errant said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

It's about the fear of impending war. The track was recorded after Prince's return from France, following the Libya air attack.

Prince's answer to the fear is to make love to his woman.

that's his answer to everything

LOLLL

Just like the song "The Word"....it's all about the search!

[Edited 2/6/11 11:40am]

the link with Liberia seems very far-fetched in my opinion. Although Liberia suffered a civil war since 1980, it never a played a (dominant) role in the media in the Western world. And it was only after in the nineties when the child-warriors surfaced and became world news. Though it was seen as a terror (in general) but not regarded as threatening the western world itself.

Unlike the Cold War (that was touched by Prince is several songs in the 80-ies) which was at some sort of highpoint in the mid-eighties - but that has nothing to do with the line "Children with make-up terrorizing the western world"

Yet, I can't see a link with anything back in 1985/1986 when he recorded the song.