Acknowledge Me

Prince · Crystal Ball [1998]

Hey! {"Cross The Line" sample}

{"Down on it" repeats in BG}



Say baby, what you waitin' on?

For you, uh, ain't no other fish in the sea

What you waitin' on?

Acknowledge me



Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore

I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more

Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend

I can make you happy baby, over and over again



Saw you at the party, you were lookin' so fly

Everybody wanted your number, you wanted mine

You came right up to me in one wink of an eye

You told me that you think of me both day and night and that is why



I've got to know how can you give your body to another

When your mind is here with me?

You need a friend much more than a lover

That's all I ever said I wanted to be



CHORUS:

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore (No baby)

I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more

Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend (Oh baby)

I can make you happy baby, over and over again



I'm waitin' for the phone call, but it just don't ring

I'm lookin' for a letter or a sign from heaven or anything

Everyday that goes by is another day I want you more

I'd give a million dollars to see you baby standin' at my door



I'll lay you down and tell you stories

About the way that we could be

And when you're ready to feel the glory (Feel the glory)

I will only want to love you when it's somethin' that you need



CHORUS



Not that you care for a silly rhyme frontin' an old cliché (Yeah) (Yeah)

But look at me baby, what can I say?

There ain't another fish in the sea (Yeah)

I could be singin' a song any style, any way

Ain't nothin' but a trick to me (Blow)

But I'm gonna blow this horn until you're on your knees

Beggin' me please, please, please

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme love I can count on

Gimme, gimme body I can't go without

Uh, slaves for one another (Hey!)

Yeah baby, that's what I do believe I am talkin' about

So let me know how you wanna go? (Yeah)

You wanna get with that or this? (Yeah)

Uh, acknowledge me, baby

You got to or you can.. kiss..



How can you give your body to another? (How can you, baby?)

When your mind is here with me (It's here with me)

You need a friend much more than a lover (you need a friend)

That's all I ever said I wanted to be

(That's all I ever, ever wanna be baby)

(Acknowledge me, me, me, oh yeah!)

Acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge me



Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore (No baby)

I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more

Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend

I can make you happy baby, over and over again (And over again,

yeah)



Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore (Don't cha dog me girl)

(I'll be here, I'll be here to wipe away your tears)

Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend

(Oh, don't cha worry about a thing)

I can make you happy baby, over and over again (Oh, yeah)



Come on pretty baby, sit your butt on the chair there

And let me run a gender in and out of your hair fair

A gender four the morning, noon and night, so prepare there

You could come alone or tell a friend, I don't care bear

This a funky party so you need to be open

Givin' up all I need so I don't need to be hopin'

And even if we're dealin' with that time of the month

It's fourth and goal and I ain't about to punt

Cause as soon as you be strollin' in your Lagerfeld blazer

You need to know how many ways a brother can praise ya

Too bad for hell, too good to let heaven raise ya

And if you wanna see my dream, I need you for days and days

Baby doll, can you get the hell away

From that thing you call a man and then we can play

The kind of music that'll make your big butt sway

To the back, to the forth

When it's all said a better brother should be more

Thank the Lord

Huh, for a body like that, titties swingin' like a door

Gimme two times just to thank my Savior

Girl, what can I say, you got the crazy flavor

I'm givin' you plenty propers so you got to score

The only one that's gonna make you holler for more

Like a whore, I'm yours

Acknowledge me, baby, what are you waiting for?



{"Down on it" repeats in BG}

Welcome, this is where I live {fades out}

This is where I dream my dreams

Tonight we'll make love until the world stops turning

You're small but very strong, you move like a cat