What is the text on the background pic of the 3121.com site?



It starts like this:
Imagine holding planet earth in the palm of ur hand...
With no regard 4 ur place of birth or claim to any...

Looks like more patronising guff lacking in both sublety and wit to me.

Imagine holding Planet Earth in the palm of your hand
With no regard for your place of birth or claim to any land
The only thing between us now is the truth we understand
If Planet Earth was in the palm of your hand
50 years from now what will they say about us here?
Did we care for the water and the fragile atmosphere?
There are only 2 kinds of folk and the difference that they make
The ones that give and the ones that take
Just like the countless bodies that revolve around the sun
Planet Earth must now come into balance with the one that caused it all to be
Then we'll see kingdom come, so shall it be written, so shall it be sung
Imagine you could rid the Earth of anyone you choose
Which ones would you need the most and which ones would you lose?
Do you want to judge another lest we be judged too?
Careful now... the next one might be you
Imagine sending your first born off to fight a war with no good reason
How it started and what they are fighting for
And if they're blessed to make it home will they still be poor?
Pray for peace right now and forever more
Imagine

These words are likely the speech of what Prince said recently at last month's NAACP 2007 Image Awards.

Here is a previous thread on the awards speech --
[Edited 4/14/07 11:20am]

Jakeasaurus said:

I was right.

Number23 said:

haha man, whats up?! I thought u loved prince's lyrics and more importantly, his message.

its like half his NAACP image speech and half added to it. he prolly read us some of his lyrics as a teaser.

a2grafix said:

I was just about to ask..."where in the heck have I heard this before?"

Thanks

Here's the text that's on that background:

Imagine holding Planet Earth in the palm of ur hand
With no regard 4 ur place of birth or claim to any land
The only thing between us now is the truth we understand
If Planet Earth was in the palm or ur hand
50 years from now what will they say about us here?
Did we care for the water, and the fragile atmosphere?
There are only 2 kinds of folk and the difference that they make
The ones that give and the ones that take
Just like the countless bodies that revolve around the Sun
Planet Earth must now come in2 balance with the One
That caused it all 2 b
Then we'll c
His Kingdom come
So shall it b written
So it shall be sung
Imagine you could rid the Earth of anyone u choose
Which ones would you need the most and which ones would you lose?
Do u want 2 judge another lest we be judged 2?
Careful now . . . the next one might b u
Imagine sending ur 1st born off 2 fight a war
With no good reason how it started or what they r fighting 4
And if they're blessed 2 make it home will they still b poor?
Pray 4 peace right now and 4evermore
Imagine

It's the lyrics to the title track.

Thanks for the lyrics y'all. Very thoughtful and well written and I'll look forward to hearing it.

I just have to say that the live version of Satisfied playing on 3121.com is really nice. His voice is on point and it's cool to have some music playing while I read the articles.

BorisFishpaw said:

sources? or is this a guess. Boris?

3121 said:

It makes sense ... Prince's usual MO is to have the the album named after the first or last song (exceptions being Prince, TBA, Lovesexy, D&P, , The Vault - maybe a few more).

For there to be a banner up on 3121.com displaying "Planet Earth" - and for there to be lyrics posted AND him speaking those lyrics at the awards show . . . just kinda makes sense.

It might not be the first single, but probably is the album title.

Hey Jakeasaurus-

I didn't see that you had posted the lyrics! Sorry 'bout that.

Has anyone noticed the similarity of the artwork to the back cover of 1999?

Se7en said:

Perhaps, but is Definately still just speculation until we hear otherwise or sources can be provided. Boris knows his shit, no doubt. Unparalled Prince knowledge but if i had written his comment i would have been hit with 'sources?'. Its only fair.

i think it all sounds a bit ominous, but hopefully less so with music behind it. Anyone care to bet on which P-style it'll be played in? I'm guessing 'Sister' off of Dirty Mind