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I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess U could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Masturbating with a magazine
She said, “How'd U like 2 waste some time?”
And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
She took me 2 her castle
And I just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many devices
Everything that money could buy
She said, “Sign your name on the dotted line,”
The lights went out...and Nikki started 2 grind
Ow, Nikki!
The castle started spinning
Or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell U what she did 2 me
But me body will never be the same
Her lovin' will kick your behind
Oh, she'll show U no mercy
But she'll sho'nuff, sho'nuff show U how 2 grind
Darlin' Nikki, oh!
Woke up the next morning
Nikki wasn't there
I looked all over
All I found was a phone number on the stairs
It said, “Thank U 4 a funky time --
-- call me up whenever U wanna grind.”
Yeah, Nikki, oh!
Oh, come back Nikki, come back!
Your dirty little Prince wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind
{backwards at the end}
"Hello, how r U? I'm fine, 'cause I know
that the Lord is coming soon...coming, coming soon."
I guess U could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Masturbating with a magazine
She said, “How'd U like 2 waste some time?”
And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
She took me 2 her castle
And I just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many devices
Everything that money could buy
She said, “Sign your name on the dotted line,”
The lights went out...and Nikki started 2 grind
Ow, Nikki!
The castle started spinning
Or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell U what she did 2 me
But me body will never be the same
Her lovin' will kick your behind
Oh, she'll show U no mercy
But she'll sho'nuff, sho'nuff show U how 2 grind
Darlin' Nikki, oh!
Woke up the next morning
Nikki wasn't there
I looked all over
All I found was a phone number on the stairs
It said, “Thank U 4 a funky time --
-- call me up whenever U wanna grind.”
Yeah, Nikki, oh!
Oh, come back Nikki, come back!
Your dirty little Prince wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind
{backwards at the end}
"Hello, how r U? I'm fine, 'cause I know
that the Lord is coming soon...coming, coming soon."
Lyrics submitted by OldSkoolPrinceFan
Track duration: 04:14
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Afterwards he's in her "castle" and he's lost contact with her. Why not just wait for her to come home?
As for the question of whether she's a prostitute or not, I think it's fair to say she's probably a dominatrix. If you want to call her a prostitute, then fine, but either way, she blew little Prince's mind.
It's hilariously 80s bad in many ways, but it's also utterly amazing and I love it.
The use of the word "castle" indicates one of royalty (Satan being the leader of hell), and to tempt people, there is everything that money could buy.
His head is spinning, not knowing what he's in store for - this is a hallmark of the individual that undergoes a transformation.
Her love will kick your behind - she'll show no mercy --- could be attributes of Satan.
The backmasking at the end? Certainly a wink at religious zealots who claim that rock is evil, and that Satan hides messages in backwards lyrics. In this case, Prince laughs at them by telling them what they already believe - that The Lord is coming soon.
The word grind makes me think, though. Rather than being a euphemism for sex, I wonder if the word GRIND is using the definition "WORK" -- The Devil works His magic.
Interestingly enough, and this is probably just a few irrelevant coincidences, but in 1985, there was a Broadway play that bombed called GRIND. First coincidence, the director was Hal Prince. Second coincidence, it was about an African-American, nineteen-thirties burlesque house. Third, it featured a character that is a stripper, named Satin (satan?).