Love will Conquer

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    Once upon a time in a land called Fantasy
    17 mountains stood so high.
    The sea surrounded them and together they would be
    The only thing that ever made u cry
    U said the devil told u that another mountain would appear
    Everytime somebody broke your heart
    He said the sea would 1 day overflow with all your tears,
    And love will always leave u lonely



    But I say it's only mountains and the sea
    Love will conquer if u just believe (oh yeah)
    It's only mountains and the sea
    There's nothing greater, u and me

    Once upon a time in a haystack of despair,
    happiness sometimes hard 2 find. (yeah)
    Africa divided, hijack in the air,
    it's enough to make you want to lose your mind

    But I say it's only mountains and the sea
    Love will conquer if u just believe (Oh yeah)
    It's only mountains and the sea
    There's nothing greater, u and me

    Guitars and drums on the 1

    (Bobby on the drum - ah!)

    It's only mountains (oh yeah) and the sea. (and the girls sing)
    There's nothing greater, u and me

    [starvation]

    Mountains

    http://www.metrolyrics.com/mountains-lyrics-prince.html



    "Love will conquer if u just believe (oh yeah)"

    Love will conquer... what?

    "It's only mountains and the sea"

    Ya, but the mountains and the sea belong unto The LORD GOD.

    "Love will conquer if u just believe (Oh yeah)"

    Love will conquer what?

    "There's nothing greater, u and me"
     
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    Prince, originally Prince Rogers Nelson and formerly referred to as “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince,” was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In fact, his music and its many imitators is often called “The Minneapolis Sound.”

    Prince was raised a Seventh-day Adventist, a small but significant Christian denomination.1

    It’s hard to believe that while Prince was coming up, selling millions of records, and singing X-rated lyrics about one-night stands and sexual positions, that he was that devout a Christian. But that all changed when, in 2001, Prince converted to Jehovah’s Witness.2 He has even admitted to proselytizing, that is, knocking on random doors to hand out Watchtower magazine and preach his faith.

    Now, Prince is all into Christianity and isn’t afraid to show it. He seems to have changed directions and now preaches the virtues of a moral life, contrary to most of his song lyrics. He has said:

    When I look at the violence, I wonder where the parents are, but also where is God in their lives? A kid is an open computer ready for programming. Some weird relationships happen, smoking too early and sex.3

    I wonder how much programming Prince has done in his lifetime.

    The Jehovah’s Witnesses will not accept blood transfusions for religious reasons, based on the interpretation of a Bible verse, no doubt. However, the fact that Prince won’t get a sorely needed hip replacement is proof of how devout he is.4

    Who needs politics when you’re royalty?
    Politically and socially, Prince is a mixed bag. He’s like time measurement, divided between before and after Jesus Christ–though there is still some consistency in his views. Following Prince’s conversion to Jehovah’s Witness, the observant Prince fans noticed a drastic change in his political and social focus. Suddenly, this seemingly sexually depraved super-freak was condemning gays (who are a huge part of his fan base, by the way). He said:

    God came to Earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was like, ‘Enough.’ I just live according to this [referring to the Bible].5

    Prince is a Republican, having only donated money to one political candidate in 1990, Rudy Boschwitz, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota–who lost.6 But he seems to think both political parties are a lost cause and, again, the Bible is his reference point. He said:

    So here’s how it is: you’ve got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this [the Bible]. But there’s the problem of interpretation, and you’ve got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here [again, the Bible], but it doesn’t. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve got blue, you’ve got the Democrats, and they’re, like, ‘You can do whatever you want.’ Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right.7

    The early Prince, however (and to some extent, the Prince of today), was more focused on social inequalities, poverty, and the hypocrisy of the political establishment. Some of his choice political lyrics include:

    Who said that to kill is a sin, then started every single war that your people been in? Who said that water is a precious commodity, then dropped a big old black oil slick in the deep blue sea?8

    And this criticism of a still controversial contemporary subject:

    The people I know, they been struggling, at least it seems that way. Fat cats on Wall Street, they got a bailout. Why somebody else got to wait. 700 billion, but my old neighborhood, ain’t nothing changed but the date.9

    But hey, people are certainly allowed to change, even beloved pop stars.

    https://hollowverse.com/prince/



    "Prince, a prolific multi-instrumentalist and virtuosic performer, was found dead at his home and recording studio in Minnesota early on Thursday, his publicist confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

    "When deputies and medical personnel arrived, they found an unresponsive adult male in the elevator," said Carver County sheriff Jim Olson in a statement. "First responders attempted to provide lifesaving CPR, but were unable to revive the victim.""

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prince-dead-legendary-artist-found-886457
     

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