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Prince © 2002 NPG Records |
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Family Name•Take Me With U•Raspberry Beret "Condition Of The Heart (interlude)" is an instrumental. |
Tell the truth, y'all, U gotta gotta tell the truth
We wanna talk about family names 2night
Excuse me sir, what's your family name? (Gershvin)
's not bad
We gon' change your name 2night
Your new name is "Blackburn"
U cool with that? Ehh
What's your name Madame? (Rebecca!)
And what's your last name, Rebecca? ([Shechler])
Ah, we gon' give U a new name 2night, Rebecca - "Outlaw" (Whoo!)
"Rebecca Outlaw"
What's your name? (Rushbull)
We gonna change your name to ah, "Lynch"
Work with it, clap your hands y'all, clap your hands
Lord, Lord
Talkin' about family names 2night
If U wanna go higher, then we got 2 get deep
If U wanna go higher oh, then we got 2 get deep
Portland, U still with me 2night?
Mirror, mirror what U see?
Have I still got those dark clouds over me?
Am I still feeling what I feel?
The last days of the devil's deal
Oh mirror, yeah, what U see?
Devil, devil what U know?
U been here since 1914, but now U got 2 go
U been hidin' behind corporate eyes
U wanna war, but U can't fight
Oh devil, devil, U got 2 go
Uh bridge...
U might say, "What U mad about?"
But U still got your family name
Pleased 2 meet U, Mr. Rosenbloom
I'll be John Blackwell, oh yes, just the same
What's your family name?
Talk 2 me
Teacher, teacher what U say?
Did we really come over in a boat?
Did it really go down that way?
Did I arrive before U and ruin Thanksgiving Day?
Oh teacher, what U say?
Preacher, preacher is it true?
That Jesus wants me 2 give my money 2 the likes of U?
Watch out
Ridin' around in your Lexus coupe
Take us 2 the cleaners in a pinstripe suit
Oh preacher, that ain't truth! (U know it ain't)
Watch me now (Yes)
Bridge...
U might say, "What U mad about?
But U still got your family name, oh yes
Pleased 2 meet U, Mr. Pearlman
U can call me "Cassius Clay"
Can I play?
What's your family name?
Can anybody get in the game?
Watch it now!
Sound, Violet Brown, ow!
U might say "What U mad about?"
But U still got your family name
Pleased 2 meet U Mr. Goldstruck, ow!
We found this tape in the Akashic records
This is Thomas Jefferson:
"My fellow Americans, yes, I owned slaves, 2
And if there's a just God, we're gonna pay 4 this!"
"Black men and White men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and
Catholics
will be able 2 join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last!"
© 2001 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Come on y'all!I can't disguise the pounding of my heart
It beats so strong
It's in your eyes, what can I say, honey?
They turn me on
Help me sing, y'all
CHORUS:
I don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Take me with U
Turn on the lights, G.W.
Let me see them
Come on and touch the place in me
Calling out your name, hear me!
Want each other oh so much
Why must we play this game?
Your turn, sing it loud
(CHORUS) What?
Y'all know the bridge? Sing it!
I don't care if we spend the night at your mansion, I don't care
I don't care if we spend the night on the town, oh no
All I want is 2 spend the night 2gether, yeah
All I want is 2 spend the night in your arms
2 be around U is oh, so right
U're sheer perfection
Drive me crazy, drive me all night
Just don't break up the connection
I hear ya, sing!
(CHORUS)
© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Aw, U driving me crazy up here
Making me feel so good, so good, so good
Huh, question: how many of y'all never seen me before?
Aw, first timers, huh?
I'ma see if U know the words 2 this song
If U don't, U better ask somebody
Come on, y'all
I was workin’ part-time in a 5-and-dime
My boss was Mr. McGee, huh
He told me several... (times)
(That he didn't like my kind cuz I was a bit 2 leisurely)
(It seems that I was busy doin’ somethin’ close 2 nothin’)
(But different than the day before)
(That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her)
(She walked in through the out door) ...out door
She wore a raspberry beret
Kind U’d find in a second hand store
Raspberry beret
If it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret
I think I... (Love her)
Built like she was, she had the nerve 2 ask me
If I planned 2 do her any harm
So looka here now, I put her on the back of my bike
Where we go? (Down by) ...Old Man Johnson's farm
So looka here now, overcast days never turned me on
But somethin' 'bout the clouds and her mixed
She-e-e-e wasn't 2 bright, but I could tell when she kissed me
She knew how 2 get her kicks
Sing it!
Raspberry beret (Raspberry beret)
Kind U’d find in a second hand store (Kind U find, oh no no!)
Raspberry beret (Uh huh, uh huh)
If it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret
I think I, (love her) ...I think I love U now
Rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof
And the horses wonder who U are
Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees
U feel like a movie star
They say the first time ain't the greatest
But I'll tell ya, if I had the chance 2 do it all again, oh
(I wouldn't change a stroke) What? (Cuz baby, I'm the most)
What? (With a girl as fine as she was then)
Whoo, oh...
Raspberry beret (Raspberry beret) Ow!
Kind U’d find in a second hand store (Kind U find, oh no no!)
Raspberry beret (Uh huh, uh)
If it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
(Tell me where have all the raspberry women gone?)
Raspberry beret (Portland!)
I think I, I think I love ya!
Whoo!
© 1985 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Clap your hands, y'all
Come on, clap your hands
This is the everlasting now!
I knew this dude, he was very cool
He used 2 rule until he went 2 school, good God
Not a normal school that breeds a fool
But one that teaches men aren't fit 2 rule, no they ain't
That's when he took his pearly crown
He raised it up and spun it 'round
And tossed it into the deep blue underground
No longer lead by the ways of men
He looked 4 the kingdom deep within
That's when the drums in his head began 2 pound
Don't let nobody bring U down (Let nobody)
Accurate knowledge of Christ and the Father
Will bring the everlasting now
Join the party, make a sound (Join the party)
Share the truth, preach the good news
Don't let nobody bring U down
The everlasting now
Say Portland, I wonder can I get U 2 just jump up and down?
Can U jump up and down?
Good God, aw hit me!
Got 2 flip me over
Talkin' about a pancake
Got 2 flip me, yeah yeah yeah
Hey hey, good lawd!
I heard U upstairs going old school with me
Say what, say what?
Ooh ooh! Come on y'all (Ooh ooh)
I can't hear U (Ooh ooh) {x2}
Ah!
(Ooh ooh) {repeated}
Turn the lights on
Ow!
I love U Portland!
Good night
Don't let nobody bring U down (Let nobody)
Accurate knowledge of Christ and the Father
Bring the everlasting now
Join the party, make a sound (Join the party)
Share the truth, preach the good news
Don't let nobody bring U down
The everlasting now
I told U we were gonna get deep 2night
Now everybody, jump up and down
Jump up and down
Portland, jump up and down
Hit me band!
E-ver-las-ting now!
I'm from Minneapolis, I don't play that
Ow, Lord
Thank U, good night
I ain't through!
Candy blow your horn, good God!
Portland, somebody say owwa (owwa) ow (ow)
Owwa (owwa) ow (ow)
Ooh ooh ow (ooh ooh ow) ooh ooh ow (ooh ooh ow)
Owwa (owwa) ow (ow)
Thank U, good night
I thank U so much
Let's everybody get comfortable
Let me sing 2 U 4 a little bit, alright?
© 2001 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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In a purple spotlight
A figure spins around
Tell me baby, baby, do U like the sound?
Untarnished memory
Are U ready baby?
Let me hear U scream
Are U ready, baby
4 one nite alone with me?
© 2001 NPG Publishing
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Until the end of time, I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind, I truly adore U
If God one day struck me blind, your beauty I'd still see
Love's 2 weak 2 define just what U mean, just what U mean
Just what U mean 2 me
From the first moment I saw U
I knew U were the one
That night I had 2 call U
I was rappin' till the sun came up
U don't wanna know what I said 2 U
Tellin' U just how fine U look
In a word, U were sex
All of my cool attitude U took
My body was next
U made love-ove-ove 2 me
Like U were afraid
Were U afraid of me?
Was I the first?
Was I your every fantasy?
That's why...
Until oh, the end of time, I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind, yeah
When we be makin' love
I only hear the sound, oh yeah
Heavenly angels crying up above
Tears of joy pourin', tears of joy pourin' down on us
Oh, they know we need each other
They know that U are my fix
They really know I ain't cheatin' on ya baby, they know this
They know this is serious
This condition I got is crucial, crucial baby
U can, U can burn up my clothes
U can, U can smash up my... uh oh!
Don't smash up the ride
U smashed up the ride
Where is it?
Out in the driveway?
Come on, come on show me
Oh U didn't... oh no, oh baby, oh no
U didn't, U didn't smash up the ride, did U baby?
No no no no, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
Come here, come here, it's alright, it's alright
I'll get U another one
Shh, girl, yes I will, yes I will, yes I will
What kind U want?
That's a little expensive now, come on
Alright, anything U want, baby
Nothing baby, nothing could compare
2 your lovely face
Do U know what I'm sayin' 2 U this evening?
I'm just tryin' 2 say
That until the end of time, I'll be there 4 U
I'll be there 4 U
I wanna show U things, baby
I wanna show U things like no other
I wanna be more than your mother
I wanna, I wanna be more than your brother
I wanna show U thangs, show U thangs
I wanna be, I wanna be your lover
© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Um, yeah, look out...
I ain't got no money
I ain't like those other guys U hang around
It's kinda funny, yeah
They always seem 2 let U down
And I get discouraged, yes U do baby
Cuz I never see U anymore
I need your love baby, well, ooh
That's all I'm living 4, ooh ooh ooh, now
Didn't wanna pressure U, baby, sing it y'all
(All I ever wanted to do)
I wanna be your... (lover) yeah
I wanna be the only one that makes U come... (Running)
I wanna be your... (Lover)
Wanna turn U on, turn U out
All night long, make U shout... (aw lover) "Yeah, yeah!"
Wanna be the only one U come 4
© 1979 Ecnirp Music - ASCAP
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Here we are in this big ol' room
Staring each other down
U want me just as much as I want U
Let's stop fooling around
(Take me baby, kiss me all over)
Uh, watch it now (Play with my love)
Bring out what's been in me far 2 long
(That's all I've been dreaming of)
Do me, baby, uh, like U... (never done before) sing it girl
(Ooh, give it 2 me till I just can't take no more)
Now U know I'm scared of U, right? (Come on, do me, baby)
No no no!
Ooh, I want U now, I want U, just can't wait no more
I said... Ooh, yeah yeah
© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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This will be the day
U will hear me say
That I will never run away
I am here 4 U
Love is meant 4 2
Now tell me what U gonna do
Sing with me...
If I gave U diamonds and pearls
Would U be a happy... (boy or a) girl?
All I can do is just offer U... (my love)
That's beautiful
© 1991 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Baby, baby, baby - what's it gonna be?
Oh baby, baby, baby - is it him or is it me?
Don't make me waste my time, no no
Don't make me lose my mind, baby
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby - can't U stay with me 2night?
Baby, baby, baby - don't my kisses please U right?
U were so hard 2 find, no no
The beautiful ones, they hurt U every time
The beautiful ones hurt U every time
Paint a perfect picture - what do they do?
Smash it every time
U gonna do that 2 me, baby? (No)
Yeah, right!
© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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It's been 7 hours and 13 days
Since U took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since U took your love away
Since U've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
U sing it...
(I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant) Aw, is that right?
(Nothing) Nothing, nothing could take away these blues, no no
Sing it y'all...
Nothing compares, nothing compares 2 U
If U love her, show her now
Ladies and gentlemen, Candy Dulfer
Whoo, hands up 4 love, y'all
Go, girl!
All the flowers that U planted, baby, in the backyard
All died when U went away
I know that living with me, baby, b-b-b-baby
Was sometime hard, sometime hard
But I'm willing, I'm willing, I'm willing, I'm willing
I'm willing, I'm willing, I'm willing, I'm willing
2 give, give it, give it another try, sing it!
(Nothing compares, nothing compares 2 U)
Ah Portland, I wanna hear ya, everybody top of your voices, sing!
(Nothing compares, nothing compares 2 U) U...
U can come home if U want 2
Like I told ya, I'd give U anything U want
They say that money don't buy U happiness
But it'll pay 4 the search
And ultimately what U find out is that
Ain't none of us really free
© 1985 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Don't sleep till the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain
Don't worry 'bout 2morrow, don't worry 'bout your pain
Don't cry unless U're happy, don't smile unless U're blue
Never let the lonely monster take control of U
Be glad that U are free
Free 2 change your mind
Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime
Be glad that U are free
There's many a man who's not
Be glad 4 what U have, baby, what U've got
Be glad 4 what U've got
© 1982 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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It was 7:45, we were all in line 2 greet the teacher Miss Kathleen
First was Kevin, then came Lucy, third in line was me
All of us were ordinary compared 2 Cynthia Rose
She always stood at the back of the line, a smile beneath her nose
Favorite number was 20, every single day
If U asked her what she had 4 breakfast, this is what she'd say
Come on....
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds and a tangerine, side order of ham
If U set your mind free, baby, maybe U'd understand
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam, oh!
© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war
Just after I wiped away his last tear
I guess he's better off than he was before
Whole lot better off than the fools he left here
I used 2 cry 4 Tracy cuz he was my only friend
Those kind of cars don't pass U every day
I used 2 cry 4 Tracy cuz I wanted 2 see him again
But sometime, sometimes life ain't always the way
Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending
All good things, they say, never last {x2}
Love, it isn't love until it's past
Thank U
© 1986 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
I keep your picture beside my bed, mm
I still remember every little thing U said
I always thought our love, so right, I guess I was wrong, mm, no no
I always thought U'd be by my side baby, now U're gone, U're gone
Now U're gone
Listen...
All I wanna know, baby
If the love we had was good, sing it
How come U don't call me anymore, anymore yeah?
Listen...
Still like a fire on a rainy night, yeah
I still like it better when U're holding, holding me tight
Everybody said that U and me should never part, hah
Maybe U thought we'd look kinda cute 2gether, I dunno
Tell me, tell me baby why, why U wanna go break your little Prince's
heart?
All I wanna know, baby
If the love we had was good, sing it ...
How come U don't call me anymore, yeah?
Anymore yeah
Can I hit the bridge, Portland?
Dig...
Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die
If U don't call me baby, girl U gotta try
I'm down on my knees, beggin' U please,
Please! Please! Please! Owww!
Portland
Why must U torture me baby?
Acting like U forgot my phone number, girl
U got 2 call me
Acting like U, acting like U forgot the thangs we used 2 do
U got 2 call me, baby
No, ah yeah
Call, call me, call me
U make a black man wanna moan 2night, sing it! (Hey)
U make a white girl wanna moan sometime 2 (Owww!)
Miss, I just wanna say crack kills
Call me
Why must U torture me baby?
Aye aye, call me, no
Aw Portland, I can't leave it like that
Come on band, uh
Can I play one more?
I don't wanna leave U worrying about some stupid fool
Calling U up on the phone
This is how we wanna leave it
© 1982 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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If U know the words 2 this song, sing along
If not, U better ask somebody
Have U ever been so lonely
That U felt like U were the only one in this world?
Have U ever wanted 2 play with someone so much
U'd take any one boy or girl?
CHORUS:
Anna Stesia come 2 me, talk 2 me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what U think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time
Between white and black, night and day
Black night seemed like the only way
So I danced
Music late, nothing great
No way 2 differentiate
I took a chance
Gregory looks just like a ghost
Then a beautiful girl the most
Wets her lips 2 say
"We could live 4 a little while
If U could just learn 2 smile
U and I could fly away, fly away"
Yeah...
CHORUS
Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn 2 love
I mean the right way, Los Angeles
Perhaps U could show me, baby
Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn 2 love
Ah, if I was just closer 2 somethin'
Closer 2 your higher self? I don't know
Closer 2 heaven? Uh unh
Closer 2 God, yeah, closer 2 God
Save me Lord, I've been a fool
How could I forget U are the rule
I am Your child, oh yes I am Your child
From now on, I shall be wild
I shall be quick, I shall be strong
I'll tell Your story no matter how long
No matter, no matter, yeah
We're just a play in Your master plan
Now, my Lord, I understand
refrain:
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above {repeated and also by audience}
Y'all sing
L.A. {x3}
Los Angeles
Oh no no no no no
Clap your hands {x4}
I heard some of y'all singing the chorus the first time
But I need everybody singing the chorus
How many of y'all believe in God?
How many of U worship God?
How many of U know how God wants 2 be worshiped?
And that's where the agreement falls down, right?
20 churches in a one mile radius
Everybody's at different churches worshiping different ways
Oh we should champion our diversity, huh
We should champion our similarities
Not our differences
We should meet on a higher level
Instead of looking at white, black, rich and poor
Young, old
Differences, differences, diversity
Let's meet, let's meet somewhere higher
Rainbow children, U know what I'm talkin' about
NPG Music Club, put your hand up
NPG Music Club, they in the good seats
Now if y'all wanna be down here with us, U gotta join the club
But look at'cha, U're up high, U're up high
Now I need 2 hear your voices in that same aspect - high
I wanna hear strong, high voices singing:
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Can U do that?
Now I played 4 U, can U do that 4 me before I go home?
Everybody, show 'em what to do
(refrain) {repeated by audience}
Sing it y'all
Sing it like U mean it, come on band
Clap your hands, somebody
Renato, let's give Candy some
Candy, toot a little bit
That's the groove, y'all, that's the groove
That's how we going home 2night - in harmony and in love
Rise up, just talking about 2 words
I said rise up, 2 words, talking about going higher
Said rise up, if U with me out there, sing it now
Rise up, oh Lord
Upstairs, if U up high, sing
(Rise up) {repeated}
Pray 4 the children, U've got 2 (rise up)
U got 2 (rise up)
Thank U L.A., good night
Los Angeles, put your hands 2gether 4 Renato Neto on keyboards
Rhonda Smith on the bass
And the man - John Blackwell on the drums
And on the horns we got Greg Boyer on the trombone
The lady in the middle from Holland, Miss Candy Dulfer
And on the alto saxophone, the teacher, Mr. Maceo Parker
Oh yeah yeah, on the one
"With an accurate understanding of God and His law
they went about the work of building a new nation:
the Rainbow Children."