There's the beat and then there's the words to a song. What I really and truly admire about Prince is his writing of such beautiful poetic lyrics. Among many favorites are Purple rain and Anna stesia, what are yours?
[This message was edited Wed Feb 20 21:19:17 PST 2002 by lonelyrock]

Anna Stesia, Erotic City, She's always n my hair, Hot thing...and many more.

If I Was U're Girlfriend, no question. In my opinion the most intelligent, perverse, insightful ballad ever written. Adore is another poetic touch. However, one of my favs will always be

Hooker bitch and ho / Eye don't think so / Eye only knew one and never told her though / Eye thought about it many times / Thats the kinda shit 2 make u check u're mind / Is u're blood type the type that flows / Is u're blood type the type just stereo / A woman everyday should be thanked / Not disrespected not raped or spanked / And if a woman ever said Eye did / She's motherfuckin' lyin' Eye'm a setup kid / Eye could tear shit up ya'll / That's my style / These are the Days of Wild!

Out of every hip hop or rap track I've ever heard, this is still my favorite rhyme.

Peace

My favorite Prince lyrics are:

I write the songs that make the whole world sing/I write the songs of love and special things/I write the songs that make the young girls cry/I write the songs, I write the songs/I am music, and I write the SONGS!!!


(sniff)......it doesn't get better than that, Prince....bravo..!!

"...Introduce the carpet to something other then you knees" ~ Dinner w/ Delores


" ...Thunder drowns out what .. the Lighting sees"~ Raspberry bert


" ... All I got is 2 cigarettes and this broken heart of mine.." ~ 17 days
[This message was edited Wed Feb 20 21:52:39 PST 2002 by locoarts]

Every word of Days Of Wild is pure genius ..... also
"How u gonna get my back when u frontin'?"

"Whenever I feel like givin up....whenever my sunshine turns to rain...whenever my hopes & dreams are aimed in the wrong direction...she's always there...telling me how much she cares."

if God one day struck me blind, your beauty I'd still see
love's too weak to define just what you mean to me
Adore
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you're the reason I took a rope & lassoed the moon
to prove that when it comes to you there's nothing I won't do
I'd stare into the sun if you'd be mine
it's not so great a leap since to all others I am blind
...
if you just hold me tight you'd see
there's nothing harder for you than me
U're Gonna C Me
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would you run to me if somebody hurt you
even if that somebody was me?
If I Was Your Girlfriend
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& so many more...

CalhounSq said:[quote]
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you're the reason I took a rope & lassoed the moon
to prove that when it comes to you there's nothing I won't do

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[i]would you run to me if somebody hurt you
even if that somebody was me?
If I Was Your Girlfriend {quote}

Wow...among your favorites, these are so lovely!!!
[This message was edited Wed Feb 20 23:22:19 PST 2002 by lonelyrock]

Best probably Joy In Repetition

Funniest would have to be Movie Star alwys laugh my ass off with that

The things that always gets on my tits is that whenever U tell people U dig Prince's music they always _ALWAYS_ have the same reply 'Ah, he's just about sex'. Well, the man can write some amazing lyrics & poetry 4 his songs tho. Here's just a small picking of my all time favorits.

They're mainly old ones but that's just cuz I can't put all my fav lyrics here cuz it would take up way 2 much space

4 Instance, 90% of 'The Truth' is amazing lyrics, or the new songs from 'One Nite Alone' etc etc.


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Lana drew a picture in school 2day
One that made her mother cry
A picture of a woman with a drink in her hand
Standing by a child with no eyes
Washington reaction based upon revenge
Babies blown 2 kingdom come
Damn the logic
Cartoon characters look better when they're on the run

In A Large Room With No Lights


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7-month-old baby died in her sleep
The parents went crazy and cried 4 a week
They swore they heard her laugh in the crib by the wall
They're convinced she's with us if she's anything at all

Others Here With Us


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The sun, the sun set in my mind this evening
4 someone who said they would die 4 me
Sold some, they sold some more pictures and all my little
memories
Chump change is 2 unravel the mystery, ah ha
But life is no fun, life ain't no fun without fantasy
Some things are better left unsaid
And some people are better left untrusted
Maybe, maybe, maybe it'll all make sense when I'm dead
When I'm dead

Old friends 4 sale,
get 'm while the gettin' is hot. But you better,
watch out, they'll kiss you
untill they get what you got
Then they'll show you the friends that they're not,
Old friends 4 sale.

Old Friend 4 Sale -Original Version


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They wish 4 something, as if they could see
a parallel future in the sea
They do not speak
They only stare out the moment in time

All My Dreams

raspberry beret.....

"morning glories never cry,
my love for you baby drips."
~Life Can Be So Nice

"if I was anything else I'd be the water in your bath."
~Girl

"OK so like first I'd start out by telling you what an intelligent curve your behind has,"
~Lovesexy

Dinner with Delores must be some kind of sin,
like a brontasaurus she was packin' it in...
and by the stroke of midnight, she had eaten all but the chair" (first time I heard this I almost died laughing!)

How did I get in this predicament?
How did I get in this jam?
The person that they accuse me of being (of)
That's not the one I really am...

I am the one that really loves you
With all my mind, body, and soul
With every stroke of my brush I wanna paint a wall around
you so that you will never know
All the pain that a human has to go through
In a planet that's so bitter and cold
Universal love awaits you baby all u gotta say is that
You really, really, really, wanna go
And we're outta here...

Space..
Do you wanna?
Do you want to go?

SPACE (universal love remix--THE BOMB!)

"If it please the court
I'd like to have the defendant place her hands behind her back
So I can tie her up tight
And get into the act
The act of showing her how good it used to be
I want it to be so good
She falls back in love with me."

"Right now I hate U so much
I want to make love"
-I Hate U

SMOKE A-CIG-AR-ETTE- IM-NOT-READY-YET....."