My Medallion - Prince

Uh uh, mm mm

Say fellas

You ever have one them girls that just… bad?

Nah, I ain’t talkin' about fine, I’m talkin' about bad

Cuss all the time, steal, man she rob her own moms

Down at the post office got two pictures

I’m talkin' about one of Bebe’s kids, y’all — bad

Hear me?

Oh, she fine too

Fine

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, I want that girl

'Twas the middle of the summer

Rather late in the day

This pretty thang, she walked up to me

She said she was good to play

She told me to close my eyes, oh

So she could get a kiss

I said, «Sure, honey» and obliged

Girl snatched my medallion and called me a bitch, running!

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, I want that girl

I found out her place of employment

Dry cleaning: «We do fine»

To manifest a little unenjoyment in her life

Was all that was running through the middle of my mind

There are many elements: wind, fire, water

But none quite like the element of surprise

See my baby, she gave me that medallion

And it, uh, you know, it mean a lot to me

So, so I walked up in that piece with a disguise on

And I said, «Hey!

I don’t know what your name or your game is

But you better get your G-hind down on the floor

'Cause you see, I’m in a mood to do something koo-koo to you»

So she gave me that kiss and ran out the back door, ow!

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, but I want that girl

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, but I want that girl

Oh, turning around the corner

Thought that she would get by, huh

Much to her surprise

Michael Yardbird dropped both his crutches downstairs

Tripped baby on her backside

Holdin' on the banister, sliding down slow

You know he about to fall down all them stairs, yo

My medallion’s on the center line

She dropped my piece in the middle of the street

The taxi cab about to run it down

(Beep beep, oh yeah)

But when the bling-bling caught the driver’s eyes

He slammed on his brakes and jumped out his ride

And as he was just about to put his fat neck up in my jewels

(Uhn uhn uhn, nigga!)

Yardbird bounced down the stairs of that house

Crushing the bad girl like the Union Army crushed the Deep South

And when the driver turned his head to get his peek on

I entered at my medallion and broke the other way

Sister was limpin' but she was kinda good to play

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, I want that girl

Don’t know why, I want that girl

(Don't, man)

(Why)