Prince — Family Name

[Intro; Prince] Welcome, you have just accessed The Akashic Records Genetic Information Division This program is required for those wishing To obtain a marriage blessing from the Kingdom When you wish to begin this program Place your right hand on the scanner And tightly clench up your butt cheeks As you might feel a slight electrical shock Please, select the race history you desire You have selected African American, this is your history [Spoken: Prince] First of all, the term, black and white is a fallacy It simply is another way of saying, this or that Let's examine the term, this or that in its ultimate form Which is, this means the truth or that which is resistant to it When a minority realizes its similarities on a higher level Not just black but people of color and higher, still indigenous And even higher, still from the tribe of and yet higher The rainbow children, when this understanding comes The so-called minority becomes a majority in the wink of an eye This action will cause a reaction or resistance The source of this resistance must be banished As it is in direct conflict with the initial action It cannot be assimilated, for its very nature is resistance In other words, one cannot serve two masters You are either this, or that which is not this End of part one, to continue, select the program Family name and type in the current government Name you wish history on [Spoken Interlude: Femi Jiya and Morris Hayes] London, England sometime in the early 1600s We have the God given right to run out of our colonies Anyone who does not bow down to our law, hear, hear Come on, come on keep it moving here, what's your name boy? Abu Cah Well it ain't now, it's Tom Lynch [Verse 1: Prince] Mirror, mirror what you see? Have I still got those dark clouds over me? Or am I really feeling what I feel? The last days of the Devil's deal Mirror, what you see? [Verse 2: Prince] Devil, devil, what you know? You been here since 1914 but now you got to go You been hiding behind corporate eyes You want to war but you can't fight Devil, you got to go, yes sir [Chorus: Prince] Bridge You might say, "What you mad about?" But you still got your family name Pleased to meet you, Mr. Rosen Bloom I'll be John Blackwell just the same What's your family name? [Verse 3: Prince] Teacher, teacher what you say? Did we really come over in a boat? Did it really go down that way? Or did I arrive before you, ruin Thanksgiving Day? Teacher, what you say? [Verse 5: Prince] Preacher, preacher, is it true That Jesus wants me to give my money to the likes of you? Ride around in your Lexus Coupe Drive us to the cleaners in a pinstripe suit Preacher, that ain't truth [Chorus: Prince] To the bridge You might say, "What you mad about? But you still got your family name Pleased to meet you, Mr. Pearlman You can call me Clay Can I play? [Verse 6: Prince] People, people what's your name? Maybe, we should start all over Let everybody get in the game Put up a one gloved fist Make a sound, Violet Brown [Outro: Prince and Martin Luther King Jr.] You might say, "What you mad about? You still got your Family name Pleased to meet you, Mr. Gold Struck We found this tape in the Akashic records This is Thomas Jefferson My fellow Americans, if there is a just God We're going to pay for this Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics We'll be able to join hands in the words of the old Negro spiritual Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last