Diamonds And Pearls: B-sides
Prince & The New Power Generation
1991

Lyrics transcribed by The PRiNce Lyric Transcription Team (PLTT)
Checked by The Warponian Lyric Team


Horny pony

Ahhh, yes.
New dance commercial take 1
Ahhh, yes.
There ya go, there ya go
Horny people, gather here
Horny people, gather here
Horny people, gather here, 
we have somethin' to put in all your ears
We got a new dance, for the next 8 years
I'm talking about the dance that every parent fears
the most, it's the sex dance, it's the new dance,
and it's rockin' from coast-2-coast...
I'm talkin' about, I'm talkin' about, 
I'm talkin' about the Horny Pony, y'all
Come on. There ya go, there ya go. Horny Pony

Girl-friend, look at this dance Prince is doin' now. Is he weird or what?

sing. (horny pony... ow ow ow)

Now that's too freaky!

In the years of the war, we don't want 2 know
you're buckin' that body like U really go
for the hip stuff,
H and to the I and to the P
it ain't enough just 2 do some exstacy.
U want it in your hip, U want it in your thigh
It's the dance that conservatives really most despise
'cuz it's the sex dance, it's the new dance,
and it's rockin' every horny woman, every man
it's the Horny Pony, y'all

(horny pony... ow ow ow) There ya go.

Turn around.
Chicken grease in the house.

Chicken grease? I don't know! That's it... I gotta run.

And U can run all the way 2 Barcelona,
but U can't hide, the Horny Pony get ya gonna.
Don't look at me y'all, I just wrote it,
put on a record, wrapped it up, and then I sold it.
Horny people gather here,
Horny people gather here, for the next 8 years,
we got a new dance - it's the Horny Pony.

Yeah, the music's jammin', but it's about these words!

sing. (horny pony... ow ow ow)

girl... uh-uh... nope!

Did ya come 2 party now? (yeah-yeah)
Do ya really wanna now? (yeah-yeah)
If you're horny let me know (yeah-yeah)
a pony til ya boogie now (yeah-yeah)

So how am I supposed to do this dance?

How do you do that dance!?!

I can't do that... I'm a lady. Sister please!
I can't do that!

Listen to me while I show U how 2 do it.
Just like a virgin, U got 2 ease into it.
Movin' your legs from left to right,
your arms up high like an eagle in flight.
Keep your hands shakin' like a leaf on a tree.
Jack-be-nimble - whew - you're doin' it, see!
The Horny Pony, y'all. There ya go, there ya go.
It's the Horny Pony.

Can you believe this? Oh my gawd, this guy...
oh, he's just... he's just so weird. Oh my goodness.
would you look at this? I just... I just cannot believe.
Girl, uh-uh... nope!

(horny pony... ow ow ow)

Did you come here alone?

Uhh - yeah. Why?

Well guess who you're goin' home with?

huh?

(a laugh)

ugh! that's nasty!

Yeah.

(There ya go, there ya go.)
The Horny Pony.
(There ya go, there ya go.)
(horny pony... ow ow ow)


© 1991 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Violet the organ grinder

chorus:
I am Violet the Organ Grinder
and I grind all the live long day
I live for the organ, that I am grinding
I'll die, but I won't go away

I am Violet the Organ Grinder
and I grind all the live long day
I live for the organ, that I am grinding
I'll die, but I won't go away

Ooh, wait a minute, I think U better trip on this
Ooh, wait a minute, I think U better trip on this

I was on my way to another room
when an image of U sweetly 
appeared in the mirror
perhaps U recall
U and I were neatly
in the middle of a Crystal Ball
that now serves as a reminder
on the wall of U and I the organ grinder
in the greatest concert of them all

I am Violet the Organ Grinder {chorus in the background}
and I grind all the live long day
I live for the organ, that I am grinding
I'll die, but I won't go away

did U know that I still have your stockings?
I keep 'em in a drawer next to your brazier
come hither, my sweet, lend me your attention,
come hither lend my your ear
I do believe that my piano was stolen
I do believe that U want me near
Well I can deal with a sucker
if he's in your mouth, 
but I can't deal with insincere
I'm the one that lives in your heart
U love me, no matter what U say
swear you don't miss the organ grinder
grinding on you every day

I am Violet the Organ Grinder (I am Violet the Organ Grinder)
and I grind all the live long day (and I grind all the live long day)
(check this out)
Ooh, wait a minute, I think U better trip on this

I took all the pictures you gave me,
and I placed them right under my bed
and I pumped and I pumped 
'til the 'gasm much as jumped
from my feet to the top of my head, oh boy!

I'm Violet the Organ Grinder {chorus in the background}
and I grind all the live long day
I live for the organ, that I am grinding
I'll die, but I will not go away

Ooh, wait a minute, I think U better trip on this

Like a puppy, I licked your devotion
from your neck from your eyes from your ears
when you cry, I became your emotion,
and if U ever cry like that again
I'll be here

'cause I'm Violet the Organ Grinder {chorus in the background}
and I grind all the live long day
I live for the organ, that I'm grinding
I'll die, but I won't go away

not even...
[peace to the mutha]
(who turned the mother out)

[peace to the mutha]
(who turned the mother out)

I am Violet the Organ Grinder
and I grind all the live long day
I live for the organ, that I am grinding
I'll die, but I won't go away


© 1991 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Gangster glam

Boy, we gettin' ready to get funkier than a sack 'o grandaddies

1,2,1,2,3

roll it ((gett off))

gangster ((gett off))
(gangster) ((gett off))
yeah, summertime
gangster ((gett off))
(get on up and jam)

well as I G-E-double T-O-F-F 
Ganster Glam in the house
and I must confess, see
that this is the shit P serve
and a new power soul for those who would ever try to rock the
NPG, for those who are wondering, a family is born
and God bless us 'cause we're funky
everything we do is on a positive tip
and got a message for a sucker with lip
tell 'em Rosie

(let a woman be a woman and man be a man)

yeah, you tell 'em, baby
and as I put the Mmm in man,
I'm kickin' the Gangster Glam

gangster
gangster
gangster glam
(gangster)
kickin' the Gangster Glam
gangster
gangster
gangster glam
(get on up and jam)

well as I G-E-double T-O-F-F 
Ganster Glam in the house (house) (gangster)
the style we're sportin',
the ladies and the fellas, hmmm
Godfather III meets barbarella (barbarella, barbarella, ...)
hmmm, you can believe, a gangster never thinks twice

((gangster))
((gangster glam)) 
what ya say fellas?
((gangster))
((get on up and jam))
roll it

gangster
gangster
gangster glam
(summertime and I'm rollin')
(get on up and jam)
(send the shout out)

((power 2 the people of MPLS))
(send the shout out) ((power 2 the people of MPLS))
((power 2 the people of MPLS))
((power 2 the people of MPLS))

What's my BMW definition: 
the Black Man's Wish 
all the heads of the family 
would fall and would drop this
and the fact that we're funky
will keep the jeeps boomin' for the hip-hop junkies

((everybody grab a body, pump it like you want somebody))

(get-get-get-get-get-get on up and jam)

I'm kickin' the Gangster Glam

((everybody grab a body, pump it like you want somebody))

and see you lipsyncher suckers
listen, we don't go for that
and you can believe 
we're bringin' the live performance back gangster
so don't you come to the concert tonite,
'cause was in your home wishin' you had came right
hmmm clockin' the jizz, 
gettin' bizz, 
playin strip pool with Vanessa
sweatin' in my typhoon (get-get-get-get-get-get on up and jam) gangster
yeah, that's my 'do, fool

(get-get-get-get-get-get on up and jam) ((get off)) gangster glam
summertime and [unroll it]
(get-get-get-get-get-get on up and jam) gangster ((gett off))
yeah
(get-get-get-get-get-get on up and jam) ((gett off)) gangster glam

groovin' to the Gangster Glam 
with the fellas (gangster)
the dream of tequila yella
clockin' all the jizz (get on up and jam)

gangster
I love you
gangster
I love you too (I love you too)

gangster glam
yeah
((get on up and jam))

(if you think u're funky)
are you funky?
(then come on and ride the donkey)
then ride it

gangster
((gangster glam))

((everybody grab a body, pump it like you want somebody))

(get-get-get-get-get-get on up and jam) 

(How much money U got?)
Gangster grands

gangster
groovin' to the Gangster Glam

gangster
gangster glam
groovin' to the Gangster Glam
(gangster)

I like 'em proud

groovin' to the Gangster
groove-groove-groovin' to the
groovin' to the Gangster
groove-groove-groovin' to the
groovin' to the Gangster
groove-groove-groovin' to the
(get on up and jam)

gangster
groovin' to the Gangster Glam

(get on up and jam)

N ((N))
P ((P))
G ((G))
Who turn the mother out? ((Who turn the mother out?))

N (gangster) ((N))
P ((P))
G ((G))
Who turn the mother out? ((Who turn the mother out?))

gangster
(jam)

what we gonna do when we wanna get funky?
call me crazy
what we gonna do when we wanna get funky?
call me crazy
what we gonna do when we wanna get funky? (jam) gangster (jam)
call me crazy
what we gonna do when we wanna get funky? (jam)
(get on up and jam)

what we gonna do when we wanna get funky?
what we gonna do when we wanna get funky?

((gangster))
((gangster glam))
((gangster))
((get on up and jam))
groovin' to the Gangster Glam

((gangster glam))
((gangster))
((get on up and jam))
groovin' to the Gangster Glam
gangster
gett off
g-g-gett off


© 1991 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Things have gotta change

Get on top, U will cop
cream

The time is now, take the chance
Get on top, you will cop, winner takes all
As we dance to the 
rhythm of the cream beat
Never will you see me drowning in 
A pool of self-pity
So, as a I ooze with the flow
Here we go, and if you gimme an end,
so take a little mo'
The army of the brothers shall overcome,
bring in a crash from the drums

Things have gotta change
Get on top, U will cop, ho!
Everbody, Things have gotta change (cream)
Get on top, U will cop (boogie)

Although the times have changed
Some things remain
I say love thy neighbor, and I'll kick him if he ain't got the game
the rules of desire read double standards, 
and if you're weak in the game
that's somethin' that u'll die 4.

yeah, come on, get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)
everybody, things have gotta change! 
get on top, U will cop, ho! (boogie)

Like MLK of yesterday, who died to keep a dream alive
funny, but it seems like he died in vain
cause as I look around I see we ain't learned shit
and if the words are sticking, then hit me with it
cause u've gotta be true to yourself
do the best you can with the hand u've been dealt
U see, I wouldn't have it any other way,
cause it's part of the game we play

come on (cream)
Yeah, things have gotta change! (boogie)
get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)
everybody, things have gotta change! 
yeah, get on top 

the army of the brothers shall overcome
and never succumb to the hum-drum 
saving the key to person's brain, no!
free your mind and your ass will follow
u've got 2 stand strong
and never count down 
to a sucker with a closed mind
walkin' the thin line, 
still livin' the days of the breadline
since this is the 90's,
reach a little higher,
NPG, take it 2 the wire (cream)

yeah, things have gotta change! (boogie)
yeah, get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)
everybody, things have gotta change! (boogie)
yeah, get on top, U will cop, ho!

Is today just another replay of yesterday
A country in disarray, discrimination a mainstay
I'm not naive that's why I contemplate
if that's truly the faith, 
then there's no time to waste
so let's get ready to go the length, on the strip
we're prospering together as one in this environment

yeah, come on, things have gotta change! (boogie)
yeah, get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)
everybody, things have gotta change! (boogie)
yeah, get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)

(boogie, cream, boogie, cream) 

everybody, things have gotta change! 
get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)

everybody, things have gotta change! 
get on top, U will cop, ho! (cream)


© 1991 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Do your dance

Do your dance, why should U wait any longer? (let me push up on it)
Take a chance, it could only make you stronger (I'm gonna push up on it)

(heh, heh, heh)

do your dance (it's time to do your dance)
(it's time to do your dance) 

(come on, come on)
la-la-la-la-la (come on, come on, move something)
la-la-la-la (move something)
(come on, come on, move something)
la-la-la-la-la (come on, move something)
la-la-la-la (come on, come on, move something, yeah)

Do your dance, (yeah) 
why should U wait any longer? (Why you wanna wait?)

[U wanna babe, U wanna babe]
U wanna dance with me

do your dance (dance, dance, dance)
U wanna dance with me (oh yeah) (let's dance)

doobie, doobie, doobie

do your dance (do your dance) (it's time to do your dance)
(u know what I'm saying, it's time, y'all)
(it's time to do your dance)

ooh baby, baby (it's time to do that dance. oh yeah, that's it)
ooh baby, baby (it ain't that hard c'mon now)
ohh baby, come on let's dance

ooh baby, baby
ooh baby, baby
ohh baby, come on let's dance

(oh yeah) get on up
do your dance
(sweet thing) (shake it, shake it baby)

do your dance (sweet thing)
(it's time to do your dance) (sweet thing)

Everybody's got somethin' that they know how to do (everybody)
If you wanna do it baby, I'll do it with you (come on)

come on do, uh, (here we go)
come on do, uh, (here we go)
do your dance

come on
do your dance (it's time to do your dance)
do your dance (it's time to do your dance)
come on, now
do your dance (it's time to do your dance)
do your dance (it's time to do your dance)
come on, now

(get on the floor and slam)
listen 2 the drummer (get on the floor and slam)
listen 2 the drummer, now (get on the floor and slam)
listen 2 the drummer (get on the floor and slam)
listen 2 the drummer, now

listen 2 the bass, now
play it funky 4 u, now

listen 2 the guitar (go Levi!)
play it funky 4 u, now (ain't nobody funky like me) 

Tommy Barbarella
ch-ch-choppin' on the Purpleaxxe (Tommy, Tommy, Tommy)

R to the O-S-I-E

Rosie, do me funky

dance, dance, everybody do your dance (we gotta get funky now)
dance, dance, everybody do your dance (we gotta get funky now)
dance, dance, everybody do your dance
dance, dance, everybody do your dance
dance, dance
dance, dance (gotta do your dance)
dance, dance (do your dance, now)
dance, dance, everybody do your dance
dance, dance, everybody do your dance (do your dance)
dance, dance, everybody do your dance (gotta get funky, now, oh yeah)

gotta get funky, now, oh yeah
do your dance, dance, oh yeah
do your dance, dance, oh yeah

can U wait any longer, oh yeah
do your dance, oh yeah
it'll make you stronger now, oh yeah
do your dance, oh yeah

do your dance (hurt me, hurt me)
do your dance (hurt me, hurt me) 
{repeated 12 more times, along with "c'mon New Power"}

(sing to the rhythm)

(reminds me of the days, in the funky days, in the Bay Area, mon) (ahh yeah)
(it was a party to the morning light-a)

funky fresh for the 90's
oh yeah!
funky fresh for the 90's
uhyeah!
funky fresh for the 90's
ho!
funky fresh for the 90's
come on!
funky fresh for the 90's
come on!
funky fresh for the 90's


© 1991 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Call the Law

Yeah

Step... step to the mike, huh
Not yet, step to the mike, huh

Step to the mike and taste the hype
It's manifested, this blessed gift 
I have: to bring it right 
So let me dive right in, where do I begin?
Hmmmmm?

Well, let me call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)
Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)
Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)
Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)

(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) 

The law, they come around when everyone's having a ball
and by the way that reminds me of a party, y'all
North Side Minne
Twin cities, midsummer, on the scene
and my people get busy fryin' up the bird (get the chicken, baby)
Word, who ever heard of a party being
right without a money-making pound of spaghetti?
Yeah, what you laughin' at?
I'm sellin' liquor plus some plates at $7 a crack
Huh, And that's profitable
And for a sucker like you, that's a mouthful
Hmm, you better call the law, cuz we gettin' extreme
Pick it up, P

Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)
Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)
Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)
Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)

(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) 

yeah

{background talking}

Back to the scene...
The basement's packed
Buddy's at the front door breakin' backs 
That's security, insuring the
The best possible time for you and me, yeah (yeah)
The party's jumpin', everybody's bumpin' (ho, ho, ho)
To Rock Creek Park (ho, ho, ho)
Where Bony's girl got silly (What she do?) 
Jumped on my chandalier and got busy, yeah
He had to snatch the 'ho
You got Jill in the background (here we go, here we go)
Yeah, the tempo's upbeat
Hollywood swingin' at the end of the ball
He began singing "If I didn't care..."
Yeah, you better

Call the law (Call the Law) 
We're gettin busy y'all (We're gettin' busy y'all)

(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) (alright)
(here we go, here we go) (alright)
yeah, it's alright
(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) (alright)
(here we go, here we go) (alright)
come on yeah, hmmm-hmmm
(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) (alright)
(here we go, here we go) (alright)
yeah, kick it, P (you'd better call the law)
I'm outta here
(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) (alright)
(here we go, here we go) (alright)
peace
(ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho) (alright)
(here we go, here we go) (you gotta call the law)
(here we go, here we go) (alright)
(here we go, here we go)


© 1991 Mac Dog Productions / NPG Publishing - ASCAP