United States Of Division – English Lyrics

• By: Prince, The New Power Generation

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Prince's socially conscious side with “United States Of Division,” a song that confronts the divisions within America and promotes a message of unity and love. This track offers a blend of funk and R&B, perfect for understanding Prince's commentary on society and politics, and a deeper insight into American culture and values.

[English]

作词 : Prince

作曲 : Prince

2004

Still at war

And everybody hates Americans

Let's go

Flyin' in an aero-plane with pen in hand

Over miles and miles of deep blue

Wonderin' if it was all part of a master plan

Forget the one and become two

How could your brother hear the same music?

(Music, music, music)

Yet somehow dance to a different tune

I guess that once you go divide this precious land

This precious land will divide you

Sing!

Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Everybody stop fighting

Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Everybody make love

Drivin' a brand new Cadillac through my neighborhood

Everything still look the same, uh

Everything except the fact I wish I could

Take away all the hurt and pain

We let Supafly straighten up our curly hair

He took the Afro out the game

It's kinda cool but the guns and drugs too much to bear

Ten years later Scarface came

Sing the hook

Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Everybody stop fighting

Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Everybody make love

A united state of mind will never be divided

The real definition of unity is one

People can slam their door, disagree and fight it

But how you gonna love the Father but not love the Son

United States of Division

Walkin' down the street

No flag in hand

No stars and stripes

No claim to land

No crescent moon

Just a holy man, holy man

How far from heaven must we go?

Before the winds of change will blow and show

This world how it's supposed to be, land of peace and harmony

Everybody stop fighting

Everybody make love

Everybody stop fighting

United States of Division

People can slam their door, disagree and fight it

But how you gonna say you love the Father and not love the Son?

United States of Division

BLACK (Division)

WHITE (Division)

STRAIGHT (Division)

GAY (Division)

CHRISTIAN (Division)

MUSLIM

Why must I say "God Bless America"?

And not the rest of the world

Oh say can you see?

I love my country but I love God more

Every man, women, boy and girl

Oooh, can you say it with me?

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, come on

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, everybody

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, oh

Everybody stop fighting! Put your gun down

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, hey

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, everybody gather round

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Everybody make Love!

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, oow

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, talk 2 me

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, what is this rush 2 declare war?

Everybody stop fighting! What we fightin' for?

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, hey

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, oh

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, come here baby

Everybody make Love!

Talkin' 2 United States, United States, United States of Division!

Everybody make music

Everybody make love

Key Grammar Structures

• How could your brother hear the same music?

  ➔ Modal Verb (Could) + Rhetorical Question

  ➔ Uses "could" to express possibility in a rhetorical question questioning societal division despite shared experiences

• This precious land will divide you

  ➔ Simple Future Tense

  ➔ Predicts future consequences ("will divide") using the simple future tense for inevitable outcomes

• Everybody stop fighting

  ➔ Imperative Mood (Command)

  ➔ Direct command using base verb form ("stop") without subject for social instruction

• I wish I could take away all the hurt and pain

  ➔ Wish + Could (Unreal Ability)

  ➔ Expresses unreal present/future desire using "wish" + "could" for impossible action

• But how you gonna love the Father but not love the Son?

  ➔ Contrast Conjunction (But) + Informal Future (Gonna)

  ➔ Uses "but" for logical contradiction and "gonna" (going to) for informal future tense questioning hypocrisy

• Why must I say 'God Bless America'?

  ➔ Modal Verb (Must) + Wh-question

  ➔ Questions obligation using "must" in wh-question structure challenging nationalistic rhetoric

• I love my country but I love God more

  ➔ Contrast Conjunction (But) + Comparative (More)

  ➔ Uses "but" to contrast ideas and "more" as comparative adverb showing priority

• We let Supafly straighten up our curly hair

  ➔ Causative Verb (Let) + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ Shows permission using "let" + base verb ("straighten") indicating cultural change agency

• How far from heaven must we go?

  ➔ Modal Verb (Must) + Wh-question (Inversion)

  ➔ Inverted wh-question structure ("must we go") with "must" expressing necessity for spiritual reflection