PRINCE - 2045: RADICAL MAN Lyrics

How can a non-musician discuss the future of music From anything other than a consumer point of view?These people make decisions 4 the bulk of usWithout consulting any of usSales and distributions of our futures, hah!If this world were fair and rightThey'd give up the car keys this very nightDamn! (Hit it!)2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7Flash 4ward, 2045What did U stand 4 in the life of your primeWhen faced with the final judgment of 2dayWho profited from the game (The game)That U and your niggas playRadical man - (Yeah, yeah) save a lifeCome on take a standGive that money backLet's make a planThe brand new currencyTaking care of one anotherU and me (Oh)(Radical, radical)Flash backward, 1999 (backward, 1999)In a world shockful of viruses (Tell me)How'd y'all stay alive? (Everyone of y'all)Depending on this so-called man4 everything U got comes from his hand (From his hand)Food, water, the clothes you wearHow many of y'all niggas really care? We don't care (We don't care)Let's define this word: nigga (Define, define)Someone who stays high (high)Watching their life go by (bye bye)Someone content with riding it behind (ride that)NiggaThey come in all colorsWhite, Black, Puerto Rican But the main niggas we speakin' 'boutWear suits (Say what?) and buy and sell corporationsWith only one thing in mind (Only one thing in mind)(Break it up!)That is the destruction of the so-called radical man by 2045(Let's get radical) {x2}Watch me now!Schooled in the art of digital gamesWhen the war broke out they called your name (What's your name?)Everyone of color put on the front lineHolocaust Avenue, 2009Get an education, good job, who say? (Who say?)Fool with the gold fronts drinkin' Alize (Not 2day)They don't play by the rules makin' no sense 2dayGotcha online, so you think it's OK (It's not OK)(Like U're grown)Better built cellblock, (What?) Mos Def say"That's where you gonna stay, nigga"(Where U gonna stay, nigga)(Oh my God, it's the Green Mile!)(I wonder who's the man?)(Radical man) {repeated}What's up y'all?What y'all wanna do? (Talkin' about a radical man)Ain't nobody up in that crew knowHow 2 really run that computerAnd make it flow (Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa)If U ain't born with it (Radical man)U know, talkin' about the 2 and 4, hit me!(Oh)Come onU know way down, huhWhat George say? "Fall around" All rightWe claim Miles Davis, not MichaelangeloWe playin' D-flat in the funkU better act like U knowWe don't care, what Albert Einstein didI'd rather know, rather know (What?)How they built the pyramid, hey!James Brown, Chuck D. and JimiTurn me up louder nowI don't think y'all hear me (They don't hear ya)2045 - We will stay alive2045 (20.... 45) - God is on our sideThe whole pop scenario is just nothin' but a dream (Nothin' but a dream)The day U wake up is the day U get the real cream, niggaRadical man (Radical man)Who got the plan, who got the plan?Radical man (Radical man)Who got the plan, who got the plan? This is the funk the industry most fearsAll of us getting 2gether (Oh yeah)In a locked board of directorsI don't think soAin't nobody runnin' thisIt's all about DNA, niggaRadical manWhere will U be in 2045?30 million people right now are being wiped off the face of the planetBy a disease they claim has no cureIn the matter of a blinking eye, all of us right now can testifyTake a stand, radical manOh!