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Prince - Emancipation

NME.COM feature on Prince - Emancipation album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.

Release date: 19 November 1996

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Prince - Emancipation Lyrics

Prince - Jam Of The Year Lyrics

Ooh, this is the joint I've been layin' for all night
This is the one that really gets me gone
The DJ's on point, I'm sayin' he's alright
We gonna fun baby, baby, it's on

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Prince - The Holy River Lyrics

Let's go down to the holy river
If we drown then we'll be delivered
You can still see the picture upon the wall
One eye staring at nothing at all

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Prince - Let's Have A Baby Lyrics

I can't wait no more, no
Let's have a baby
What are we livin' for, tell me
Let's make love, let's make love

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Prince - Saviour Lyrics

Saviour

How did I ever come this far without you, baby?
What was I thinkin', what was I tryin' to be?

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Prince - Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/wife Lyrics

If I ever held a hand, it was only because
I'd never held your hand that was part of the plan
I had to get it right if I was to be your man
And if I ever kissed your lips

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Prince - Slave Lyrics

Everybody keeps tryin' to break my heart
Everybody except for me
I just want a chance to play the part
The part of someone truly free

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Prince - New World Lyrics

New world, new world, new world, new world

When the sharpest vibration saves you from obliteration
The intelligence of your bed reacts

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Prince - The Human Body Lyrics

Go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Can you take me home

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Prince - Face Down Lyrics

Dead like Elvis, check, check, 1 2, check
You know what he's sayin'?

Face down, face down

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Prince - La, La, La Means I Love U Lyrics

Many guys have come to you
With a line that wasn’t true
And you passed them by
(Passed them by)

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Prince - Style Lyrics

(Style) Style, uh!
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Style, dig it
(Style) Style, come on

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Prince - Sleep Around Lyrics

Do it like she like, do it like she like it
Do it like she like, do it like she like it
Do it like she like, do it like she like it
Do it like she like, do it like she like it

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Prince - Da, Da, Da Lyrics

Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da

(Yeah y'all, it's like that y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life")

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Prince - My Computer Lyrics

"Welcome, you've got mail"
(Computer)
It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do, I

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Prince - One Of Us Lyrics

If God had a name, what would it be?
And would we call it to His face
If we were faced with Him and all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

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Prince - The Love We Make Lyrics

Desperate is the day that is tomorrow
For those who do not know the time has come
To whip the dogs that beg, steal or borrow
From the table, God set for His son

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Prince - Emancipation Lyrics

Ever since I was a little baby
I had 2 have double everything
When they tell me that's enough
That's when I wanna fill my cup

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Prince - Joint 2 Joint Lyrics

If U wanna we can kick it, baby, joint 2 joint

CHORUS:
(Sex me) - Uh, yeah (safe), joint 2 joint

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Prince - Dreamin' About U Lyrics

If the wind blew every petal from your precious red rose
Would you be afraid of what you'd find inside?

When I'm alone in my room

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Prince - Right Back Here In My Arms Lyrics

Oh baby, right back here in my arms
Right back here in my arms
Right back here, yeah

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Prince - Somebody's Somebody Lyrics

Somebody's somebody, somewhere, someone

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be

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Prince - Get Yo Groove On Lyrics

Get your groove on
I got some money 'cuz I just got paid
It's time to get my groove on
Been workin' hard, now it's time to play

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Prince - Courtin' Time Lyrics

It's courtin' time

I've been holdin' back a good deal longer than I shouldaoughta
I bet U got the notion that I couldn't make up my mind

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Prince - Betcha By Golly Wow! Lyrics

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Prince - We Gets Up Lyrics

Oh yeah, what'd you think was gonna happen?
Come on

We gets up, everybody get down

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Prince - White Mansion Lyrics

Big white mansion, top of the road
Latest fashion, happy, don't you know?
Here I am in New York, yeah
See the girl bold and fair

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Prince - Damned If I Do Lyrics

Damned if I do
Tell me what's up with the teenage indecision
I'm mad in love but you won't give me permission
You said, "Be here at 9"

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Prince - I Can't Make U Love Me Lyrics

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize, don't patronize me

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Prince - Mr. Happy Lyrics

Turn off that weak jam, man
Come on, huh
Mr. Happy's here
Huh and we're buggin'

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Prince - In This Bed I Scream Lyrics

To these walls I talk
Tellin' 'em what I wasn't strong enough to say
To these walls I talk
Tellin' 'em how I cried the day you went away

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Prince - Curious Child Lyrics

In a room full of harlots and fantasy
Destiny beckoned us there
Curious child on the balcony
We took the dare

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Prince - Sex In The Summer Lyrics

Sex in the summer, gettin' it on
Gimme that number, we can party all night long

Sex in the summer, gettin' it on

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Prince - One Kiss At A Time Lyrics

Come here, baby
Come and get your, come on
Oh, I see this is what you wanted
One kiss at a time

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Prince - Soul Sanctuary Lyrics

Loving you in silence, knowing that it's right
Under your gaze I ponder this love tonight
Unbothered by the chaos swirling 'round outside
In your arms is where I want to live and die

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Prince - Emale Lyrics

Ooh, aah, ooh, ooh, aah, ooh
The e-male left so clearly upon a computer screen
Read like a threat that crept into her like a sex machine
Wanted, any woman who's first name begins with a 'Z'

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