Nas - The Promised Land lyrics

Now I and I say greetings in the name of the mighty king And I and I say played by the King love is all I bring And I and I say Africa is I and I responsibility dreadlocks Yes, huh To the Promise Land Going to the Promise Land Yes, the Promise Land, o gosh now To the Promise Land, yeah Imagine Ghana like California with Sunset Boulevard Johannesburg would be Miami, Somalia like New York With the most pretty light, the nuffest pretty car Ever New Year the African Times Square lock-off Imagine Lagos like Las Vegas, the ballers dem a ball Angola like Atlanta, a pure plane take off Bush Gardens inna Mali, Chicago inna Chad Magic Kingdom inna Egypt, Philadelphia like Sudan The Congo like Colorado, Fort Knox inna Gabon People living in Morocco like the state of Oregon Algeria warmer than Arizona, bring your sun lotion Early morning cla** of Yoga on the beach in Senegal Ethiopia the capitol of fi di Congression A deh so I belong, a deh di the king come from I can see us all in limos, Jaguars and B'mos Riding on the King's Highway To the Promise Land Going to the Promise Land O, Gosh Yeah, the Promise Land Yeah, the Promise Land Oh Promised Land, I picture Porsches, Basquiat portraits Pinky rings realistic princesses Heiresses bunch a kings and queens Plus I picture fortunes for kids out in Port-Au-Prince Powerless, they not allowed to fit but not about to slip Vision Promised Land with fashion like Madison Ave, Manhattan, Saks 5th Ave and Rodeo Relaxing popping labels, Promise Land no fables This where the truth's told, use them two holes Above your nose to see the proof yo Imagine a contraption that could take us back When the world was run by black men Back to the future, anything can happen If these are the last days and 100-food waves come crashing down I get some hash and pounds Pa** around the bud then watch the flood Can't stop apocalypse My synopsis is catastrophic If satellites is causing earthquakes Will we survive it? Honestly man it's the sign of the times And the times at hand There's a lot of work to be done, o gosh In the Promised Land Going to the Promise Land O gosh Take me to the Promise Land The Promise Land Oh, the Promise Land The Promise Land, oh, oh, yeah There's plenty of land for you and I Buy and buy Lots of food to share for everyone No time for segregation In the Promised Land Yes a to the Promised Land The Promised Land Going to The Promise Land Oh There's a lot of work to be done In the Promise