...and while I´m at it , here´s another question I asked
before but never got any answers...apart from a circulating
different version with the same lyrics but slightly different beat ( I listend to it with headphones at a record
fare three years ago ) there were some different lyrics
printed somewhere, around the time of that Esquire special
edition interview in 95...back then, Emancipation was planned as a 52-track album...the lyrics contained lines
about Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte...it could also
be that I read them in a Dutch defunct fanzine called The
Continental...does anybody know ??

KoolEaze said:

Or it could be that someone is yanking your chain in those totally unreliable foreign publications

No, as far as I remember the lyrics were printed in
either Esquire (US-version) OR The continental or both.
a friend of mine has got both magazines at home, I´m gonna
ask him tomorrow.
The fact that one of those sources is a foreign magazine
has got nothing to do with its credibility or lack thereof,
he has a very strong and loyal fanbase in Holland and I don´t see why they should be bullshittin´.

This was passed out at a Paisley park party in '95.The music wasn't heard but the lyrics wereentirly diffrent.References to the "emancipation proclamation is well within our reach".The whole lyrics are printed in one of the UPTOWN magz from around tht time.Hope this helps.
[This message was edited Thu Oct 10 12:59:58 PDT 2002 by silentflute]