Does anyone know when and if 'One Song' was released. Saw the video to this song and absolutely love it!

Jan 2000

Great song.

This was back when Prince was big into wordplay, some of which made their way onto this song's intro.

Examples (not all on this song): underSTAND/StandUnder, CONtract, Condom = CON is the prefix, suffix be the DUM, etc.

He released it through the NPGMC as something like a one-off single.

Thanks for the info, I assume it wasn't available on CD. I thought I had all his albums but couldn't find this song anywhere.

It was originally streamed on the official website (pre-NPGMC days) complete with the introductory speech as a video file (lasting in total over 8 minutes).

The song itself was subsequently made available for download on the NPGMC site in 2001.

It has not been officially released in another format.

"One Song" was posted on www.love4oneanother.com on December 31, 1999. The video of the song was later made available in the July 2001 edition of the NPGMC. The song was preceded by almost six minutes of sermonizing from (the recording is 8:54 minutes with the speech included). His speech has as its general theme the notion that mankind is creating artificial barriers between itself and God, with much of popular culture working to fill the void left by the absence of God from our lives. "One Song" continues the theme of 's speech, dealing with man's union with God. Having become one with God, is "the universe, the sun, the moon and sea." Musically, "One Song" is a slightly run-of-the-mill soul ballad, yet 's vocal delivery is impassioned and gospel-tinged. The song has a reasonably strong chorus and an anthemic quality, but the music is rather sterile-sounding, with a slick and somewhat lifeless production.- Courtesy: http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/home.html


1999... and the illusion continues. One begs 2 ask -
"when will it end?"

Unnatural disasters happen seemingly every week. Train crashes, shootings, nuclear accidents; is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity? Very few of mankind's creations r designed 2 make u feel good, unless u get pleasure from seeing the human body desecrated by guns, explosions, fights, and any other things these so-called "artists" create. In the name of freedom, many have used art as a means 2 destroy the human mind. As an excuse 2 continue we hear "Art reflects society". How many times has this lie been repeated: "creations r not real", they say and yet any one of these people can call 2 mind images and complete scenes of horror in graphic detail. They will carry these so-called "unreal" creations around with them 4 the rest of their lives. These images r now a part of their being. In the name of RECREATION these people in fact r re-creating themselves in their own images.
SOCIETY THEN REFLECTS ART.

In man's decision 2 further separate from God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion. The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction.

U r reading these words on a machine created by man. As u read, u hear a voice speaking 2 u the words that u perceive. They make sense 2 u because u understand (stand under) the SPELLing. The words r what binds this SPELL 2 ur illusion. When u hear the truth, like a memory - u recognize it and this recognition releases u from ALL illusion. Many languages r brilliant in their attempt 2 CONfuse u. CON meaning: against, fuse meaning: 2gether. Words and their SPELLbinding illusions have the power 2 keep man separate from God. U were born in an all-knowing state of mind. The first words spoken 2 u begin the SPELL. The words come from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. In ignorance or simply lack of respect 4 God, many use words that CONfuse the minds of humans and turn them in2 projections of their own illusions. Because of this fact, many people grow up and blindly assume their pre-selected role under a dictatorship without even being aware of it. When asked what they r doing here on earth, most will answer with statements that do not reflect their natural God-given desires. This creates a pyramid-like structure with the dictator on top, and each level under it knowing less and less. Upon reaching the bottom level - which is where the majority is, u will find chaos, disorder, and illusion. With ILL as its prefix, ILLusion is a state of insanity. In the name of democracy, supreme power is vested un2 the people in this insane state instead of God. A future re-created, 2 b ruled by man, is one of isolation and despair. Returning the leadership back in2 God will allow mankind 2 achieve its original collective goal which is union with God. Ideas contrary 2 this goal should not b blamed or persecuted - just simply ignored. They originated when man first chose 2 ignore God's rule. Simply put - in the beginning, the Human was made perfect in God's image. They had no need 4 knowledge. They were also given freedom of choice. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life r reflections of this freedom. The human is now a reflection of their choice. They could have simply chose not 2 choose. God being centrifugal in nature, freedom was the CAUSE and choice was the EFFECT. In knowing their perfection made in God's image, there was no need 2 choose. In fact, their were NO NEEDS. There was only love in an all-knowing state b4 the fall. The worst thing u can do is give up ur God-given right 2 choose. 4 in it - u can choose not 2 choose. Therein is the final judgement. The illusion ceases and u awaken from ur dream. Now the healing begins...

With an all-knowing mind, made in God's image u can create as ur Creator - God intended. With love, honor and respect 4 every living thing in the universe. Separation ceases, and we all become One Being singing the 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

I got this song off of his Vavoom cd, but only a shortened 3:28 min version (without the long speach at the beginning). It is a beautiful song.

Let see what i can add to it

The video was released in RAM format in 2000 & MOV format in 2001
There is almost no diffrence in the video quality
The audio in the Mov file was encoded in 96 kbp in mono
So there is no better quality of the song offialy realsed

I love the song portion.. was just listining to it the other day

mplsmike said:

Dave1992 said:

What

squirrelgrease said:

Thanks for posting, I have the entire thing on dvd and love the speech as well as the song portion. I wonder why he never released it on any of his albums. He usually doesn't shy away to release his more spiritual songs.

mplsmike said:

I think your way of adding something was very humorous, considering some people on here don't even know what a "video format" is

langebleu said:

And as always I'm impressed by your knowledge. I can tell you have studied Princeology for many years.

mplsmike said:

Although incomplete, there was a better quality mp3 snippet of the song in the Discography section of the NPGMC.

GiGi319 said:

the 'uni~verse' was the only thing on L4OA teh day it was reveald
final collabration with teh collectiv

i love this song . i tend to skip over p's long ass spiel in the beginning though . have always likened this to kells' i believe i can fly, for some reason . the words are kinda meh, but i like the music and his vocals, especially towards the end. "the universe is MEEE!"

punkofthemonth said:

I totally agree with you the speech is long and drawn out the song is cool though

PEJ said:

One song is, I think, one of his best songs and its a shame that it never got released on a CD coz I think more ppl need to hear this wonderful song, but then Im glad that it wasnt released in a big way, coz wen u do come across it u feel like u found something really special. I did anyway wen I got it

The song portion is beautiful

it was by and 4 u all

he almost got it right

I really like this song but hate his wordplay. God those were the worst years for him in '96-'99. All he did was try to make the public think of how smart he was with his out of contract view and all the games and wordplays he would use in his interview. Very frustrating and embarrasing for him. I can barely stand to watch those years of non-info on tape.