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Prince © 2001 Redline Ent. |
they went about the work of building a new nation:
the Rainbow Children.
"The Wise One who understood the law
that was handed down from God long ago
reflected the true meaning 2 his woman every day.
And she surrendered her discerning of it into his care and keeping
4 she trusted he would lead in the right way.
Her children in subjection 2 her, and she in subjection 2 the Wise
One.
The Wise One in subjection 2 the only Begotten One.
"And 4ever is in subjection 2 God."
CHORUS:
Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise
Flyin' upon the wings of the new translation
See them fly, fly
The covenant will be kept this time
Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise
Rainbow Children, it's time 2 rise
Rainbow Children, it's time 2 rise
"As prophesized, the Wise One and his woman were tempted by
the Resistor.
He, knowing full well the Wise One's love 4 God,
assimilated the woman first and only.
Quite naturally, chaos ensued and she and 5 others were banished
from the rainbow 4ever."
CHORUS {x2}
Who is your real father?
The everlasting one
The one who came from nothing
And yet from this one, everything comes
The one who commands your momma
With the simple phrase, "I am"
And every time that she obeys
She gives birth 2 the Son of Man
Who is this?
Reproduction of the new breed leader - stand up, organize {x2}
The agreement:
With every verse, we keep it so
Never changing one piece of it in fear of what would unfold
The scales would then become unbalanced and thus begin the fall
The sin of one would then become the sin of one and all - and call...
Rise {repeated}
(What U want?)
(The Rainbow Children)
(Can't U see it?)
(We need 2, we need 2)
(Oh Lord...)
(Oh, we, we need 2 rise, Rainbow Children)
(Rainbow Children, Rainbow Children)
(This will be the way - build a new nation)
Rise, Rainbow Children, rise
Rise, Rainbow Children, rise
"The Wise One who understood the law that was handed down
from God long ago, held fast in his belief that the Lord
would bring him another one who loved him so."
(Hit me) {at time 8:04 on CD}
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If she could be muse 2 the pharaoh
Then one day she might be queen
If like Sheba, she then could bring presents and wine
The helix - he might get between them
In other words - intertwine
With the ebony and milk of her thighs
If she could be muse and let him decide
Perhaps she'll let him decide
If she could be muse 2 the pharaoh
There is nothing, nothing he wouldn't give her, see? (No)
4 the future of the nation rests in her belly
And if the Proverb of the 31 and verse 10
Becomes the song she sings again and again
She might be queen
If she could be muse 2 the pharaoh
One day she might be queen
Take a load off sweetie darling
Let me run agenda through your hair
There's so much information 4 the next generation
Who gonna drop it if U're not there?
And whether the enemy makes a run on the palace
Or whether the enemy does not
The children will be laced with the protection of the word of God
The opposite of NATO is OTAN
And if the number 13 is such a bad luck number
When there's no such thing as luck
Then the berries, talons, arrows and stars
All are superstitions, what the ....
Get busy, big baby cuz when dem devil come
Dem devil come dressed as light
Maybe they gon' fool the untrained mind
But nobody I know gon' bite
Like a thief in the night, my Lord come and strike
Leave nothing but ashes 2 the left, dust 2 the right
Holocaust aside, many lived and died
But when all truth is told, would U rather be dead or be sold?
Sold 2 the one who can now mate
The displaced bloodline with the white jailbait
Thinkin' like the keys on Prince's piano will be just fine
Yeah, we gon' be fine
So there it is - 4 all 2 see
Now what's beyond U and me
Depends my friends primarily
On how U view your role in eternity
If she could be muse 2 the pharaoh
Then one day she might be queen
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Love, like a rose in bloomAnd all of the Rainbow Children would feel it soon
2 the east, word traveled about this energy
Until it reached the Banished Ones
Who just wanted this love 2 cease
They now fallen into (Love, like a rose in bloom)
Resistor's dream
And they built a Digital Garden
(And all of the Rainbow Children would feel it soon)
Or so it seemed
In its brilliant darkness
So-called angels of light
Lies {repeated}
And all the Rainbow Children will stand and fight
4 everlasting, everlasting life
4 the one who sits on the right {x3}
4 Him we're willing 2 do the work
"The Banished Ones approaching the palace shouted obscenities.
They tried 2 confuse the Rainbow Children and dethrone their king.
Using the lies promoted by the whosepapers, hellavisions, and scagazines,
The Banished Ones constructed a Digital Garden around the palace
That extended throughout the world.
Furthermore, they demanded compensation 4 their time
spent in the palace before the exile.
This was noise! (Fire, fire!)
"'So be it', said the Wise One,
And gladly obliged with an invisible deed.
The Banished Ones accepted it
and returned 2 their place of birth in Menda City.
As 4 the Rainbow Children, they began deconstructing the Digital Garden.
Door 2 door they went in search of those willing 2 do The Work".
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Ow!
Break...
(Willing 2 do the work)
Every time I watch the other people news
I see a false picture of myself, another one of U (Yeah)
They try 2 tell us what we want, what 2 believe (Mirror)
Didn't that happen in the Garden when somebody spoke to Eve?
But I'm willing, now - willing 2 do the work
Said I'm willing 2 do what I gotta do
I'm willing - willing 2 do the work
Tell me, tell me, now - say what about U?
Looky, looky now
Look around and tell me (tell me) your sun is risen
When your brothers and sisters are in the fall (Fall)
People, tell me what is left 2 give (nothin') when our work is done?
What do we own besides the right 2 crawl?
See, we're living in a system that the devil designed (Think we ain't?)
And suffering from this devil's most heinous crime
He's tried 2 keep us from, listen, (go tell it) the reason that we
were born
That is 2 be the living truth in human form
But U see I'm willing - willing 2 do the work
And 2 do - do what I gotta do
People I'm willing - willing 2 do the work
Tell me now, tell me now, tell me now - what about U? (Tell 'em about
it, oh!)
Willing 2 do the work {x4}
(Are U willing?) {x2}
(Are U willing now?)
This work, this work is not an easy task
But this is the work we must do 4 Revelation 2 come 2 pass
This work, this work is the kind that turns your back on the ruling
class (Work it)
By putting them in they place just like the past, look out
Willing - willing 2 do the work {x6}
Nothing can stop us
Whatever's in our way
We got 2 go through it 2 get 2 it
I heard somebody say
That they're willing (oh yeah) - willing 2 do the work
Willing 2 do what I gotta do
People tell me, I'm willing - willing 2 do the work (Yeah)
Can't hear ya - what about U? (Turn around)
Willing 2 do, willing 2 do the work
Thank U
"From all over the people came 2 do The Work.
And with every phase of the deconstruction
the Everlasting Now became evermore the reality.
Everywhere the people were witnessing a change
But the alchemy occurred most in the muse".
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There's a place I want 2 goWhere the milk and honey flow
Without God it wasn't there
Now I feel it everywhere
F-f-f-feel it
Feel it, feel it, can't U feel it?
When I was lost and couldn't see my way
I used 2 follow what everybody say
Now I know that it's written in the heart
Now I'm ready, I'm ready 2 start
Without God it wasn't there
Now I feel it everywhere
We were always meant 2 be
In paradise eternally
Before the truth, I did not, I did not care
(Before the truth I did not care)
Now I feel it everywhere
Feel it, feel it everywhere
Fell it, feel it (Feel it)
Can U feel it, feel it?
This mighty good feeling everywhere, oh
Oh, we got so much work 2 do everywhere
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"2 all his good brothers the Wise One spoke highly of his muse
because
her love 4 the one true God was growing with every passing day.
So he said, "2 all a good night", sent them 2 bed early
and invited his muse 2 join him in the Sensual Everafter".
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Wanna get lost in the mellow mellow of my mind?
Chop a tree, pay the cost
I'd rather have a glass of U - that's fine
Come on over baby around 7
Chill in your favorite chair
U can watch a tape of this mellow afterparty
Macy and Common were there
Besides U know it takes awhile 4 me 2 do my hair
Come on get lost in the mellow mellow {x2}
How's that feel?
Where U wanna eat 2night, baby?
I know this dope spot called "One Another"
Or maybe we might swing by "The Egg"
The perfect place 2 play house - I could smother U
Or I just might be runnin' lines
There's just so much U can find
In the mellow of my mind
(Come on get lost in the mellow mellow, baby)
Come on get lost in the mellow mellow
This rainbow psychedelia
Come on (Come on get lost in the mellow mellow )
There ain't nothin' 2 be afraid of in the mellow mellow
Just U and me groovin' in the mellow (mellow mellow) of my mind
Now break it down
I wanna get lost in the composition of U
Learn the rhythm and play the only note U want me 2
I'm a good learner and once I understand
I'll stand under U and let U show me what U want your man 2 be
I could dance 4 U - a little comical minuet
If U desire I'll shed my attire - anything 2 get U wet
Shower, my flower?
So much 2 do, so little time
Choose wisely and U can find thee
In the mellow of my mind
Come on get lost in the mellow mellow {x2}
Can I sing 2 U while U bring yourself 2 joy?
I'll go slow at first, while U quench your thirst
Wet circles around the toy
While U bring yourself 2 joy
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"As she fell into the Sensual Everafter - out of body, out of
mind,
he stroked her hair a hundred times.
And as she fell deeper into the hypnotic unwind,
He counted his way into the suggestive mind.
Planting a seed that bears fruit on the tree.
He said, 'repeat after me, repeat after me, repeat after me,
1+1+1 is 3.'"
Stroke your hair 100 times
Let's see what I can find
Look...
If U ain't got no place 2 stay (No place)
Come on baby 'round this way
Well, stay with me baby
But let me tell ya, let me tell U how it's gonna be
There's a theocratic order
There's a theocratic order (There's a way we gotta do things)
This is how it's gonna be
If U wanna be with me
Ain't no room 4 disagree (No room)
1+1+1 is 3
Take your time 2 think it through (Think about it)
If this is what U wanna do
I ain't really that hard 2 please
Cuz 1+1+1 is 3 - hey!
Say baby, I'm feelin' 2 play with my thang (Play with it)
Play with it
Stroke your hair 100 times
Let me see what I can find - hey!
Do U know about the order, do U know about the order, now?
Don't know nothin' 'bout that
We are the Banished Ones and we have come 2 dance
If U will not let us, we'll have 2 kick your pants! {repeat phrase}
Who's that knockin' on our door?
Didn't we throw U out before?
I'm 'bout 2 get rowdy
Look out, I'm 'bout 2 get rowdy, now
Make me wanna do something
We could be surrounded in the palace
(Everybody wants 2 get U)
I don't care
How many y'all just came 2 dance?
Let me see U shake your pants (Shake your pants)
We don't give a duck what U got on
U just need 2 work that sexy body all night long
Come on - hey!
Where them Banished Ones at? (Said they 'round the back)
Don't cut 'em no slack (I'ma tap, tap, tap)
But should I keep this party going? (Brotha, U know that)
Moneyapolis, sing:
"Rainbow Children, raise your hand
If we can't do it, nobody can!"
Here they come y'all
Rally 'round the palace, now
U know what we got 2 do
Ah, come on
How'd that fool get up in here?
Snagglevoice
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"One after the other, the Banished Ones fled
as they watched from the distance the destruction of the Digital Garden.
With no more fruit 2 bear from its trees, the haze was finally broken.
And with the rains came the awareness that never again
would anyone ever lay claim 2 the treasures of the Rainbow Children.
As though awakened from a dream, the muse opened her eyes.
This time as queen".
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Brother, dear brother, I came as quickly as I could
The digital haze is broken
The Banished Ones are gone 4 good
Gone 4 good
Now there must be a wedding (Wedding)
Now there must be a feast
A feast, a feast
A smorgasbord at least
A brunch, a munch
Of cake, if just a piece
Not just a vat of chitlins
Or turkey meat, U see
We are what we eat
So we must eat a leaf
We'll dine under a tree
Unless it snows {laughter}
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With this one I can be what I wanna be
I don't have 2 live up 2 no one's fantasy
I could write another 300 melodies
2 her it's just 3, cuz this one, she loves me 4 me
With this one I don't even have 2 comb my hair
I can wear what I want 2 or nothing - she don't care
I don't even have 2 take her on the rollercoaster, see?
Cuz this one, this one, she loves me 4 me
In the morning
When I rise and see her eyes look deep into mine
I find a better place
This one I can tell all my secrets 2
I don't need 2 make her swear she would never tell anywho
Besides I'm the only one she ever really wants 2 see
Cuz this one, honestly, she loves me 4 me
When the night falls
And she calls
I run 2 her side
Cuz she got the ride that I like 2 ride
I like 2 ride it
This one I can take over my momma's house
And I don't have 2 worry what goes in and out her mouth
All she needs is just a little gratuity
She don't like no beef, uh, she just loves me 4 me
She just loves me 4 me
This one, this one, oh, she loves me 4 me
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Welcome.
U have just accessed the Akashic Records Genetic Information Division.
This program is required 4 those wishing 2 obtain
a marriage blessing from the kingdom.
When U wish 2 begin this program, place your right hand
on the scanner and tightly clench up your buttcheeks as U might feel
a
slight electrical shock.
Please select the race history U desire.
U have selected "African-American".
This is your history:
First of all, the term "black and white" is a fallacy.
It simply is another way of saying "this or that".
Let's examine the term "this or that" in its ultimate form
which is: "this" means the truth or "that" which
is resistant 2 it.
When a minority realizes its similarities on a higher level
not just "black", but "people of color", and higher
still "indigenous", and even higher still, "from the
tribe of", and yet higher:
"The Rainbow Children".
When this understanding comes, the so-called minority becomes a majority
in the wink of an eye.
This action will cause a reaction or resistance.
The source of this resistance must be banished as it is in direct
conflict with the initial action.
It cannot be assimilated, 4 its very nature is resistance.
In other words, one cannot serve 2 masters.
U are either "this" or "that which is not this".
End of part one.
2 continue, select the program "Family Name" and type in
the
current government name U wish history on.
London, England, sometime in the early 1600's:
We have the God-given right 2 run out of our colony anyone
who does not bow down 2 our law
Hear, hear!
Hear, hear, exactly, that's what I said!
[Say I'm from the ...]
Hear hear, hear hear
Aye, yes, aye, aye!
Come on, come on, keep it moving here
Come on, now
What's your name boy?
Abu, Abu Cah
Well, it ain't now, it's Tom Lynch
Mirror, mirror what U see?
Have I still got those dark clouds over me?
Or am I really feeling what I feel?
The last days of the devil's deal
Oh mirror, what U see?
Devil, devil what U know?
U been here since 1914, but now U got 2 go
U been hidin' behind corporate eyes
U wanna war, but U can't fight
Oh devil, oh, U got 2 go, yes sir!
Bridge...
U might say, "what U mad about?"
But U still got your family name
Pleased 2 meet U, Mr. Rosenbloom
I'll be John Blackwell just the same
What's your family name?
Teacher, teacher what U say?
Did we really come over in a boat?
Did it really go down that way?
Or did I arrive before U and ruin Thanksgiving Day?
Oh teacher, oh, what U say?
Preacher, preacher is it true?
That Jesus wants me 2 give my money 2 the likes of U?
Ride around in your Lexus coupe
Drive us 2 the cleaners in a pinstripe suit
Oh preacher, that ain't truth!
The bridge, huh...
U might say, "what U mad about?
But U still got your family name
Pleased 2 meet U, Mr. Pearlman
U can call me "Clay"
Now can I play?
People, people what's your name?
Maybe we should start all over
Let everybody get in the game
Put up a one-gloved fist
Make a sound, Violet Brown
U might say "what U mad about?"
But U still got your family name
Pleased 2 meet U Mr. Goldstruck
We found this tape in the Akashic records.
This is Thomas Jefferson:
"My fellow Americans, if there is a just God, we're gonna pay 4 this!"
"Black men and White men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and
Catholics
will be able 2 join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last!"
Johnny B...
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Bass...
(We want Prince) {repeated}
([Now ...])
I knew this dude, he was very cool
He used 2 rule until he went 2 school
Not a normal school that breeds a fool
But the one that teaches men aren't fit 2 rule
That's when he took his pearly crown
He raised it up and spun it 'round
And tossed into the deep blue underground
No longer lead by the ways of men
He looked 4 the kingdom deep within
That's when the drums in his head began 2 pound
Don't let nobody bring U down
Accurate knowledge of Christ and the Father
Will bring the everlasting now
Join the party, make a sound
Share the truth, preach the good news
Don't let nobody bring U down
The everlasting now
(We want Prince) {x2}
Now turn the page, at an early age
This brotha on stage, he was all the rage
He taught an integrated world 2 sing
The color U are don't mean a thing
Everybody's a star all the everyday people sang
He changed the funk, put it in a bag
Then he changed the colors of the flag
But U can't teach a dog new tricks if the tail don't wag
Don't no matter how much money U made
All the cars U got and all the women U laid
If U mess with the flag, 2 them U're still a spade
Don't let nobody bring U down
Accurate knowledge of Christ and the Father
Will bring the everlasting now
Join the party, come on, make a sound
Share the truth, preach the good news
Don't let nobody bring U down
The everlasting now
(We want Prince) {repeated}
All right
Band!
See this girl in her make-believe world
Plastic boobs and clip-on curls
'Round the pole see her big butt twirl
Oh, these are the dreams that do unfurl
Never everlasting
Turn it up!
Don't let nobody bring U down
The everlasting now (We want Prince)
Now
Now watch that girl in her make-believe world
Plastic boobs and clip-on curls
'Round the pole see her big butt twirl
Electric beaches, skin do bake
Vanilla fudge and wedding cake
If U should die before U wake
U got any last requests 2 make?
The everlasting now {x3}
Hit me!
(Hey) {repeated}
Like a, like a pancake, flip me over
I'm done
Johnny B. Well bring the beat
(We want Prince) {x2}
Now
"From this day 4ward till times indefinite,
those who love Christ are the ones who benefit.
All the players' ice melted into one platinum chain,
and in a downward spiral it dripped down the drain."
"U know, this is funky but I just wish he'd play like he used
2
Old scragglyhead sum-a..." {as in sumbitch} {slap sound} Oh!
Don't let nobody (Let nobody) bring U down (Bring U down)
Accurate knowledge of Christ and the Father
Will bring the everlasting now
Join the party, come on, make a sound
Share the truth, preach the good news
Don't let nobody bring U down
The everlasting now, oh yeah
The everlasting now, hey hey
The everlasting now, oh
The everlasting now, now, now, now
(We want Prince) {repeated}
Everlasting now
Tear it up!
We ain't through
It's gettin' sticky
Break, wait, on the one
Psyche!
Keep it still, keep
Put the fork in that, ha ha
(We want Prince) {repeated}
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If your last December came
What would U do?
Would anybody remember
2 remember U?
Did U stand tall?
Or did U fall?
Did U give your all?
Did U ever find a reason
Why U had 2 die?
Or did U just plan on leaving
Without wondering why?
Was it everything it seemed?
Or did it feel like a dream?
Did U feel redeemed?
CHORUS:
Ahh ahh ahh, in the name of the Father
In the name of the Son
Ahh ahh ahh, we need 2 come 2gether
Come 2gether as one
Did U love somebody
But got no love in return?
Or did U understand the real meaning of love?
That it just is and never yearns?
When the truth arrives
Will U be lost on the other side?
Will U still be alive?
CHORUS
(Yeah)
(Father)
([Where are U?])
(They've lost... they've lost U)
([This world]) {looped}
In your life did U just give a little
Or did U give all that U had?
Were U just somewhere in the middle? (Somewhere in the middle)
Not 2 good, not 2 bad?
CHORUS {x2}
One, one
CHORUS
One {looped}