Slave 2 The System
Slave Lyrics
Artist: Prince
Album: Emancipation
CHORUS:
Everybody keeps tryin’ 2 break my heart
Everybody except 4 me
I just want a chance 2 play the part
The part of someone truly free
Like candle slowly burning, I can feel my world unravel
Hemisphere upon hemisphere lie beneath my soul, soul
My enemies kept it turning, but now they pound the gavel
And judging me accordingly, I know, I know
CHORUS
Hey! {x3}
Oh
Burning slowly candle, handle careless they did
Merrily down 3 heartbreak boulevards
Like fashion statements, they lie “U be lookin’ so good 2night, kid”
I do my best 2 party, it’s just that everybody keeps tryin’ 2 break my heart
(CHORUS)
Except 4 me (Except 4 me)
I just want a chance 2 play
(Just wanna be free)
Slowly candle burns, where’d they learn hypnosis?
How’d they keep me under 4 so long?
Break the bread I earn, just keep me far from closest
I need their kind 2 illustrate what’s wrong – what’s wrong?
Well, I’ll tell U they just keep tryin’ 2 break my heart (CHORUS)
They just keep tryin’ 2 break my heart, ow!
(Everybody) {x2}
CHORUS
But I can’t let U break my heart
(Everybody keeps tryin’ 2 break my heart)
Slave! (Everybody keeps tryin’ 2 break my heart)
Slave! Slave! (Everybody keeps tryin’ 2 break my heart)
Slave!
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(Slave) {repeat in song}
Slave, yeah {x2}
Slave 2 the system here before I was born
Slave 2 the master, workin’ me till I’m worn
The only penthouse I can count on’s a big black ball and chain
Slave 2 the system, the future’s all arranged
Oh, U better fetch that water, boy {x2}
Slave 2 the system
Thompson’s my last name, but my daddy’s name is Lloyd
The farther back I trace it, the more it becomes null and void
All my life I’ve struggled just 2 be called a boy
Slave 2 the system, oh what a joy
Oh, U better fetch that water, boy
Hell if I do!
(Oh, U better fetch that water, boy)
Oh, I’m just a slave 2 the system
Here before I was born
Slave 2 the master, workin’ me till I’m worn
Slave 2 the system
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Slave 2 the system here before I was born
Slave 2 the master, workin’ me till I’m worn
The only penthouse I can count on’s a big black ball and chain
Slave 2 the system, the future’s all arranged
Oh, U better fetch that water, boy [x2]
Slave 2 the system
Thompson’s my last name, but my daddy’s name is Lloyd
The farther back I trace it, the more it becomes null and void
All my life I’ve struggled just 2 be called a boy
Slave 2 the system, oh what a joy
Oh, U better fetch that water, boy
Hell if I do!
(Oh, U better fetch that water, boy)
Oh, I’m just a slave 2 the system
Here before I was born
Slave 2 the master, workin’ me till I’m worn
Slave 2 the system