The Truth
Prince, 1997
Songs on the album
Lyrics transcribed by Purpleaxxe (1 + 2)
and The Dice {edited by W.T.} (3, 5, 8 - 12)
and the Databank Transcription Team (DTT) (4, 6 + 7)
Mm What if half the things ever said Turned out 2 be a lie... How will U know the Truth? If U were given all the answers And U stopped 2 wonder why But how will U know the Truth? Everybody's got a right to love Everybody's got a right to lie But the choice U make aint no piece of cake It aint no MF piece of pie {clock ticks} What If time's only reason? Was to give us all somethin' 2 fear? And if so y'all, the end of the journey's so clear Questionaire, What did U stand 4? Questionaire, Who did U save? When it gets right down to-wait a minute When it gets right down to the nitty of the gritty When it gets right down to it U take more than U gave Everybody got a right to love Everybody got a right to lie But the choice U make aint no piece of cake It aint no MFMF {O(+> screams the following} piece of pie {computer blips} Mmmm oh Gotta (Gonna?) tell the truth y'all Gotta tell the truth Gotta tell the truth y'all Gotta tell the truth Gotta tell the truth y'all Gotta tell the truth If there was just one day That everybody tell the truth We'd all trade bank accounts & move to back to Neptune © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Don't play me I'm over 30 & I don't smoke weed I put my ass away & music I've played aint the type of stereo U're tryin to feed Don't play me Don't play me I use proper English & I'm straight I'm in the news again for paying dues my friend And not the type of ganda U prop in my way Don't play me Don't play me I've been to the mountain top & it aint what U say Don't play me Don't play me I'm the wrong color & I play guitar My only competition is well in the past Time & time if time existed movin ever so fast Don't play me U couldn't play enough of me now 2 make me feel like a star Don't play me I already do in my car Don't play me Don't be mad at me The curtain puller in the game Maybe how U call us Niggers aint the same It's all good when u know the only fame Is the light that comes from God & the joy U get to say his name Don't play me Don't play me I've seen to the mountain top & it aint what U say Don't play me Already got laid © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Best friends as far as I could tell Chearleaders except 4 Denise She was the wild one She was the beast She was the one who named the group The original gang of 4 Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Circle Of Amore 10th grade Central in September That was a year I remember On this chilly cold afternoon I overheard the gang in the locker room Rendezvous, Mary's house Dirty words and wine Needless 2 say they all spend the day Just counting time, counting time Halfway through her history class Denise she kindly raised her hand and asked If she could be excused ("Can I be excused?") Then she ran from school (ran from school) in a hurry, The other girls, ooh they knew This is what friends are really 4 Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Circle Of Amore Circle of amore Imagination showed a window (imagination) On a cold September day (ooh) Leaves are brown (brown), passion sounds (ooh) Memory self astray 4 hands in the place where the feet connect (Gang of 4) Circle of sex In the vicious race 2 maturity They're almost phased from ecstasy Sweat upon the necks of dames Loser in the circle game Cause memorie's R worth so much more (so much more) Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Circle Of Amore (Ooh) Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Circle Of Amore Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle Circle Of Amore Circle Of Amore © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Using a special code he accessed his mind In search of the reason why In passion and fashion he began travelin' time 3rd eye, 3rd eye, 3rd eye The serpent approves Then appears between Adam's thighs And he tries 2 release upon Eve the nectar The injector tries He tries, he tries, he tries So abduction complete All stand on their feet Look at one another and cry What have we done? Could this be the fun On the dotted line 4 which I did sign? Oh yeah I resign from the notion Cuz yours was the potion That I'm supposed 2 die 4 I resign In self-pity so dark This shitty and stark Realization is all that will soothe Ultimately the only one That can save U is U Your God is inside and 4 that God U will do Whatever it takes If nothing else is true The only one that can save U is U, yeah (Shoobedoop) © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Well Dionne U should have held my hand U should have let me be your man Dionne U should have closed your eyes U should have held on with both hands 2 your prize Dionne U should have let me down easy If you had no plans 2 please me Dionne Dionne I could have been the 1 I could have shown U the shelter reserved unther the sun Dionne, Dionne I could have whispered U'r name I could have whispered U'r name if only 4 fun Dionne U should have let me down easy If you had no plans 2 please me Dionne, Dionne Dionne Dionne Dionne, Dionne We could have shared a martini We could have danced 2 Mancini, till dawn Dionne I should have broke down and kissed U I should have I just miss U Dionne © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Oh, she said… (Hut!) She said – "Man in a uniform 2night that's what I want U 2 be" She said – "3rd time this week U wore that old suit But I don't give a damn, U see? Because man in a uniform do funny things 2 me" And I said – "It's the 3rd time, but I don't mind Cuz that sister just so damn fine, ah" Man in a uniform (Hut!) That's what I am Man in a uniform, uh That's what I am She said – "Man in a uniform Sufferin' every stroke of my hand From the dusk until the early morn' U will grant this girl's demands" (Why?) Cuz she need 2 be drunk with pride Wait a minute, I'm go'n tell U why 2 make up, 2 make up… 2 make up 4 the emptiness that she feel inside Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Come on Man in a uniform, mama That's what I am (Hut!) (Hut!) Man in a uniform She said – "2night (2night) I want your attention" ('tention) She said – "2night I want your violent tongue 2 swallow my stench and be loyal 2 me She'll never be free Until U do me like a man in a uniform" (Hut!) Man in a uniform (in a uniform) That's what I am In a uniform (Baby, baby, yeah) That's what I am Dirty little man in a uniform That's what I am (Hut!) © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
I saw a friend of mine 2day In an ad sayin' what would do my body good I told him he was wasting time I say If God wanted milk in me The breast I suck would have a line around the hood No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity No member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing 2 me It's why I don't eat red meat or white fish Don't give me no blue cheese We're all members of the animal kingdom Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea Animal, animal kingdom {x2} Who told us we should eat the swine? U can bet your final money it damn sure wasn't no friend of mine What about the clams on the shore? Souls in progress, here come the fisherman - soul no more No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity (Nurses past, oh yeah) No member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing 2 me (Ever did a damn thing) So I don't eat no red meat or white fish Or funky, funky blue cheese We're all members of the animal kingdom Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea Animal, animal kingdom {x3} © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Cool as the other side of the pillow Smooth as another glass of wine, oh yes sir I'm so glad U're my baby, oh yeah I'm so glad that U're mine Bad as Bonny when she ran with Barrow {Clyde}, yeah When U kiss me, feels like I'm committing a crime, oh yeah U use furniture in new ways, yes you do I can't find the adjectives enough to say I'm so glad U're my baby...okay (yeah yeah yeah yeah) Cool as the other side of the pillow (oh baby) So smooth there's another glass of wine (bubbly, bubbly) I'm so glad U're mine, U're my baby (oh yes I am), oh yes I am (oh yes I am) I'm so glad U're mine Cool as the other side (U're my baby) of the pillow Smooth, I wanna drink U all out How did U learn that trick with the ... chair? I don't care Just as long as U do it again Cool as the other side, cool as the other side, cool as the other.. Cool as the other, cools as the other side... As the other side of the pillow, baby Cool (cool), Glas of wine I'll get tipsy and I ... {whistling} Cool as the other side of the pillow Cool © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Fascination I want U Fascination I want U, I do Fascination chamber lands on the round that kills The art U hoped 2 mirror like Leaves blood upon the sill The dream U keep dreaming, is better than the life U lead The papers run out a day and 13 hours, B4 the weed, it's so high Fascination Still I want U Fascination Still I want U, I do The head U thought was rolling, is now reason 2 b bored The rapper that gave that head will thank his manager b4 the lord And the headache that U moan about feels much better than the treatment would The pills gonna leave a side effect That'll take another pill 2 correct And the whole thing is leaving U feeling less than good And U still high ...Nation Fascination Fascination Fascination Do U mind if I just watch U shake it Shake it {4x} ...Nation I want U Fascination I want U, I do The most vital thing U thought Is the epitome of doom U can wake-up in cold sweat Cause 1 of them is in U're room Singin on the tele Making more bucks than sense So called king gives birth 2 so called ... prince A breakup's bitter taste Still here when the love is gone And the breaks U wish 4 Finally comes among in song Working it out Work, work, work, working it out Fascination © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Did U get the tape I sent U I thought it be better in a song Better than the used condom U sent me Baby that was wrong All the things a brother had 2 picture I see him doing things witcha I see his hand in the small of your back I see his face in between The king and queen in fact Sometimes I wanna die and comeback as one of your tears If I could just disappear Ceace 2 exist Ceace 2 be here Want me U don't want me, I'm not worth the air that I breathe I wish I could dissappear Sometimes I wanne die and comeback as one of your tears (Shoodebedotedoom) I'm dying Sometimes I wanne die and comeback as one of your tears Sometimes I wanne die and comeback as one of your tears © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
Walking up the stairs Just the afternoon Sweet wind blew Not a moment 2 soon (Hoo) I cry when I realized That sweet wind was U Spirits come and spirits go Some stick around 4 the aftershow Don't have 2 say I miss U (don't have 2 say I miss U) Cause I think U already know If U ever lose someone Dear 2 U Never say the words their gone They'll come back, yeah They'll come back, yeah yeah They'll come back Tears go here Tears go here Tears go here Tears go here © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP
When the things U know are right are far from what they seem When the past becomes the future and time becomes a dream When the light of God is the only thing in life that will redeem Welcome, welcome 2 the dawn When the voices U hear commands U 2 entertain thee absurd When U do the action unlocks thee apocalypse of that you've heard of When the day lies before U seems the dakness in a word Welcome, welcome 2 the dawn Every pieces a puzzle and every name a clue Every charge U make is karma So be careful what U do Welcome, welcome 2 the dawn (Welcome 2 the dawn) (Thank U) © 1997 NPG Records - ASCAP