Sex Shooter – English Lyrics

• By: Prince
• Album: Originals

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant, sexually charged language of 80s pop with 'Sex Shooter,' a quintessential synth-funk anthem from the *Purple Rain* era. This track offers a unique linguistic lens into Prince's playful and often audacious songwriting, making it a captivating and memorable way to explore English in a musical context.

[English]

I need you to get me off

I'm your bomb getting ready to explode

I need you to get me off

Be your slave do anything I'm told

I'm a sex shooter

Shootin' love in your direction

I'm a sex shooter

Come and play with my affections

I need you to pull my trigger baby

I can't do it alone

I need you to be my main play

Thing pillar of stone

I'm a sex shooter

Shootin' love in your direction

I'm a sex shooter

Come and play with my affections

Come on kiss the gun

...

Sex shooter

Shootin' love in your direction

I'm a sex shooter

Come and play with my affections

...

No girls body can compete with mine

No girls rap can top my lines

No girls kiss can ring your chimes

Come on boy lets make some time

I'm a sex shooter

Shootin' love in your direction

I'm a sex shooter

Come and play with my affections

Sex shooter

Shootin' love in your direction

I can't hear you

Sex shooter

Come and play with my affections

All the nasty people singing, yeah

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
need /niːd/ A2	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important.
explode /ɪkˈsploʊd/ B1	verb - to cause to burst violently and with a loud noise.
slave /sleɪv/ B2	noun - a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
shooter /ˈʃuːtər/ B1	noun - a person who shoots, especially with a gun.
direction /daɪˈrekʃən/ B1	noun - a course along which someone or something moves.
trigger /ˈtrɪɡər/ B2	noun - a small lever or button that initiates the firing of a gun. verb - cause (an event or situation) to happen suddenly.
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present.
pillar /ˈpɪlər/ B1	noun - a vertical supporting structure.
stone /stoʊn/ A2	noun - a hard solid nonmetallic material of which rock is made.
compete /kəmˈpiːt/ B2	verb - strive to gain something by defeating or surpassing others.
lines /laɪnz/ A2	noun - a sequence of words.
kiss /kɪs/ A1	noun - an act of pressing one's lips against the lips of another. verb - touch with the lips.
ring /rɪŋ/ A2	verb - make a clear metallic sound.
chimes /tʃaɪmz/ B2	noun - a set of tuned bells.
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - create or construct.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - perceive with the ear the sound made by (something).
nasty /ˈnæsti/ B1	adjective - physically unpleasant, especially as a result of dirt or mess.
singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ A2	verb - the activity or profession of singing.