Wow,is this Prince at his Baddest or what?!

funky jam, i love it. the npg seems 2 b very tight there!

The War

(1,2, the evolution will be colorized) {repeated throughout song}
I can't hear U, say it
Y'all ain't ready, I can't hear U, say it

Do like this...

The evolution will be colorized

This is the war... right on!
The war will go on and on and on
If U don't wanna miss your Saturday morning cartoons
1,2, the evolution will be colorized {x2}
Yeah... right on!

Y'all niggas is bad

The war will go on and on
Revolution will be... {x2}
Revolution will be on and on and...

(1,2) {repeated}

War will go on and on
If U do not wish 2 be in the war U should leave now
We are about 2 challenge what U believe
If U do not wish 2 be challenged U should leave now
Saturday morning awaits
Do U love your country? {x2} (Yes)
Do U love God? (Yes)
Do U love your country as much as U love God? (No)
If the government... {x2}
If the government wants 2 put a microchip in your neck, heh heh,
right on!
Do U still love your country? (No)
The war will go on and on
If U do not wish 2 be challenged, leave now
The evolution will be colorized
1,2, the evolution will be colorized

We are running out of the essentials of life:
Oxygen, water, food, fertile earth
Underground right now as we speak, there is a metropolis
Awaiting, waiting... 4 U, me
Clean air, food 2 eat
Will U go, will U go?
Will U go underground 2 this metropolis, this metropolis paradise?
We are running out of the essentials of life here on earth
Will U go, will U go, will U go?
Don't U love your country? (No)
If your country no longer exists on this earth
But exists under this earth, will U go?
Underneath in this metropolis, there's food 2 eat, clean air
It's a paradise
One condition: microchip in your neck
1,2, the evolution will be colorized
Right on!

Would U stay above the metropolis, the microchip city?
Would U stay above and await your fate?
Do U trust your God? (Yeah)
Would U stay on top of the chip and await your fate?
2night U will be challenged, U best leave now
This war will go on and on

2, the evolution will be colorized
1,2
1,2, the evolution will be colorized

Without God there is no country
Without God there is no metropolis
Without God there is no oxygen, there is no food to eat
Without God there is no chocolate microchip 4 your neck

Somebody say it
1,2, the evolution will be colorized
In other words, there'll be a little bit of U and a little bit of me
1,2, the evolution will be colorized
The evolution will be colorized {x2}

1 4 me, 2 4 U
Preach a lie, not the truth
U give me candy, I keep the store
Gonna' eat it in the war
I said, 1 4 me, 2 4 U
U preach a lie, not the truth
U give me candy, keep the store
Gonna' eat it in the war

Batter up, pitcher down
What your teachers say, it ain't down
Pledge allegiance 2 your flag
U tie me 2 a truck, 'n' then U drag
1 4 me, 2 4 U
U preach a lie, not a truth
U give me candy and keep the store
U gonna eat it in the war

U give me AIDS, your history
When it comes 2 mine, another name
Many die and this is true
Red, black, yellow, even Jew
Claimin' God was backin' U on a cross, what a fool
1 4 me, 2 4 U
U preach a lie, not the truth
U give me candy, U keep the store
Gonna eat it in the war

Shall I go on? (Yes)
So U say U got a cure?
HIV, I'm not sure
Every seed, fruit 2 bear
The great Babylon, I don't care
We know your name, it's the beast
All of God's child is your feast
When the righteous one plant the seed
No more kids with mama bleed
Only way 2 get there is the truth, y'all
In the war, talkin' 'bout me and U

Come on
1,2, the evolution will be colorized
1,2
1,2, the evolution will be colorized
1,2
1,2, the evolution will be colorized
Play your organ, son

(1,2) {repeated}
1 4 me, 2 4 U
Preach a lie, not the truth
Give me candy, U keep the store
What the hell is goin' on y'all?

There's a mountain that's mighty high
Can't reach the top unless U fly
Ain't about the money, it's about the gold
21st century, money just got sold, y'all
Ya hear me?
Money just got sold, y'all
Check the yen
It's has-been
It's all gone
Your pocketbook is next
It's about the gold y'all

1,2, the evolution will be colorized
1,2, the evolution will be {x2}
The evolution will be
The... evolution... will... be... colorized

(1,2, the evolution will be colorized) {repeated till end}

© 1998 NPG Music Publishing - ASCAP
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I swear, I never knew he had it in him.There are so many levels to that man that after almost 30 years he's still surprising the Hell out of me.
[Edited 9/11/08 6:25am]

To me The War was his last ever Magnum Opus!! Everything after that has been total shit!!!!!

Dayclear said:

Isn't that just so great - makes you glad to be alive

This song is so important, the lyrcs are brilliant. Without god there is nothing, trust in him and you will have everything! Nationalism and politics are not going to fix the holes in this earth and poeple living on it. We need to take care of eachother and show appreciation for the one who created all things! Peace and love

Beautiful thought, I feel like crying now.

Dayclear said:

It's his most important song IMO and my absolute, all time favorite, hands down. I swear Prince channelled that song. I wrote an entire essay about it on npgmc back in the day.

Are you just now hearing it for the first time?

I was recently reading some conspiracy theories online. A supposed insider claimed that our government has concluded that due to the depletion of the earths recources, climate changes and overpopulation, much of human kind will enevitably meet its demise soon. He went on to say that the powers that be are planning to escape underground or to another planet and the chosen ones have already been selected. The rest will either be used as slave labor or left to fend for themselves. All I could think about while reading this stuff was, that's The War Prince was talking about!!!

Anyway, it's one of my all time favorite songs. I actually didin't really get it the first time I listened to it. I sit it aside for years (I almost never do that with Prince's music) before checking it out again. Then I was hooked. The guitar solo is amazing!! I've since, lost the tape:( Is this available on cd??

love it

xpertluva said:

Goggle it.

its simply brilliant!

xpertluva said:

The guitar solo is wicked! I always got the impression that it's Prince's interpretation of the battle of Armageddon.

I've seen the cd on Ebay.

any1?

1st time i heard it, it hit me like a ton of bricks....