I go with Thieves in the Temple or I hate U..anybody know exactly if either of these two were directed at anybody in particular, or just inspired songwriting?

Billy Jack Bitch

meltwithu said:

'Had U' was directed at WB (or so I've heard)

I Hate U and Had U.

"Face Down" is pretty god damn bitter. That gets my vote.

getwild007 said:

especially the JOTY tour version...tell them to bury you face down so they can kiss your ass!!

Eye Hate U
Had U
Poor Little Bastard
Work That Fat (he's really not nice to that fat girl)
Billy Jack Bitch
Face Down

But Prince doesn't have a lot of bitterness in his songs...he doesn't seem like he's a bitter person, generally.

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Dinner With Delores is none too pleasant. I mean, I love the song, but it's still none too pleasant.

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? BITCH!!!!!

from the New Orleans boot.



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Raijuan said:

Had U was also a book-end for Prince's WB output... first song was For You, last song was Had U.
That's my theory anyway

No No No...

I few of you have mentioned "eye hate U", but this song is not bitter.

Its a song about pain more than anything, I can relate to this song entirely.

Its a battle of the mind over the heart.

the so called "bitter" lyrics is the mind willing the heart out of a lost cause.

its like a court battle where the prosecuter or the mind has countless valid arguments;
but in the end, the heart or the defendant presents its one and only argument in one single line "...because I love U.." and wins the case.

This is one of my favorite Prince songs, its just amazing, only Prince can do stuff like this.

To a certain degree both "Lady Cab Driver" and "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" are bitter, too. In fact, for me the entire "1999" album has a lot of bitterness, one can feel the anger in it easily. Probably that's why it's one of his best.

Something in the water....by far.

One of your tears

Dark

1. "She loves me 4 me" I felt like it was a direct jab 2 Mayte after he married Mani
2. "Pearls b 4 the swine" Another jab 2 Mayte

'Wasted Kisses'.

I'm not sure if 'Mad Sex' is an affectionate jibe or not.

chinua said:

Which other songs for Mayte did he make???

tritoncin said:

most of the 3 disc opus "Emancipation" was actually inspired by or dedicated 2 her,
also "the most beautifull girl ...", and "the morning papers" from earlier works.

We're talking bitter, right? "Face Down" is about as bitter as he gets. "The Beautiful Ones" gets honorable mention with "paint a perfect picture, the beautiful ones will smash it every time."

The first song that came to my mind is "Hello". It's directed towards anyone and everyone involved in the "We are the world" project.

djdaffy1227 said:

really? never listened to it like that...can you paraphrase the lyrics for me?

Hello wins by a mile cept it's an awful song. Good 4 Prince tho', those feckin' santamonious we are the world media scumbags.

Cloreen Bacon skin isn't bitter but it's none too plesant.

Has to be 'something in the water'.

Which is, incidently, one of his coolest tracks!

something in the water (does not compute) is quite bitter

i hate u is obviously bitter

hello is the first that came to my mind

yeah and somebody else mentioned "She loves me 4 me" yeah i thought that was a blow to mayte too. but hey nobody told him to dedicate a 3 cd set to her when they were cool with each other and who is to say him and mani will last.... thank god she hasn't been in any of his videos yet, wonder how he feels about them videos with him and mayte especially when she was pregnant?

Wasted Kisses.

It has to be "I Hate U" .....it demonstrates painfully the transition from Love to Resentment to Bitterness & finally to Hate.....this is one of Princes most poetically tragic songs.....undeniably a classic

Right The Wrong without a doubt. Any song that has an African-American man singing about the struggle of the Native Americans and directly links it to his personal issues with his record company for not handing him out enough millions surely gets my vote.

oops double post edit
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0rlando said:

This song is sooo bitter!!! He's pissed in this song! He's mad that he still loves her even though she hurt him! He even says in the song "if I sound a little bitter it's cause my baby you danced for a dollar..."
This isnt on the version thats on TGE but the version thats on the single.
Wasted Kisses is very bitter.
I also think If I Was Your Girlfriend falls into the bitter category! Especially near the end. It sounds very condescending!

Papa--and the most personal. Smack! "don't hit me daddy!" lol

Lady Cab Driver

'this is for why I wasn't born like my brother, handsome and tall'

Prince was bitter because he got the 'short' gene....