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Day and The Time led thetwo performers down separate paths.Through theyears,the fierce brotherly love between Morris andPrince kept bringing them back together,over andover again-until pride,ego,and circumstanceinterfered.Two months before Prince's untimelydeath,the two finally reconnected and started tomake amends.Morris never imagined it would bethe last fime he'd ever see his friend.  \nThis is Morris Day's singular story in whichthe magic of music is the ultimate healer.OnTime is also a deep meditation on friendship,Morris's poetic method of reconciling the loss ofhis close friend and longtime collaborator,and away to commemorate an incendiary life cut short.  \nhttps://archive.org/details/ontimeprincelyli0000daym  \n6  \nTIME  \n# A PRINCELY LIFE IN FUNK\n\norrisan  \nWITHDAVID RITZ  \nDa Capo Press  \nCopyright ◎2019 by Morris Day  \nFrontispiece photograph courtesy of Allen Beaulieu,◎1981A.BeaulieuJacket design by Alex Camlin  \nJacket photograph by Deborah FeingoldJacket copyright ◎2019 by Hachette Book Group,Inc.  \nHachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright.The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creativeworks that enrich our culture.  \nThe scanning,uploading,and distribution of this book without permission is a theftof the author's intellectual property.If you would like permission to use material fromthe book (other than for review purposes),please contact permissions@hbgusa.com.Thank you for your support of the author's rights  \nDa Capo PressHachette Book Group1290 Avenue of the AmericasNew York,NY 10104HachetteBooks.comTwitter.com/HachetteBooksInstagram.com/HachetteBooks  \nPrinted in the United States of AmericaFirst Edition:October 2019  \nPublished by Da Capo Press,an imprint of Perseus Books,LLC,a subsidiary ofHachette Book Group,Inc.The Da Capo Press name and logo is a trademark of theHachette Book Group.  \nThe publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content)that are not owned bythe publisher.  \nPrint book interior design by Jeff Williams.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.  \nISBNs:978-0-306-92221-3(hardcover),978-0-306-92220-6(ebook)  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n10987654321  \nCONTENTS  \nm  \nPrelude31 Drop the Groove72 Crowded House113 The Lunchroom174 Good Times255 Shampayne336 Drummer for Hire397 Evolution of a Revolution498 Time for The Time559 The Electrifying Mojo6510 Egg on Your Face7311 Purple Rain8312 MD9313 The Split9714 What Color Is Success?10315 The Character10916 Daydreaming11517 Don't I Get My Own Chapter?12318 Corporate World12719 Graffiti Bridge13320 Nothing Is Guaranteed139  \n21 Right Time for The Time14722 Raves and Rants15323 It's About Time16124 Musicology16525 The Come-to-Jesus Talk17126 The Gig That Wasn't17727 Gigolos Get Lonely Too18128 Remembrance of Things Past18729 Secrets19130 Not the End19731 The Beginning201  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