Like most 80\u2019s Babies I was raised on Prince\u2019s music (and movies), I vividly remember the 1991 MTV Awards and the yellow suit with the butt cheeks cut out, I even remember rolling my eyes at my Mom to the lyrics \u201cmaybe just like my mother-she\u2019s never satisfied\u201d (btw, she isn\u2019t).
\nPrince\u2019s passing made me realize just how influential he was on my generation- we honestly always had The Purple One.
\nWhen we felt as if just maybe we were too demanding we knew exactly what it felt like when doves cried
\nThe times we liked someone who wasn\u2019t facially gifted- we remembered \u201cyou don\u2019t have to be beautiful to turn me on\u201d
\nThe love he spoke of in Adore has and will always will be our golden standard
\nPrince was a petite man who wore heels and ruffles- while still bagging some of the baddest ladies to ever walk the earth.
\nHe told us that sometimes people are just gunna dog you out for simply being you in \u201cControversy\u201d
\nWe learned from Prince that its okay to want to be your sweethearts everything in \u201cI wanna be your lover\u201d
\nHe told us that our love is enough to offer and thats just as precious as diamonds and pearls.<\/p>\n
For GOD-SAKE HE GAVE US VANITY 6 WHO SINGS MY FAVORITE SONG IN THE WHOLE WORLD “NASTY GIRL”<\/p>\n
If nothing else Prince taught this little black girl from a white neighborhood that rules don\u2019t apply to everyone and that might cause controversy. That both masculinity and femininity can exist in one hella sexy being and whomever is made to love me will adore it. That not one single fuck should be given cause I don\u2019t have to let the elevator bring me down-when I get to the top the naysayers can kiss my bare ass. And most importantly (for me) that its okay to be sorta shy one moment then slay the scene on stage! That shade lies within the eyes and while you might keep it cute and on mute but a slight eye-roll into a mean side-eye will tell it all.<\/p>\n
feelings are best expressed<\/p>\n