Prince - Controversy
© 1981 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

• Controversy
• Sexuality
• Do Me, Baby
• Private Joy
• Ronnie, Talk To Russia
• Let's Work
• Annie Christian
• Jack U Off

Controversy

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

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Sexuality

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

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Do Me, Baby

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

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Private Joy

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

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Ronnie, Talk To Russia

(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

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Let's Work

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

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Annie Christian

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

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Jack U Off

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

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