Money Don't Matter Tonight - Prince, directed by Spike Lee

[greyl]

Run time: 03:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCwRNypl14   Posted on YouTube: April 17, 2015 By YouTube Member: YouTube Help Views on YouTube: 24220749   Posted on DU: February 02, 2007 By DU Member: greyl Views on DU: 906

 
Sad and beautiful.

Intro: President. President. I don't think you realize what's going on here. I can't feed my family. I got no job, Mr. President. I got layed off. My wife, she tried to help out a little bit, but guess what? She got layed off, too. Mr. President, where are the jobs? Economic recovery? Yeah, right. What happened? What happened?

...
Hey now, maybe we can find a good reason
to send a child off to war
So what if we're controlling all the oil,
Is it worth a child dying for? (is it worth it?)
If long life is what we all live for
Then long life will come to pass
Anything is better than the picture of a child
In a cloud of gas
And you think you got it bad
...

Full lyrics here

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1. K&R Love that song, excellent vid.

Thank you.

That song has always moved me.