Released: October 30, 1979
Songwriter: Stephanie Andrews Stevie Wonder
Producer: Stevie Wonder
[Spoken Intro]
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen
And those of you who have taken with us this long journey to celebrate the completion of the orbit of portineau
Tonight, as a tribute to portineau we have a special song written and performed for the occasion by Stevie Wonder
A seed is a star, a star is a seed
[Verse 1]
We're a people black as is your night
Born to spread Amma's eternal light
Which since time began
Has been to bring truth to every man
Our ancestors have since long ago
Passed their wisdom down so we could know
For here lies the key
That will help unfold the mystery
[Chorus]
A seed's a star
A seed's a star's a seed
Oh, a star's a seed
A star's a seed's a star
[Verse 2]
In myself I do contain
The elements of sun and rain
First a seed with roots that swell
I gradually burst through my shell
Pushing down into the ground
The root of me is homeward bound
A trunk, a leaf, and there I am
A miracle of least by far
Tree - you are the longest living one we know
The largest of all plants and still you grow
Tree - within your branches there's such history
So much of what we're searching for to know
Every fifty years we celebrate, yeah yeah
Po Tolo, our star, as it rotates
Though infinitely small
It is still the heaviest of them all
[Chorus]
A seed's a star
A seed's a star's a seed
A star's a seed
A star's a seed's a star
A seed's a star
A seed's a star's a seed
A star's a seed
A star's a seed's a star
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen
And those of you who have taken with us this long journey to celebrate the completion of the orbit of portineau
Tonight, as a tribute to portineau we have a special song written and performed for the occasion by Stevie Wonder
A seed is a star, a star is a seed
[Verse 1]
We're a people black as is your night
Born to spread Amma's eternal light
Which since time began
Has been to bring truth to every man
Our ancestors have since long ago
Passed their wisdom down so we could know
For here lies the key
That will help unfold the mystery
[Chorus]
A seed's a star
A seed's a star's a seed
Oh, a star's a seed
A star's a seed's a star
[Verse 2]
In myself I do contain
The elements of sun and rain
First a seed with roots that swell
I gradually burst through my shell
Pushing down into the ground
The root of me is homeward bound
A trunk, a leaf, and there I am
A miracle of least by far
Tree - you are the longest living one we know
The largest of all plants and still you grow
Tree - within your branches there's such history
So much of what we're searching for to know
Every fifty years we celebrate, yeah yeah
Po Tolo, our star, as it rotates
Though infinitely small
It is still the heaviest of them all
[Chorus]
A seed's a star
A seed's a star's a seed
A star's a seed
A star's a seed's a star
A seed's a star
A seed's a star's a seed
A star's a seed
A star's a seed's a star
more tracks from the album
Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
- Same Old Story
- Send One Your Love (Instrumental)
- Voyage To India
- Tree
- Ecclesiastes
- The First Garden
- Earth’s Creation
- The Secret Life Of Plants
- A Seed’s a Star / Tree Medley
- Come Back As a Flower
- Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye
- Black Orchid
- Outside My Window
- Send One Your Love
- Race Babbling
- Power Flower
- Ai No, Sono
- Venus’ Flytrap And The Bug
- Finale
From the album
Stevie Wonder popular songs
- As
- Superstition
- Isn’t She Lovely?
- I Just Called to Say I Love You
- Sir Duke
- I Wish
- Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing
- Living for the City
- Higher Ground
- Happy Birthday
- Master Blaster (Jammin’)
- Ribbon in the Sky
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
- All I Do
- Overjoyed
- Faith
- Part-Time Lover
- My Cherie Amour
- Love’s in Need of Love Today
- Do I Do
- For Once in My Life
- Knocks Me Off My Feet
- Pastime Paradise
- Lately