Today's song has a dual purpose of sex song and encouragement song. And who could be capable of that? Why, Prince of course!
There's a live version (out there somewhere) of Prince singing "Cream" solo with acoustic guitar, and part-way through the song, right after "You're so good, baby there ain't nobody better" he tells the audience: "You know I wrote this while looking in the mirror, right? I'm serious."
Until then I'd only thought of it as a sex song, whether due to the moaning or the video, I don't know. But it actually makes way more sense as an encourage-yourself-to-greatness song. As in: Cream rises to the top. Can't believe I never noticed it before. Only Prince could make self help sound dirty.
So if you need a hit of "I'm awesome" today, then I present for your consideration, the lyrics to "Cream." (Try singing it to yourself in the mirror.)
This is it--it's time for you to go to the wire
You will hit, cause you got the burning desire
It's your time, you got the horn so why don't you blow it?
You are fine, you're filthy cute and baby you know it.
Cream, get on top
Cream, you will cop
Cream, don't you stop
Cream, sh-boogie bop
You're so good, baby there ain't nobody better
So you should never ever go by the letter
You're so cool, everything you do is success
Make the rules--then break 'em all cause you are the best
Cream...
Do your dance, why should you wait any longer?
Take a chance, it could only make you stronger
It's your time--you got the horn so why don't you blow it?
You're so fine, you're filthy cute and baby you know it
4 comments:
So, you like this Prince dude, eh?
I like that he wrote it while looking in the mirror! It's important to think that highly of oneself. :)
filthy cute - I like that.
@widders - Swiss Girl, who's known me since teen years, was in London and took a photo of Prince's ruffled shirt for me, lol! (Not sure where the exhibit was.)
@Skye - Indeed!
@JJJ - You're filthy cute, bebby.
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