Dennis Brown - Promised Land (Audio)

Name: Dennis Brown - Promised Land (Audio)
Uploaded: 2022-07-04T14:45:22+00:00
Duration: 4 min 19 s
Channel: Hans Guevara
Description: The excerpt is a lyrical passage from Dennis Brown’s song “Promised Land.” The narrator describes a journey beginning with a step down to Ashmara, moving…

4 Jul 2022 · 4 min

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The excerpt is a lyrical passage from Dennis Brown’s song “Promised Land.” The narrator describes a journey beginning with a step down to Ashmara, moving through Addis Ababa and Shashamane, traveling along the King’s Highway toward an envisioned “promised land.” The promised land is portrayed as a place of plentiful food, shared abundance, and no segregation, embodying unity and spiritual freedom. The narrator expresses gratitude to the Prophet Gad for imparting teachings that reveal true self‑realization and liberty, while acknowledging that work remains to achieve this ideal. The repeated refrain emphasizes the yearning and determination to reach the promised land.

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Make a step down to Ashmara, then we start in Addis Ababa. Made our way to Shashamane land, riding on the King's Highway to the promised land. Going to the promised land, oh gosh. To the promised land, oh, to the promised land. There's plenty of land for you and I, by and by. Lots of food to share for everybody. One, no type of segregation in the promised land. Whoa, gosh, take me to the promised land. That's the promised land. Whoa, that's the promised land. Whoa, whoa, every head And I said to myself, give a thanks for the Prophet Gad, for he gave me the teaching so I could see the reality of my true being and liberty. There's a lot of work to be done, oh gosh, in the promised land. Yeah, talking about the promised land. Answer to the promised land, the promised land. Moving to the promised land, the promised land. What? The promised land. Yeah, the promised land. I got to go, I got to go, got to go to the promised land. Oh gosh, in the promised land.