There are quite a few songs that are discussed that I have never heard, sadly...

"Spirit" is a Prince song, I have not heard anyone mention...A song that I believe is one of Prince's most inspirational...and as a fan, I would adore it's release....

a portion of the lyrics are as follows:

In the sands of time I'm running out
(I'm not certain of this next line)
When all seems lost you've got to try
Never let your spirit die.

I love this song....and I wonder why it never landed on a cd easy to get ahold of.

Tame said:

It was written for Martika - grab her 1991 album Martika's Kitchen for this, Love...Thy Will Be Done and Martika's Kitchen.

The missing lyric is
"When the voice of oppression screams and shouts"

Tame said:

it's

when the sands of time are running out
when the voice of oppression screams and shouts
when all seems lost you've got to try
to never let your spirit die


he gave that song to martike, didn't he? i'm not sure if it ended
up on her album but it was amongst the ones offered to her along
with "love thy will be done", "don't say you love me" and the cds
title track "martika's kitchen"

thebumpsquad said:

sorry, didn't read your post first

Yeah Its on Matrika's Martika's Kitchen. Its released

Love Thy Will Be Done is also on there if u like that one too.

Prince wrote:

Martika's Kitchen
Spirit
Love THy Will Be Done
Dont Say U Love Me

I knew that Prince gave it to Martika, but I wish Prince would sing it himself.

paisleypark4 said:

I always loved these four songs

Tame said:[quote]I knew that Prince gave it to Martika, but I wish Prince would sing it himself.[/quote

My copy of The Work is miles away but I thought there was a Prince sung version on that. I may be wrong though.

kanoohead said:[quote]

Tame said:

It is

It's not all that good. To me anyways. Love Thy Will Be Done is far more better.

I have Prince's..."Yellow" that contains his originals, yet they are really rough recordings....yet I adore them, even rough....

I don't know what it takes for Prince to re-do those...as well as "Open Book" That's probably a weekend session for him. And a new Album for us.

Also: Never have I copied it, and never have I shared it. I have been the sole listener of that cd. Who put it into the store I bought it from...I have no idea.

Tame said:

Lord dont be scruured to share your life experiences

IstenSzek said:

If I am correct, this is truly a collboration between Martika and Prince. There are times Prince just pushes his already completed track onto artists and times when an artist come over to Paisley Park and bare their souls, like Martika and Sandra StVictor did.
They came to Prince with compositions and/or lyrics and Prince then worked on those. All Martika songs were shaped around already excisiting material (I think lyrics) that Prince worked on.

HamsterHuey said:

Yeah they are both credited on all the tracks