Land of Promise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Now I and I say gree[C]tings in
[Am]the name of The Mighty King
And I and I say played by the
King love is all I bring
An[F]d I and I [Em]say Africa is I and
I respons[Am]ibility [Em]dreadlocks
[Am]Yes, huh!

[Verse 2]
[Am]To t[Em]he Pr[Am]omise Land[Em]
[G]Going to [Am]The Promise [E]Land[Em]
[C]Yes the [Am]Promise Land [Em]O Gosh now
[G]To the [Am]Promise [Em]Land
Ye
Ima[C]gine

[Verse 3]
[Am]Ghana like California
[C]with Sun[Em]set Boulevard
[G]Johannesbur[Am]g would be
[Em]Miami
Somalia like New York
[C]With [Am]the most pretty light
[Em]The nuffest pretty c[G]ar
Ever [Am]New Year the [C]African
[Em]Times Square lock- off
Imagine [Am]Lagos like Las Vegas
[Em]The Ballers dem a [G]Ball
An[Am]gola like Atlanta
[C]A pur[Em]e plane take- off
[C]Bush Gar[Am]dens inna Mali
[C]Chi[Em]cago inna Cha[G]d
Magic [Am]Kingdom inna Egypt
Phil[Em]adelphia like Sudan
[C]The Con[Am]go like Colorado
Fort Knox [Em]inna Gabon
[Am]People living in Morocco like
the state of Oregon
[Em]Algeria warm[Am]er than Arizona
[C]bring your [Em]sun lotion
Early [Am]morning class of Yoga
on the beach in Senegal
[Em]Ethiopia [Am]the capitol of fi
[Em]di C[G]ongression
[Am]A deh so I belong
A deh di The [Em]King come from
[C]I can s[Am]ee us all in limos
Jaguars an[G]d B[Am]'mos

[Verse 4]
Riding on the King's [Am]Highway[Em]
To the [Am]Promise [Em]Land
[G]Going to [Am]the Promise Land
[Em]O Gosh
Ye the [Am]Promise [Em]Land
[G]Yeah the [Am]Promise [Em]Land
Ooh

[Verse 5]
[Em]Promised Land [Am]I picture[C]
[D]Porsches
Basquiat Portraits
[Em]Pinky Rings realistic prin[Am]cesse[C]s
Heir[D]esses bunch [Em]a kings and [C]queens
[Am]Plus I picture fortunes [C]for kid[D]s
out in Port- Au- [Em]Prince
Power[Am]less they not allowed to fit
But [Em]not about [G]to slip
Vision [Am]Promised Land with fashion [C]like
[Em]Madison Ave Man[G]hattan
[Am]Saks 5th Ave and
Rodeo
Re[Em]laxing popping labels
[C]Promise [Am]Land no fables
This where [Em]the truth's told
[G]Use them two holes
[Am]Above your nose
To see the [Em]proof yo!
Imagine [C]a cont[Am]raption that
could take us back when
The world was run by [Em]black [Am]men
Back to the future
Anything can [Em]happen
If [Am]these are the last days
And 100- foot waves come crashing [Em]down
I get some [Am]hash and pounds
Pass around the [Em]bud then
watch the flood
[C]Can't [Am]stop apocalypse
My synop[Em]sis is catas[G]trophic
If [Am]satellites is causing earth[Em]quakes
Will we survive it
[C]Hon[Am]estly man it's the sign of the times
[Em]And the times at hand[G]

[Verse 6]
There's [Am]a lot of work to be done,
[Em]O Gosh
[G]In the Prom[Am]ised Land
[Em]In t[C]he Promi[Am]sed Land
O [Em]Gosh
[G]Take me to [Am]The Promise [Em]Land
Ye the [Am]Promise [Em]Land
[G]O G[Am]osh now
[Em]To the P[Am]romise L[C]and[D][Dm]
[Em][Am][C][D][Em][C][Am][C][D]
[Em]Hey
[Am][Em][G]

[Verse 7]
[Am]
There's plenty [Em]of land for [G]you and [Am]I
[Em]Buy and [G]buy[Am]
Lots of food to [Em]share for [G]every[Am]one
No time for segreg[C]ation

[Verse 8]
In [Am]the Promised Land
[Em]Yes [G]a to
[Am]The Promised L[Em]and
The [Am]Promised [Em]Land
[G]Going to The [Am]Promise Land
[Em]Ooh
[C]There's a l[Am]ot of work to be
[Em]done in the [G]Prom[Am]ise Land