Great tune, poor vid, not sure what era this came from, I am sure it did not appear on any record. Got a scoop?

It was a song he did for his website. I think it was the last days of love4oneantoher.

andykeen said:

The video was alright.

Song sounds like the galixie song by Monty Python

It was an NPGMC download 1999/2000 , great song


One Song


I am the universe
The sun, the moon and sea
I am the energy
4 that is what I believe
I can be contradiction
Cuz that is all I see
But I am the universe
And the universe is me

I am the one song (Ah yes)
And that one song is free
All things come from this one song (Yes they do, uh)
The garden and the tree
If everything, everything is present
What is will always be
This here is the first and the last song
And all that come between

When language falls like a wounded soldier
And it's covered by the sea
All the sadness
All these unanswered questions
Keep me company
(Company, company, company come 2 me, come 2 me please!)
Here at the center of it all
(I know)
I know that U can only come from me

(I am the universe)
Yes it will, oh, yes it will
(The sun, the moon and sea)
Where else is it gonna come from but me?
(I am the universe)
Oh my, my my my my my my my universe
(The universe is me)
(I am the universe)
(The sun, the moon and sea)
(I am the universe)
(We are the universe) {x2}
(The universe is me)
One truth (One truth)
One song (One song)
One energy

Probably worth bearing in mind that the simplicity of the video is a lot to do with the fact it was a streaming video on his website, and back then you just couldn't have lots of graphics otherwise not many people would have been able to view it at the correct speed!

runningbear said:

One day in early 2000, the doors to love4oneanother.com were locked and all we could find was this "gift" left on the front porch -- the "One Song" video. The song was pretty much the culmination of all the spiritual and charitable work done through L4OA and the vibe of the so-called collective. There's a story behind the creation, motivation, and intentions for the song, but Prince stopped short of revealing it, and he quickly changed direction leaving many good fams behind. Nothing new. We still love him.

I guess It wasn't okay for him to join the stage with other artists to sing "We Are The World" in the mid-80s, but fifteen years later he's more upfront about it and finally sings how he really feels about himself. "I am the universe".

he believed "we r all the uni=verse" -- the one verse = one song