My Name Is Prince

Album: Love Symbol Album (1992)
Charted: 7 36
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  • My name is Prince and I am funky
    My name is Prince the one and only
    I did not come to funk around
    'Till I get your daughter I won't leave this town
    In the beginning God made the sea
    But on the seventh day he made me
    He was tryin' to rest y'all when He heard the sound
    Sound like a guitar cold gettin' down
    I tried to bust a high note, but I bust a string
    My God was worried 'til he heard me sing

    My name is Prince and I am funky
    My name is Prince the one and only, hurt me

    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    Hurt me (do that, do that, somebody)
    (Do that, do that, somebody)

    My name is Prince and I am funky
    When it come to funk I am a junky
    I know from righteous I know from sin
    I got to sides and they both friends
    Don't try to clock 'em, they're much too fast
    If you try to stop 'em they kick that ass
    Without a pistol, without a gun
    When you hear my music you'll be havin' fun
    That's when I got ya that's when you mine
    To tell the truth, tell me what's my line?

    My name is Prince and I am funky (you can't stop Prince)
    My name is Prince the one and only, hurt me (you can't stop Prince)

    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    Funky fresh for the 90's (do that, do that, somebody) (Prince)

    My name is Prince, I don't want to be king
    Cause I've seen the top and it's just a dream
    Big cars and women and fancy clothes
    Will save your face but it won't save your soul
    I'm here to tell you that there's a better way
    Would our Lord be happy if He came to day?
    I ain't sayin' I'm better, no better than you
    But if you want to play with me, you better learn the rules

    My name is Prince and I am funky (you can't stop Prince)
    My name is Prince the one and only (you can't stop Prince)
    I did not come to funk around (you can't stop Prince)
    'Till I get your daughter I won't leave this town
    I won't leave this town
    I won't leave this town
    I won't leave this, leave this, leave this

    My name is Prince and I am funky (you can't stop Prince)
    My name is Prince the one and only (you can't stop Prince)
    Funky fresh for the 90's (do that, do that, somebody)
    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    (Do that, do that, somebody)
    Hurt me (do that, do that, some)

    The funkier I be
    The funkier I get, oh shit
    Lickety split on the lyric
    A new jack in the pulpit
    Watch it deacon, your track is leakin'
    What is this you're seekin'?
    The syncopated rhymes are at their peak
    When you jumped on my D.I.c.k.
    That's the one thing that I don't play
    The jock strap was to big for you anyway
    You're just a simpleton
    I'll bust you like a pimple, son
    My star is to bright
    Boy, I'll sink you like the ship Poseidon Adventure
    You're bumpin' dentures to be cocksure
    There must be more coming from
    Your mouth than manure
    So with a flow and a spray, I say hey
    You must become a prince before you're king anyway

    (Do that, do that somebody)
    (Do that, do that somebody)

    It's time I get ig-nig-nig-nig-nig-nig-n-ignorant
    Def be the beat that I'm rockin'
    Yo so, come get a hit
    And put your thinking cap on
    You've been forewarned
    I call upon the inner forces that I've got brewin'
    In my cauldron that means my nugget
    Sometimes I'm rugged
    The style I posses be havin'
    The other brothers buggin' and this is for those who oppose
    And propose to overexpose disclose
    Pose a threat to my brother
    Like any other man makin' a stand
    I'll be damned if I let you play this hand
    I'm the blackjack dealer and the cards are stacked
    What do you expect to win when you're used to playing craps?

    (Do that, do that somebody)
    Hell yeah, let's get this under the
    (Do that, do that somebody)

    It's gettin' tricky
    I mean it's a sticky situation
    To resurrect a groove with feeling
    And give it this much affection
    Passion flows and who knows
    What lurks in the gallows of my mind
    I put my foot in the ass of Jim Crow
    Tweleve inches of non-stop sole
    I'm on a roll with P, and it's time for the show
    So do that, do that somebody
    Wave your hands in the air
    This is a motherfucking party
    While you're laying back I'm on the attack paddywhack
    Give yourself a bone
    This is my house and I'm prone
    To layin' some chrome upside some motherfuckers dome
    And I'm out

    My name is Prince and I am funky
    My name is Prince the one and only

    My name is Prince Writer/s: Anthony Mosley, Prince Rogers Nelson
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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