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Whoah, well now!
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Hey! Whoa well.
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The promised land.
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Going to the promised land.
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Yes the promised land, oh gosh now.
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To the promised land.
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Make a step down to Wasmara,
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Then we stopped in Addis Ababa.
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Made our way to Shshamane land,
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Riding on the King's highway.
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To the promised land.
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Going to the promised land, oh gosh.
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To the promised land, whoa.
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To the promised land, well.
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There's plenty of land for you and I, by and by,
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Lots of food to share for everyone,
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No time for segregation in the promised land, oh gosh.
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Take me to the promised land.
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Said the promised land, whoa!
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Yes the promised land, whoa oh. yeh!
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Said we're, riding on the King's highway,
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From a Cairo to Kenya.
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Made a stop in Wasmara,
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Then we made another one in Addis Ababa.
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The promised land.
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Going to the promised land, oh gosh.
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Said the promised land,
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Yeah the promised land, whoaa.
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Then I said to myself,
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give a thanks for the Prophet, God,
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For He gave me the teachings so I could see.
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The reality of my true being and levity,
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There's a lot of work to be done, oh gosh,
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In the promised land.
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Yeah, talking 'bout the promised land,
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Yes, to the promised land.
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The promised land,
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Going to the promised land.
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Ohh, the promised land! Whoa, the promised land!
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Said the promised land, whoa oh yeh, whoa!
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Brother man, what are you doing for the promised land?
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Gotta take your stand and let the Prophets live on, yeah!
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There's work to be done, though you can't run,
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Got a job to be done, so you've got to do it,
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Even, a little by little.
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Yes the promised land,
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Going to the promised land.
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Said the promised land,
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Going to the promised land.
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Prophets of the old, said the west got to perish, eh, oh!
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Don't let your hopes and aspirations drown before you, no way.
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Gotta go, gotta go, got to go, I got to go, got to go,
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To the promised land, oh gosh.
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Yeah the promised land, whoaa!
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