If Prince would simply ENUNCIATE, we wouldn't be having this problem! LOL! Seriously, though, I still have people calling me up saying that he's saying "a bitch beyond compare," instead of "rich beyond compare."

And, of course the classic: "we can 'fuck' until the dawn," as opposed to "we can funk..."

Well, will we ever really know??? LOL!

bananacologne said:

Here's the thread: http://www.prince.org/msg/7/90832

Out of all those millions of people who have heard the song, me and MonaLuvsYou can't be the only perverts who heard this - can we???

TheFrog said:

I totally agree - it's either '4 the bills y'all' or 'dollar bills y'all' - there's 101% definately a "Y'ALL" at the end of that. And that's from an ear trained in audio tech - so NEEEEER with knobs on!

Anxiety said:

superspaceboy said:

TheFrog said:

co-sign , sounds like "the dollar bills ya'll"

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Anxiety said:

Dont tell me blow jobs are banned in heaven too!!!

Next thing you know they'll be denouncing public fornication.

I gotta play it again, and again.....

Actually, If u don't pay attention to the main vocal, concentrate on the background through the song, u can hear Prince say all sorts of things (I only picked this up the other day). Some of if is hardly audable, it straight away reminded me of the whispering technique he uses on tracks of The Rainbow Children, I think he is doing that thing again here on this song

i don't hear it, but i do hear him sing about donkey punching Mani during "on the couch".

SexyBeautifulOne said:

again, I have to ask, would you want your kid saying this on the playground?

laylow03 said:

Oh No! You finally set me straight after all these damn years. For the life of me, I could have swore he was saying "We can FUCK until the dawn!" LMAO I'm so serious. I've been singing that shit for years!!!

bkw said:

who are you fornicating with in public? hmmmmm!

It does sound like blow job, but I think it's Dollah Bills Y'all

I listened to it on top quality headphones and it's definately dollar bills y'all. If you put it on left channel only you can hear it clearer.

(this is my first post btw, hello!)

phillipt said:

Well hello to you too, and welcome . Well, I listened to it that way this weekend and I still come up with the words "blow job." I left a post on NPG t o see if I can get a definitive answer though.

My wife made a good suggestion and I agree.
Listen to it again, instead of finance he says finest and then follows that up with 'blow job' .
We listened to it on different systems and on the computer the 'blow job' comes out of the right speaker only.

NPS319 said:

I feel silly now. I listened to this song over and over this weekend at a friend's studio. I do believe now that he's saying "Bills Yall." It just really sounds like blow job until you filter it correctly.

Anxiety said:

Now that I've listened to it several times, I can see where you got "Blow Job", but I'm convinced his says "bills y'all".

Anxiety, you're nuts!