Prince - 2045 Radical Man Lyrics
{Spoken with crowd cheering in backgroundHow can a non-musician discuss the future of music from anything other than aconsumer point of view?These few people make decisions for the bulk of us, without consulting any ofus.Sales and distributions of our futures, uh!If this world were fair and right, they'd give up the car keys this verynight./Damn!(Hit it!)Two, three, four, five, six, sevenFlash forward, 2045What did you stand for in the life of your prideWhen faced with the final judgment of todayWho profitted from the gameThat you and your niggas playRadical man/Save the lifeCome on take a standGive that money backLet's make a planThe brand new currencyTaking care of one anotherYou and me(Radical man)Flash backwards, 1999 (backwards, 1999)In a world shot full of viruses, see (Tell me)How'd y'all stay alive? (Everyone of y'all)Depending on this so called manFor everything you got comes from his handFood, water, the clothes you wearHow many of y'all niggas really care?To care (to care)Let's define this word nigga (define, define)Someone who stays high (high)Watching their life go by (by, by)Someone content with riding behind (ride that)NiggaThey come in all colorsWhite, black, Puerto RicanIs that the main niggas we're speakin' about?Wear suits 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 manBy 2045(Let's get radical)Watch me now!School's in the yard, digital gamesWhen the war broke out we called your name(What's your name?)Everyone of color put on the front lineHolocaust Avenue, 2009Get an education, good job who says? (say)Fool with the gold rush drinkin' AlizeI don't play nobody that's makin' no sense todayYou got your own mind, so you think it's ok (It's not ok)Telling themselves lies, Mos Def sayWhere you gonna stay, nigga(Where you gonna stay nigga)(Oh my God, it's the Green Mile!)What's up y'all?What y'all wanna do? (Talkin' about a radical man)Ain't nobody up in their crew no?I could really run that computerMake it flow (flow flow flow flow flow)If you ain't born with it (Radical man)Talkin' about the two and four, hit me!Wait upWhat George say.,all aroundAlrightWe claim Miles Davis, not MichaelangeloWe playin' D-flat in the funkYou better act like you knowWe don't care, what Albert Einstein didI'd rather know, rather know (what?)How to build a pyramidHey!/James Brown, Chuck D. and JimmyTurn me up louder nowI don't think y'all hear me (I don't hear ya)2045/We will stay alive2045 (yeah, everybody now)The war is on outsideAnd the whole pop scenario is just nothin' but a dream(A bad dream)The day you will wake is the day you get the real cream, niggaRadical man (Radical man)Who got the gift, who got the plan?Radical man (Radical man)Who got the gift, who got the plan?This is the funk the industry most fearsArtists getting togetherIn a locker board of directors/I don't think soNobody's running thisLet's talk about DNA, niggaThe radical man{Spoken with crowd cheering in backgroundWhere will you be in 2045?30 million people right now, are being wiped off the face of the planet bydisease.They claim they have no cure.In the matter of a blinking eye,all of us right now can testify.Take a stand, radical man.
