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Matisyahu - Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, if I
forget you,
Fire not gonna come from me tongue.
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do.
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Psalm
137:5 - If I forget thee, O
Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget her cunning.
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In the ancient days, we will return with no delay
Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way
We've been travelling from state to state
And them don't understand what they say
Three thousand years with no place to be
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And they want me to give up my milk and honey
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Exodus
3:8 - And I am come down to
deliver them
out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring
them
up out of that land unto a good land and a large,
unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the
place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and
the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and
the Jebusites.
Numbers 14:8 -
If the LORD delight in us, then he
will bring us into this land, and give it us; a
land which floweth with milk and honey.
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Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea
Not the country but the dwelling of His Majesty
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Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory
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Zechariah
6:13 - Even he shall build the
temple
of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and
shall
sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a
priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace
shall be between them both.
Matthew 26:61 -
And said, This fellow said, I am
able to destroy the temple of God, and to build
it
in three days.
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Years gone by, about sixty
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Jeremiah
25:11 - And this whole land
shall be a
desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations
shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah 29:10 -
For thus saith the LORD, That
after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I
will visit you, and perform my good word toward
you,
in causing you to return to this place.
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Burn in the oven in this century
And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke
me
I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep
They come overseas, yes they're trying to be free
Erase the demons out of our memory
Change your name and your identity
Afraid of the truth and our dark history
Why is everybody always chasing me
Cut off the roots of your family tree
Don't you know that's not the way to be
Caught up in these ways, and the world has gone
crazy
Don't you know it's just a phase
Case of the Simon says
If I forget the truth then my words won't
penetrate
Babylon burning in the place, can't see through
the haze
Chop down all of them dirty ways,
That's the price that you pay for selling lies to
the youth
No way, not ok, oh no way, not ok, hey
Ain't no one gonna break my stride
Ain't no one gonna pull me down
Oh no, I got to keep on moving
Stay alive
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