Controversy
Prince, 1981
Controversy
Prince, 1981
Songs on the album
Lyrics transcribed by the PRiNce Lyric Transcription Team (PLTT)
I just can't believe all the things people say (Controversy) Am I black or white? Am I straight or gay? (Controversy) Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me? Yeah (Controversy) CHORUS: Controversy Controversy I can't understand human curiosity (Controversy) Was it good 4 U? Was I what U wanted me 2 be? (Controversy) Do U get high? Does your daddy cry? (Controversy) CHORUS Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me? (Yeah, ooh yeah) Some people wanna die so they can be free I said, life is just a game, we're all just the same Do U wanna play? (Yeah, yeah, yeah) CHORUS {x3} {Lord's Prayer} Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever CHORUS {x2} Love ya, love ya, baby CHORUS {x3} (Oh yeah, yeah) (Everybody, oh yeah) Listen... People call me rude, I wish we were all nude I wish there was no black and white, I wish there were no rules People call me rude, I wish we were all nude I wish there was no black and white, I wish there were (was) no rules {repeat 2 more times} Yeah! (Controversy) Oh yeah (Controversy) Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me? Let me tell U, some people wanna die so they can be free I said life is just a game, we're all just the same Don't U wanna play? CHORUS {x2} © 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
Ow! {x5} Stand up, everybody, this is your life Let me take U 2 another world, let me take U 2night U don't need no money, U don't need no clothes The second coming, anything goes Sexuality is all U'll ever need Sexuality - let your body be free Ow! Oh baby Come on, everybody, yeah, this is your life I'm talkin' 'bout a revolution we gotta organize We don't need no segregation, we don't need no race New age revelation, I think we got a case I'm OK as long as U are here with me Sexuality is all we ever need Oh baby! (The reproduction of the new breed - Leaders, stand up, organize) {repeat phrase in BG} Everybody One time, say... We live in a world overrun by tourists Tourists - 89 flowers on their back Inventors of the Accu-Jack They look at life through a pocket camera What? No flash again? They're all a bunch of double drags Who teach their kids that love is bad Half of the staff of their brain is on vacation Mama, are U listening? We need a new breed - Leaders, stand up, organize ... yeah! Don't let your children watch television until they know how 2 read Or else all they'll know how 2 do is cuss, fight and breed No child is bad from the beginning They only imitate their atmosphere If they're in the company of tourists, alcohol and U.S. history What's 2 be expected is 3 minus 3, oh Absolutely nothing Stand up, organize (The reproduction of the new breed - Leaders, stand up, organize) We need the new breed - Leaders, stand up, organize I wanna be in the new breed - stand up, organize Sexuality is all I'll ever need Sexuality - I'm gonna let my body be free Sexuality is all I'll ever need Sexuality - I'm gonna let my body be free Sexuality {repeat 2 fade}© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
Here we are in this big ol' empty 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 Play with my love, ooh Bring out what's been in me 4 far 2 long Baby, U know that's all I've been dreaming of Do me, baby, like U never done before Ooh, give it 2 me ‘til I just can't take no more Come on and do me, baby, like U never done before Ooh, I want U now, I just can't wait no more, can't wait, oh Here we are looking 4 a reason 4 U 2 lay me down 4 a love like ours is never out of season So baby, please stop teasing me Ooh, what U do, I can never love no other U're the best I ever had, ooh Whenever we're not close 2 one another I just want U so bad So do... (do me, baby) do me, baby, like U never done before Ooh, give it 2 me ‘til I just can't take no more Come on, do me, baby, like U never done before Ooh, I want U now, I just can't wait no more I said, "Ooh... ooh... ooh... ooooh!" (Do me, baby) Yeah (Do me) Do me, baby, honey, yeah (Oh, give it 2 me) Oh, oh, oh, oh! (Do me, baby) (I want U now) Yeah, yeah, yeah, ...! (Do me, baby) (Oh, give it 2 me) (Do me, baby) Do me, baby, don't wanna do it all alone (I want U now) Yeah! (Do me, baby) (Oh, give it 2 me) Oh yeah (Do me, baby) This feeling's 2 strong U make me wait 2 long (I want U now) Oh, U ain't leaving me no choice OK, what are U gonna do? U just gonna sit there and watch? Alright, ooh, mm Are U sure U don't wanna close your eyes? Well, isn't it supposed 2 take a long time? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over Ooh! Help me! Oh! Ooh! There... OK... OK Uh... oh! I'm so cold Just hold me, oh© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
U're my little secret, my private joy I could never let another play with my toy U're my little angel from heaven above Oh oh, oh oh oh oh, I think I'm falling in love And I ain't gonna tell nobody nobody 'bout my little pretty toy All the other kids would love 2 love U but U're my little private joy My private joy U're my private joy Private joy - such a pretty toy Joy - U are my private joy U're my little lover, orgasmatron Only I know, only I know, baby, what turns U on U're my little secret neon light Girl, I wanna turn it on, turn it on, turn it on every night, ooh I ain't gonna tell nobody nobody 'bout my little pretty toy All the other kids would love 2 love U but U're my little private joy My private joy U're my private joy Private joy - such a, such a pretty toy Joy - U are my private joy Shoot me up, baby, let's take a trip I can't get enough, can't get enough of your private, private joy (Joy, joy, joy) Yeah! Joy - such a, such a pretty toy Joy - U are my private joy Joy - shoot me up, baby, let's take a trip Joy - I can't get enough of your private, ooh Come on, honey, baby, get up! Get up! I strangled Valentino (He strangled Valentino) U've been mine ever since (U've been his ever since) If anybody asks U (If anybody asks U) U belong 2 Prince! Come on, baby, get up! Get up! {x4}© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
(Get up, come on, shit!) Ow! Ronnie, talk 2 Russia before it's 2 late Before it's 2 late, ‘fore it's 2 late Ronnie, talk 2 Russia before it's 2 late Before they blow up the world (Ronnie, talk 2 Russia) U can go 2 the zoo, but they can't feed guerillas Can't feed guerillas, left-wing guerillas Go 2 the zoo, but don't feed guerillas Who wanna blow up the world Oh yes, baby! Ronnie, if U're dead before I get 2 meet ya ‘Fore I get 2 meet ya, ‘fore I get 2 meet ya Ronnie, if U're dead before I get 2 meet ya Don't say I didn't warn ya Ronnie, talk 2 Russia before it's 2 late Before it's 2 late, ‘fore it's 2 late Ronnie, talk 2 Russia before it's 2 late Before they blow up the world {x2} (My world, don't ‘cha, dont ‘cha blow up my world) Don't U blow up my world! Ow!© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
1 2 3 Let's work {x2} I've had my eyes on U Ever since U walked in the room Come on and take my hand Don't try 2 understand Oh baby, nothing can stop us now I'm gonna show U how Show U how 2 work Come on, let's have some fun We'll work till the morning comes I wanna see U work, come on! I'd love 2 turn U on And work U all night long If I could get U in the raw Baby, I'd make U climb the walls Oh yeah, nothing can stop us now I'm gonna show U how, oh yeah Show U how 2 work Come on, let's have some fun We'll work till the morning comes, baby I wanna see U work, come on! Come on, baby Let's work {x2} Let's work, alright, we're gonna work all night Everybody work, that's right, everybody Everybody work, alright, we're gonna work all night Everybody work, that's right, everybody Everybody (Work) Nothing can stop us now I'm gonna show U how (Let's work) I'm gonna show U how, oh baby (Work) Come on, let's have some fun We'll work till the morning comes (Let's work) We'll work till the morning comes (Work) Nothing can stop us now (Ain't nothing gonna stop us) (Let's work) I'm gonna show U how, oh yeah (Work) Come on, let's have some fun, oh yeah (Let's work) We'll work till the morning comes Ooh, everybody say (Work) We're gonna work all night, everybody work (Let's work) That's right, everybody Everybody work (Let's work)© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
Annie Christian wanted 2 be number one But her kingdom never comes Thy will be done She couldn't stand the glory She would be second 2 none The way Annie tells the story She's His only Son Annie Christian wanted 2 be a big star So she moved 2 Atlanta And she bought a blue car She killed black children And what's fair is fair If U try and say U're crazy Everybody say, "Electric chair!" (Electric chair!) CHORUS: Annie Christian, Anti-Christ Until U're crucified I'll live my life in taxicabs Annie Christian, Anti-Christ Until U're crucified I'll live my life in taxicabs Annie Christian was a whore Always lookin' 4 some fun Being good was such a bore So she bought a gun She killed John Lennon Shot him down cold She tried 2 kill Reagan Everybody say, "Gun control!" (Gun control!) CHORUS "Liar, liar, liar!" Gotcha in a jam Put your head on the block Somebody say, "ABSCAM!" (ABSCAM!) CHORUS© 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP
If U're looking 4 somewhere 2 go Girl, I'll take U 2 a movie show We can sit in the back and I'll jack U off I can't give U everything U want But I can take U 2 a restaurant And if U're not hungry, I'll jack U off If your man ain't no good Come on over 2 my neighborhood We can jump in the sack and I'll jack U off If U're tired of the masturbator Little girl, we can go on a date, uh And if U like, I'll jack U off CHORUS: I'll jack U off, jack U off I'll jack U off, jack U off I'll jack U off I only do it 4 a worthy cause Virginity or menopause U'll have an instant heart attack if I jack U off If U really really wanna be a star We gotta do it in your mama's car Naked in a Cadillac, I'll jack U off If we can't find no place 2 go Girl, I'll take U 2 a movie show We can sit in the back and I'll jack U off CHORUS Yeah! Yeah, yeah, I'll jack U off Alright, say it Get some, want some [head] I'll jack U off If U ain't a chicken, baby, come here If U're good, I'll even let U steer As a matter of fact, U can jack me off Yeah (That's right) I'll jack U off, hey Yeah! (Sometimes) I'll jack U off! Yeah, yeah, yeah...! © 1981 Controversy Music - ASCAP