warner Bros.

sounds unlikely still

The song is another message by Prince, or in this case of this song, Sonny T (listed as lead vocals) to the music industry. Basically, in the song, Prince is a hitman, and like every hitman he has a contract. Once a hitman fulfills a contract, the target is dead. When Prince fulfills his contract, he is saying the record label is dead. As far as Frankie Beverly....he was "free" singing gospel music prior to working with the funk group Maze. Once with them he was under contract and not free. So, once "Like Frankie Beverly without Maze" once P kills the record label, he will be free.

As a side note, I made a short film in my film direction class in college about a hitman and this was the song I used during the closing credits.

Great song.

cheers , makes sense now

great song indeed

Frankie Beverly and Maze Shout out here...gotta love em'
"Happy feelings in the air...Happy feelin's everywhere...."