You thought it was about… but learned it was about.

[Phrozen Sands]

Most of the music I listen to is newer music and music today doesn’t have messages so hidden that it’s difficult to decipher what the artist is singing about. I am a huge Prince fan though. My favorite song by him is “Let’s go Crazy”. I had no idea that it was about religion. I also didn’t know Prince was a spiritual as he was. This is what he said below. Now when I hear the lyrics, I totally get it.

Prince: As I wrote it, ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ was about God and the de-elevation of sin,” Prince said. “But the problem was that religion as a subject is taboo in pop music. People think that the records they release have got to be hip, but what I need to do is to tell the truth.”

“I had to change those words up, but the elevator was Satan. I had to change the words up because you couldn’t say God on the radio. And ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ was God to me. It was: Stay happy, stay focused, and you can beat the elevator. Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down? Oh no let’s go!”