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Prince Was My First Introduction To Sex
‘Sessed — From “I Wanna Be Your Lover” until now.
The seeds of my obsession took root one rainy afternoon in our attic, which was my big sister’s bedroom. I was on the verge of becoming a budding preteen — just shy of 11.
In a conspiratorial whisper my sis said, “You have to hear this.”
A funk song rang out exclusively in falsetto. Prince.
“I Wanna Be Your Lover” hit my ears, and my loins moved for the second time in my brief life, in a way they hadn’t since I was around the age of six when a ride on my Big Wheel down our very long and bumpy driveway gave me a sensation down there that was so pleasurable I started riding my Big Wheel all the time; my parents convinced I’d become a race car driver. I sped down our long, gravelly driveway at warp speed and zero fear of crashing. They had no idea what was really going on; I was trying to figure out why my Big Wheel was making me feel so good.
Prince had a similar effect on me.
Prince’s second album titled Prince had an A-side title track called, “I Wanna Be Your Lover.” The song made me a Prince fan immediately; hooked for life. I wanted to climb into him and be the lover he screamed for, even though, I had no clue or experience with what he was singing, or what his…
