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Been walking for days in the hellish heat, looking for some place where we can rest our feet
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Then a petty stranger saying take my hand, I'm gonna lead you up to the promised land
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He held the pedal down kickin up that dust, before I knew it there 2 men following us
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He said and just keep quiet and give em all you can, you gotta pay your way to the promised land
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We made it to a fence where dogs were tied, I wasn't in no hurry to turn loose my pride
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He said they're all for show, you know a part of the plan, dogs rarely bite in the promised land
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Well after tearing my shirt from those hungry hounds, I climbed a junkyard heap where I could see a town
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A haven in the sun shinning bright and grand, was time to find my place in the promised land
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Well in the street they had 12 hundred signs, 2400 feet all marching in time
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Singing out some song about a native stand, trying to cast me out of the promised land
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well i aint felt too good since i landed here, everyone I might is full of rage and fear
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THe more I look around I'm just another man, leaning on one limb in the promised land