I posted this question on the MPLSound thread but didn't get a response. I think it sounds like the name Ben. It's on the songs Valentina and OlSkoolCompany. I was just curious who it was that Prince dislikes so much.

flsmw said:

I just looked at the lyrics for both songs and "Ben" does not appear in either.

cdreed3000 said:

That doesn't mean much. There's tons of spoken word and extra lyrics in many Prince songs that don't appear in the official lyrics. Ol' Skool Company, for instance, has an entire verse missing from the lyrics.


Having said that, flsmw, what are you on about?

Hidden lyrics generally do generate some interest, and yet over 60 people have viewed this thread so far, but nobody's biting.

I suspect that's because everyone (myself included) is more inclined to believe you're stirring it, because there's a particular 'Ben' we might immediately think of.

If you're not, then how about posting the exact time within each song that you hear whatever it is you're hearing, and the lyrics at that point (as you hear them).

Then perhaps some of us might be inclined to check it out.
[Edited 4/23/09 8:00am]

I'm just going from memory...
on OlSkoolCompany it sounds like:
Nicole's on the line. No Ben you cant get in and neither can your man.
on Valentina it sounds like:
sho as Ben is ugly, yo mamma bigger than them all.
Maybe I'm just hearing it wrong

flsmw said:

OK, that's part of the 'missing' verse.

He's saying "Nicole's on the line. No baby, you cant get in, and neither can your man".

For info, "Nicole's on the line" begins at 5:17.

The Valentina lyric is "Sho as Betty's ugly, ur mama's bigger than 'em all".

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flsmw said:

Just clap yo hands just clap yo hands
Radio used 2 b local untouched by by the man (?)

Sho as Betty's ugly
Ur mama's bigger than 'em all

ok i'm not speed!
[Edited 4/23/09 8:20am]

AsylumUtopia said:

LMAO

I am wondering who Steve from Feel Better... is.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

On second thoughts, I agree with the posters below that it's a reference to Stevie Wonder.
[Edited 4/23/09 23:39pm]

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

I think it's a reference to Stevie Wonder... as in someone is trying to treat Prince as if he were blind.

AsylumUtopia said:

never heard that. well, Betty ain't ugly, so....

NDRU said:

Well, thankfully it wasn't about me! But then U never know!

I like Ugly Betty.

Dayclear said:

me tewww!

Dayclear said:

and selma's the producer isn't she?

Agree that the "good brotha steve" comment is about being treated as if he was blind (ala Stevie Wonder).

AsylumUtopia said:

Ben is a rat, and he's found a friend in me....

alfbo said:

If it's the line I think it is, he says in the Tavis interview that Steve is a record exec that he's had discussions with.

irrisistableB said:

Co-sign