Prince - Acknowledge Me Lyrics

Hey
(Down on it)

Say baby, what you waitin' on?
For you, huh, ain't no other fish in the sea
What you waitin' on?
Acknowledge me

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forevermore
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend
I can make you happy, baby, over and over again

Saw you at the party, you were lookin' so fly
Everybody wanted your number, you wanted mine
You came right up to me in one wink of an eye
You told me that you think of me both day and night and that is why

I've got to know, how can you give your body to another
When your mind is here with me?
You need a friend much more than a lover
That's all I ever said I wanted to be

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forevermore
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend
I can make you happy, baby, over and over again
(No baby)
(Oh baby)

I'm waitin' for the phone call but it just don't ring
I'm lookin' for a letter or a sign from heaven or anything
Every day that goes by is another day I want you more
I'd give a million dollars to see you baby, standin' at my door

I'll lay you down and tell you stories
About the way that we could be
And when you're ready to feel the glory
(Feel the glory)
I'll only want to love you when it's somethin' that you need

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forevermore
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend
I can make you happy, baby, over and over again
(No baby)
(Oh baby)

Not that you care for a silly rhyme frontin' an old cliché
(Huh, huh, yeah)
(Huh, huh, yeah)
But look at me baby, what can I say?
There ain't another fish in the sea
(Yeah)

I could be singin' a song any style, any way
Ain't nothin' but a trick to me
(Blow)
But I'm gonna blow this horn until you're on your knees
Beggin' me please, please, please

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme love I can count on
Gimme, gimme body I can't go without
Uh, slaves for one another
(Hey)

Yeah baby, that's what I do believe I am talkin' about
So let me know how you wanna go?
(Huh, huh, yeah)
You wanna get with that or this?
(Huh, huh, yeah)

Uh, acknowledge me, baby
You got to or you can kiss

How can you give your body to another
(How can you, baby?)
When your mind is here with me?
(It's here with me)

You need a friend much more than a lover
(You need a friend)
(That's all I ever said I wanted to be)
And that's all I ever, ever wanna be, baby

Acknowledge me, me, me, oh yeah
(Acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge me)

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forevermore
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend
I can make you happy, baby, over and over again
(No baby)
(And over again, yeah)

(Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore)
Don't cha dog me, girl
I'll be here, I'll be here to wipe away your tears
(Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend)

Oh, don't cha worry about a thing
(I can make you happy baby, over and over again)
Oh yeah

Come on pretty baby, sit your butt on the chair there
And let me run a gender in and out of your hair fair
A gende