Note: This is from the 46664 concert broadcast on VH-1. Bono's parts will be purple. Beyonce's parts will be red. When they sing together, it will be in orange.
(spoken) Alright, yeah! This is a tune Beyonce and us have been working on. It's funny how re... religious people are sometimes the most judgemental. Anyways, it's a song we wrote. It's called "American Prayer" - could be "Irish Prayer", could be "African Prayer". It's just a message to the churches, that we really need to you open your door, give sanctuary, and break the stigmatization that goes with being HIV-positive. If God loves you, what's the problem?
And this is the time
To finish what we started
And this is no time
To dream
This is the moon
We can turn off the dark tonight
Maybe then
We might see
Wanna know a healing of American prayer
I wanna know the meaning of American prayer I want to believe in American prayer But I can hear children screaming American prayer
This is the ground
It keeps our feet from getting wet
And this is the sky
Over our head
Remember that...
What you see
Depends on where you stand
And how you jump Will tell you where you're gonna land Will tell you where you're gonna land Hey....
Wanna know the healing Of American prayer
Wanna know the meaning of American prayer
I want to believe in American prayer
But I can hear children screaming American prayer
Hold on Hold on Let's not get tired No no no no no... So kick out the darkness Make the lights brighter
OOOOoooooohhhhhh (awesome harmonizing) ...An African prayer
This is our African prayer I feel the healing of an African prayer
I wanna know the meaning of an African prayer
I want to believe in an African prayer
But I can hear children screaming
An African prayer
(spoken)Oh! Wendy(?)! Beyonce! Bono! I got you, babe
Just a quick note, I don't know the first name Bono calls out at the end.. anyone know?
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