Controversy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I just can't believe all the things people say
Controversy
Am I black or white? Am I straight or gay?
Controversy
Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me?
Yeah, uh, uh, controversy
Controversy
Controversy
I can't understand human curiosity
Controversy
Was it good for you? Was I what you wanted me to be? Controversy
Do you get high? Does your daddy cry?
Uh, uh, controversy
Controversy, controversy

[Chorus]
Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me? (Yeah, ooh, yeah)
Some people wanna die so they can be free
I said life is just a game, we're all just the same (Do you wanna play?)

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Controversy, ooh, yeah, controversy, controversy
Controversy
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Controversy, controversy
[Chorus]
Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me? Let me tell you
Some people wanna die so they can be free
Oh, I said life is just a game, we're all just the same
(Don't ya wanna play?)
Controversy, controversy, controversy, controversy

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Genius Annotation

According to Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post Prince was “perhaps one of the raunchiest, steamiest pop culture figures in the past quarter-century [and also] a conservative Christian…His faith was complex. Prince was raised a Seventh-day Adventist and later became a Jehovah’s Witness — two faith communities who have in different ways been rejected at times as Christian and seen by mainstream Protestantism as cults. However his beliefs and spirituality were his own, rooted in what his biographer Toure called “my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ” as well as a deep fascination with the afterlife and Judeo-Christian scripture, which he was constantly quoting.

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Where is the prayer in this
Genius Answer

The prayer is in the middle of the song, or the bridge, at exactly 3:28 :

What did Prince say about "Controversy"?
Genius Answer

Prince wrote virtual liner notes in the mid-90s for some of his biggest hits as a feature on one of his first websites. Here’s his enigmatic entry for “Controversy”:

write about the first time U heard reflective notes

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