Long before Presidential candidate Herman Cain said it, here’s Prince saying, “Yes, I’m rolling in it! I can probably freak on you.”

But Prince, of course, goes deeper – and says this isn’t about superficial things like money. He believes in everlasting love. So, he echoes a line from 1982’s International Lover about his desire to live an extravagant, rich life with his lover, and switches it up – insted to say he has learned that love is the master plan, and that is all he and is his partner need.

The Purple One uses ‘diamond’, one of the hardest natural-occuring minerals on Earth, as an euphemism for another natural-occuring hard object. ‘Pearl’ is also a mineral, produced within the soft tissue of the shell of a mollusk, so Prince uses it as a substitute for…you know. Both are made up partly or completely of the same element, carbon, and share the same Hebrew name, Yahalom.

Diamonds & Pearls was recorded in December 1989 (in the post-Batman) era) and released in November 1991 as the 4th single and the titular song of his first album with the New Power Generation as his backing band. Rosie Gaines handles the co-vocals.