4 Minutes was track number two and the first single from the Hard Candy CD. ” If you want it, You already got it, If you’ve thought it, It better be what you want, If you feel it, It must be real just…, Say the word, and I will give you what you want”
On March 15, 2008, my next soul group member, Angelo (a man of Mexican descent), and I decided to ride over to the Denver Merchandise Mart, to attend the Denver Metaphysical Fair. When we arrived at the fair, there were crowds of people everywhere. Angelo turned to me and said, “I didn’t realize these many people were interested in this sort of thing!” To be honest, I was pretty shocked myself. There were hundreds of people gathered around various booths buying spiritual tokens, signing up for readings, and participating in various seminars.
Since they were only charging $20 for twenty-minute readings, I decided to sit down with a few readers to hear what things they had to share with me. I thought it would be a fun way to pass my Saturday afternoon. I ended up having three readings. I didn’t bring any specific questions or concerns; I just asked the readers for general information.
My first reading was with a lady from a small town in southern Colorado. To make a twenty-minute reading brief, she told me that I was at a turning point in my spiritual life. She told me that I was now ready to teach others what I had learned. She said I would be doing that in various ways and those methods would reveal themselves to me over time. She told me that I was a Monk in a previous life and brought with me a lot of knowledge and wisdom. When the brief reading was over, I thanked her for her time and proceeded to my next reading.
A few minutes later I found myself on the other side of the merchandise mart, where I sat down with a completely different woman for my second reading. Again, to make a twenty-minute reading very brief, she repeated almost the same thing as the first reader. She added that I should pay close attention to the phases of the moon and I should make a solid effort to stay grounded entirely throughout this next spiritual adventure, and she wished me luck. At the end of the reading, I pulled out my notes from the first reading and shared them with her. We both laughed at the similarities. I walked away feeling quite amused.
Quite sometime later, I sat down with my third and final reading. I asked for a general reading, and after meditating quietly for a minute or two, this reader proceeded with the following information: “The image that keeps coming to mind, very vividly, is of a knight kneeling down, about to receive his knighthood. And standing very bright and tall behind this knight is an incredibly large, bright angel. This angel is there to offer support and guidance and all of the “firepower” that will be needed to help this knight on his upcoming quest.” He then proceeded to tell me that I was the knight and this image was symbolic of things to come. He said this quest that I was about to embark on would require courage, creativity and a tremendous amount of enthusiasm. He warned me about getting too far ahead of myself and told me to take my time and proceed very slowly. He also told me to follow through with incredible integrity. He said that it was going to be a fascinating time in my life. When the reading was over, I thanked him for his time and energy and walked away wondering what in heaven’s name was going on. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting any of this and suddenly felt overwhelmed.
I quickly reunited with Angelo, and we decided to leave the fair. During our walk back to my truck, we shared the details of our readings.
Two weeks later, on March 29, Angelo and I drove down to Pueblo, Colorado to meet up with the Longest Walk 2 walkers. Yes, the participants in the northern route had finally made it to southern Colorado. We spent that afternoon participating in a rally and listening to the prayers of the walkers.
When the rally was over, Angelo and I followed the walkers for a short period, then returned to my truck and headed back to Denver. As we drove off, we wished everyone Godspeed. They were now leaving the Rocky Mountains and heading out onto the Great Plains.
On April 3, Madonna released the video for her next single “4 minutes”. When I watched the video for the first time, I noticed at one split-second, the digital clock in the background showed 1:32:20. (See image at the top of the page.) It was at this point that I knew I was still connected to her music, and to her art.
On April 10, the Denver area woke up to several more inches of snow. In the three short months of living in Denver, I had experienced more snow and some of the coldest temperatures that I had ever witnessed in my life, and rumor had it that Denver was good for snow until mid-May. I decided I needed a break from all of the winter weather. After discussing things with my boss, I decided it was time to take a vacation. I had over three weeks of vacation coming to me and figured this was the perfect opportunity to get out of town. As I contemplated where to go, I decided that I would fulfill a lifelong dream and take a journey through the desert southwest. Since I didn’t have enough time to plan an itinerary, I decided that I would let my intuition guide me on this journey. All I knew is that I wanted to go south.
On the morning of April 11, I headed out on my adventure.
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I’m outta time and all I got is four minutes, minutes.
Come on! Breakdown come on!
Hey, come on, Madonna!
Madonna: Come on boy, I’ve been waiting for somebody to pick up my stroll
Justin: Well don’t waste time, give me a sign, tell me how you wanna roll
Madonna: I want somebody to speed it up for me then take it down slow
There’s enough room for both
Justin: Well, I can handle that, you just gotta show me where it’s at.
Are you ready to go, Are you ready to go
Madonna and Justin: If you want it, You already got it
If you’ve thought it, It better be what you want
If you feel it, It must be real just…
Say the word, and I will give you what you want
Madonna: Time is waiting
Justin: We only got 4 minutes to save the world
Madonna: No hesitating
Madonna: Grab a boy
Justin: Grab a girl
Madonna: Time is waiting
Justin: We only got 4 minutes to save the world
Madonna: No hesitating
Justin: We only got 4 minutes, 4 minutes
So keep it up don’t be a prima donna
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That’s right, keep it up
Keep it up, don’t be a prima donna
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
Madonna: Sometimes I think, what I need is a you intervention, yeah
Justin: And you know I can tell that you like it
And that it’s good, by the way that you move, ooh, hey
Madonna: The road to heaven, paved with good intentions, yeah
Justin: But if I die tonight
At least I can say I did what I wanted to do
Tell me, how bout you?
Madonna and Justin: If you want it, You already got it
If you’ve thought it, It better be what you want
If you feel it, It must be real just…
Say the word, and I will give you what you want
Madonna: Time is waiting
Justin: We only got 4 minutes to save the world
Madonna: No hesitating
Madonna: Grab a boy
Justin: Grab a girl
Madonna: Time is waiting
Justin: We only got 4 minutes to save the world
Madonna: No hesitating
Justin: We only got 4 minutes, 4 minutes
So keep it up, don’t be prima donna
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That’s right, keep it up
Keep it up, don’t be a prima donna
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
