Arrogance
| Title | Arrogance |
|---|---|
| Artist | Prince and the New Power Generation |
| Album | [Love Symbol] |
| Release Date | 1992-10-13 |
| Description | Arrogance is the twelfth track (eleventh song) on Prince’s 14th album Love Symbol, the second album to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation. The song contains samples from I Know You Got Soul, written and performed by Eric B. & Rakim (from Paid In Full, 1987, also released as a single), Jazz It Up (Jazz Mix), written and performed by C.F.M. Band (from the single Jazz It Up, 1991) and Niggaz 4 Life, written by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre and MC Ren, as performed by N.W.A. (from Niggaz4live, 1991). http://princevault.com/index.php/Arrogance The arc of this concept album is that Prince starts off as the over-aggressive sex musician that everyone imagines him as. He gets sexier and sexier. Darker and darker. “Arrogance” and “The Flow” being the height of the raunchiness before he is reborn as a much lighter being. |
| Lyrics | [Spoken Intro: Kirstie Alley] Why are you so arrogant? (th....Th...There he is!) (th....There he is!) (th....Th...There he is!) [Verse 1: Prince] What makes a man wanna rule the world? (A-double-a-double arrogance) (You got it) Make him man enough to say he's 50-50 girl (A-double-a-double arrogance) (You got it) What makes a man wanna curse and swear? (A-double-a-double arrogance) (You got it) Then blame it on heaven 'cause he's already there [Refrain: Prince] Pimprag, tootsie pop, and a cane [Verse 2: Prince] What makes a man wanna play guitar? (A-double-a-double arrogance) (You got it) Same thing that makes him wanna be a star (A-double-a-double arrogance) (You got it) What makes him wanna see his name in lights? (A-double-a-double arrogance) (You got it) ...It was the same thing that made Eve take the first bite [Refrain: Prince] Pimprag, tootsie pop, and a cane [Outro: Prince and Kirstie Alley] (Don't make me get up) (There he is, get him) (Don't make me get up) Like a flame she came and I was no longer cold That's a little shady, for this lady was only sixteen years oldYou might also like |