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PrintableNPS, that was on point right there. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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Who is this addressed at NPS, there's an glaringly obvious agenda, but I'd like to know who your intended audience is, who you were addressing with the lyrics. | |
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NuPwrSoul said: Dolphin (The Moorish Remix) by NPS
How whitewashed did the words have 2 be Before they conquered every heart? How far would you have let me go If U knew I was black from the very start? If I came back as a Negro Would U listen 2 me then? Would U let me be your friend? Would U let me in? U can cut off my kinky hair But even with a perm, the 'fro' still grows in And both of my parents are black So don't be fooled by the light-skin Why does a brother have 2 get money And fame in order for you to return his call? But even after then, if you're band is no longer white They'll say you're Possessed and call it a "fall" If I came back as a Negro Would U listen 2 me then? Would U let me be your friend? Would U let me in? U can cut off my kinky hair But even with a perm, the 'fro' still grows in And both of my parents are black So don't be fooled by the light-skin If I wasn't a rock star, would U embrace me-- An everyday Negro--would U face me? It's happened before, I've knocked on your door But U wouldn't let me in How whitewashed did the words have 2 be Before they conquered every heart? (Oh!) If I came back as a Negro Would U listen 2 me then? Would U let me be your friend? Would U let me in? U can cut off my kinky hair But even with a perm, the 'fro' still grows in And both of my parents are black So don't be fooled by the light-skin Negro As a Negro As a Negro As a Negro Brilliant!  | |
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Now all we need is for some one brave enough to record it... | |
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pejman said:  If your friends & family haven't told you by now NPS then I will "You are a very talented and brilliant individual"!!! Yes, he has been told. NPS I know it can't be easy being you... feeling all the pains you do knowing all the stuff you know having all the class you show Keeping it real, yet taking it higher while refusing to allow the mire of racism to drown you in its slime nor make you think that all is fine. Light gives forth light so as you go do what you must because surely you know that darkness is lurking closely behind trying to control you soul and mind No, it can't be easy being you... feeling all the pains you do knowing all the stuff you know having all the class you show Yet still coming in second. So...how's everybody doing? | |
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VelvetSplash said: Who is this addressed at NPS, there's an glaringly obvious agenda, but I'd like to know who your intended audience is, who you were addressing with the lyrics.
Nupower said: who do you take him for? prince? he feels no need to have to explain himself to anybody. You can keep the mule. | |
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I love it | |
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40acres said: VelvetSplash said: Who is this addressed at NPS, there's an glaringly obvious agenda, but I'd like to know who your intended audience is, who you were addressing with the lyrics.
Nupower said: who do you take him for? prince? he feels no need to have to explain himself to anybody. RD pretty much says it. If the agenda is so "glaringly obvious" why are you asking me this question? "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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NuPwr, you're a bottomless treasure chest. 'Nuff respect. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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NuPwrSoul said: 40acres said: VelvetSplash said: Who is this addressed at NPS, there's an glaringly obvious agenda, but I'd like to know who your intended audience is, who you were addressing with the lyrics.
Nupower said: who do you take him for? prince? he feels no need to have to explain himself to anybody. RD pretty much says it. If the agenda is so "glaringly obvious" why are you asking me this question? The agenda is obvious, but the intended audience is not. Are you afraid to say it? | |
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VelvetSplash said: The agenda is obvious, but the intended audience is not.
Are you afraid to say it? I would imagine the intended audience are all those who got their panties up in a bunch over (among other things) "The Moors in Spain" by Prince. Those who feel Prince is being "divisive" with his stance in songs like 2045 Radical Man and Avalanche. It looks like NuPwrSoul is saying that Prince is a black artist from black parentage on both sides. He is not a white rock artist and should not be attacked for exploring issues regarding the history of black cultures. I think NuPwrSoul's song says it all. Why does he have to explicitly state who the intended audience is. It's obvious to me. [This message was edited Thu May 29 4:36:45 PDT 2003 by KeithyT] Just somewhere in the middle,
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Hey, Prince "whitewashed" his words, no one else made him do it.
It's not cool any more to be androgynous and non-racial, I think that's what it boils down to. It's cool to be black, and it's cool to be masculine. | |
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VelvetSplash said: Hey, Prince "whitewashed" his words, no one else made him do it.
It's not cool any more to be androgynous and non-racial, I think that's what it boils down to. It's cool to be black, and it's cool to be masculine. ABSOLUTELY!!! | |
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VelvetSplash said: It's not cool any more to be androgynous and non-racial...
...It's cool to be black, and it's cool to be masculine. but Prince has always been all of those things and still is. Just somewhere in the middle,
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Weeelll. . .
Preach Rev. Soul. . .cue the organ music (the "Holy Ghost Dance" re-mix version)  | |
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