Promised Land

Ooh, the promise
The promise
Woah-oh-oh-oh

The promised land
Going to the promised land (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Oh yes, the promised land
Take me to the promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Make a step down to Asmara
Then we stop in Addis Ababa
Made our way to Shashamane
Riding on the King's highway

To the promised land
Take me to the promised land, oh gosh
The promised land
Take me to the promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

There's plenty of land for you and I, by and by
Lots of food to share for everyone
No time for segregation in the promised land

Take me to the promised land
I said, the promised land
Take me to the promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Said, we're riding on the King's highway
From Cairo to Kenya
Made a stop in Asmara
Then we made another one in Addis Ababa

To the promised land
Take me to the promised land
Oh, to the promised land
Take me to the promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Then I said to myself, "Give a thanks for the prophet, God
For he gave me the teachings so I could see
The reality of my true being"
I live it, yeah
There's a lot of work to be done, oh gosh
In the promised land

Yeah, talking 'bout the promised land
Oh, the promised land (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The promised land
Take me to the promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
The promised land
Woah, the promised land
Take me to the promised land, oh gosh
The promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Brother man, what are you doing for the promised land?
Got to take your stand and let the prophets live on, yeah
There's work to be done
Though you can't run
Got a job to be done, so you got to do it even
A little by little

In the promised land
Going to the promised land (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I said, the promised land
Going to the promised land (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Prophet also said the way's got to perish, yeah
Don't let your hopes and aspirations drown before you, no way
Got to go, got to go, I got to go, I got to go, got to go
To the promised land, I said
Take me to the promised land (Ooh), woah-oh-oh-oh-oh

Promised land
I said, the promised land