9-9 say greetings in the name of the mighty king and IIt's a play by the king, love is downI bring an eye on South AfricaIt's time to have some little dreadlocksThe promised landGoing to the promised landYes, the promised landOh gosh, nowTo the promised landImagine Ghana like CaliforniaWith sunset fully whiteJohannesburg would be MiamiSomalia like New YorkWith the most pretty lightsThe toughest pretty canEvery new year the African timesSquare like halfImagine Lagos like Las VegasThe ballast them a ballAngola like AtlantaA beer plane take offPush cans in AmaliChicago in a chatMagic kingdom in a heatIt's a play by the king, love is downNo change for the people in the Delta in SudanThe Congo like ColoradoPort Knox in NagyabanPeople livin' in MoroccoLike the state of OregonAlgeria warmer than ArizonaBring your sun lotionEarly morning class of yogaOn the beach in SenegalEthiopia the capitalFor the congressionThat's how I belongWhere the king come fromI can see us all in limosDrag your arms and dims usRiding on the kingdomI picture Porsches, Basquiat portraits, pinky rings, realistic princesses, heiresses, bunchof 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 Fifth Avenue, Rodeo.Relaxin', poppin' labels, promised lands, no fables.This where the truth's told, use them two hoes above your nose to see the proof, yo.Imagine a contraption that could take us backward, the world was run by black men.Back to the future, anything could happen.If these are the last days, and hundred foot waves come crashing down, I guess I'm gonnahave some hash, some pounds, pass around some buzz and watch the flood.Can't stop apocalypse, my synopsis is catastrophic, if satellites is causin' earthquakes, willwe 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, oh gosh, here's the promised land.Yeah, talking bout the promised land.Oh gosh, take me to the promised land.The promised land.The promised land, oh, the promised landThe promised land, oh, the promised landThere's plenty of land for you and ITime, by and byLots of food to share for every oneThe love of segregation in the promised landListen to the promised landThe promised landGoing to the promised landThere's a lot of work to be done, oh goshIn the promised land*