Uptown

by Prince

From the album: The Hits / The B Sides

Track 7 of 56 on The Hits / The B Sides (1993).

Duration: 4:09

The Hits / The B Sides cover art

Lyrics for Uptown

She saw me walking down the streets Of your fine city It kinda turned me on when she looked at me And said, "C'mere" Now I don't usually talk to strangers But she looked so pretty What can I lose, If I, uh, just give her a little ear? "What's up little girl?" "I ain't got time to play." Baby didn't say too much She said, "Are you gay?" Kinda took me by suprise I didn't know what to do I just looked her in her eyes And I said, "No, are u?" Said to myself, said "She's just a crazy, crazy, crazy Little mixed up dame. She's just a victim of society And all it's games." Now where I come from We don't let society Tell us how it's supposed to be Our clothes, our hair We don't care It's all about being there Everybody's going Uptown That's where I wanna be Uptown Set your mind free Uptown Got my body hot Get down I don't wanna stop, no As soon as we got there Good times were rolling White, Black, Puerto Rican Everybody just a-freakin' Good times were rolling She started dancing in the streets Ow, girl, she's just gone mad U know, she even made love to me Ooh, best night I ever had Ah yeah I never talk to strangers But this time it's all right See, she got me hot, ah I couldn't stop, ah Good times were rolling all night All night, yeah Now where I come from We don't give a damn We do whatever we please It ain't about no downtown Nowhere bound Narrow-minded drag It's all about being free Everybody's going Uptown It's where I wanna be Uptown U can set your mind free, yeah Uptown Keep your body hot Get down I don't wanna stop, no Uptown Ooh, ooh, yeah Uptown Everybody's going, everybody's going Everybody gotta gotta Uptown Now go-go-go, go-go-go They're going Uptown Uptown Yeah, yeah, now, all now Uptown Gotta go-go-go Uptown Yeah, gotta go, gotta go Uptown C'mon, c'mon, you U have to, you gotta go Uptown Oh yeah YEAH!

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