“Uptown” is a cover Prince’s hit song of the same in from his 1980 album Dirty Mind.
According to Waters, she and her production team The Basement Boys had originally sought to sample Prince’s “Uptown” into another song they were writing, but Prince denied sample clearance, as he was notoriously kn...
[Intro:]
Man: "Where to?"
Crystal: "Ummm... take me uptown. I gotta take care of somethin'."
[Verse 1]
He saw me walking down the streets
Of your fine city
It kind of turned me on
He looked at me and said, "come here"
I rarely talk to strangers
But he looked so pretty
What can I lose if I'm not [?] a little bit
[Chorus]
Everybody's going
Uptown
That's where I want to be
Uptown
Set your mind free
Uptown
Got my body hot
Get down
I don't want to stop, no
[Verse 2]
As soon as we got there
Good times were rolling
White, black, Puerto Rican
Everybody just a-freaking
Good times were rolling
He started dancing in the streets
Boy's just gone mad
You know, he even made love to me
Best that I ever had
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
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 free
[Chorus]
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Everybody's goin'
Uptown was written by André Cymone & Prince.
Uptown was produced by The Basement Boys.
Crystal Waters released Uptown on Tue Jun 24 1997.