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Charlie Chaplin - Promised Land


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I say, Emperor God Selassie I the First
Standeth on his own two feet
 
There is a land far, far away, hey!
Where there's no night, there's only day
Revelation 21:25 - And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Seh, look into the Book of Life and you will see Revelation 20:12 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
That there's a land far, far away
That there's a land far, far away

Rise Emperor God Selassie I the First
Jesus Christ in His Kingly character
 
Now come as a Lamb to be slaughtered Isaiah 53:7 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Jeremiah 11:19 - But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Acts 8:32 - The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Head who come back a wash (??)
A bull-bucker and duppy conqueror
 
Alpha and Omega Revelation 1:8 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:11 - Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 21:6 - And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:13 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Carama I I Ashanti I  
JAH Rastafari! Psalm 68:4 - Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
King of kings and Lord of Lords 1 Timothy 6:15 - Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Revelation 17:14 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 19:16 - And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5 - And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
When the right time come, it a dread 'pon some  
Father go fight 'gainst the mother son Psalm 50:20 - Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Micah 7:6 - For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Luke 12:53 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Blood, sweat and tears
A wicked man shall flow up with fear
 
Why who wants some man a go run but to the island
The island seh him a run go somewhere fi hide himself
Man a go go to the sea
And sea a seh him haffi look somewhere fi hide himself
Amos 9:3 - And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
The God Yeshuah, my God, is a jealous God
I must praise no other God but him
Exodus 20:5 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus 34:14 - For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Deuteronomy 4:24 - For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 5:9 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deuteronomy 6:15 - (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
If a fish should keep him mouth shut
Him a would a never get caught
Now, eh, if a fish should a keep his mouth shut
Him a would a never get caught

You know, I make mention (???)
That a house is not a house without the dreadlocks
House is not a house without the dreadlocks
 
When rain a fall, it nah fall 'pon one man's house da Matthew 5:45 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Do it!
So mek we walk and talk with Jah love inna we heart
Walk and talk with Jah Jah love inna we heart
 
Jah love is like a morning sun
Jah love is like a day just begun
2 Samuel 23:4 - And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
But I say, Aks for the heathen
And that he'll give it for your inheritance
Psalm 2:8 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
God may I share the truth  
I will extol you mighty Father Psalm 68:4 - Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Cause what profit is there in I and I blood when I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?
Psalm 30:9 - What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Hear me O Jah, I call upon thee Psalm 5:1 - Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalm 17:6 - I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
I am weak, thou art strong 1 Corinthians 1:25 - Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 4:10 - We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
I lift up mine eyes unto the hills
From whence cometh my help
My help cometh from the LORD God Jah Rastafari
Who ruleth and reigneth in the heart of I and I
Psalm 121:1-2 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
God may I share the truth
Meanwhile, man a plan God a wipe-out
So may I show you ???
Jah never fail I yet
And anywhere I and I go, I want the whole world to know
That Rastafari never fail I yet
I and I burn down lightning and thunder
I and I burn down brimstone and fire
Blood! 'pon all wicked guy inna earth here

So dat's why me seh
King of kings and the Lord of lords
Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah
Elect of Jah, everlivin' Jah
Earth's rightful ruler without apology

Yes, Jah!
In the east, west, north and south
 



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