Michael Watford - Michael's Prayer (Album Version)

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Rest in Power Michael Watford, thank you for all the amazing music. I think this vocal may have been entirely improvised over a backing track Roger Sanchez originally made for a mix of Kathy Sledge - Heart. I was obsessed with this track for years after hearing Tony Humphries play it the first time he DJ'd at Ministry of Sound in December 1991. Didn't get commercially released until 1994, first appearing on the album and then on this 12". Beyond magnificent.

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What we need is a little peace and harmony for my brothers and my sisters loving one another, well, you see my love, it's like a tree planted on the side of the water well, rooted around a rock at the shore of a ? oh lord I'm reminded of the day when my brother and my sisters had their hands reaching out for me all I gotta do is reach back see, make no difference about the color of our skin you see in this world today we need a little peace and harmony to go with a little love and understanding well if I was you if I was you if I was you I'd walk over to someone and just sit down and talk to them just for a little while find out what's going on in their mind you'd be surprised yeah they love you, they love me a love for you, love and harmony loving you loving me oh lord one of these old days you're gonna miss me you see I'll be gone somewhere where I'll have a little love a little peace and a little harmony wrapped all around in the arms and in the bosom of what I call the almighty, the almighty, the almighty power of love, power of peace, and the power of victory one day all of our children will be able to benefit from the mistakes that we have made before you see it's important to let them know educate them so they will understand that hatred and love don't go together see we gotta be strong in what we belong to my love for you well have a little love for me we gotta have peace and harmony in that way, I will never be tired of being lonely oh father of joy of love I have inside of me a strong arm for someone that's fallen down unity in my heart that'll never tear us apart and the victory of success knowing that my love for you your love for me will never be in vain well I love you I know I know I know