I left my home
In
Norfolk Virginia
California
On my mind
Straddled
That Greyhound
Rode him
Past Raleigh
On across
Caroline
Stopped
In Charlotte
And bypassed
Rock Hill
And we never
Was a minute late
We was
Ninety miles
Out of Atlanta
By sundown
Rollin' 'cross
The Georgia state
We had motor
Trouble it
Turned into
A struggle
Half way
'Cross Alabama
And that 'hound
Broke down
And left us
All stranded
In downtown
Birmingham
Straight off
I bought me
A through
Train ticket
Ridin' cross
Mississippi
Clean
And I was on
That midnight
Flyer out
Of Birmingham
Smoking into
New Orleans
Somebody
Help me get
Out of Louisiana
Just help me get
To Houston town
There's
People there
Who care
A little 'bout me
And they won't let
The poor boy down
Sure
As you're born
They bought me
A silk suit
Put luggage
In my hands
And I woke up high
Over Albuquerque
On a jet
To the promised land
Workin' on a T-bone
Steak a la carte
Flying over
To the Golden State
The pilot told me
In thirteen minutes
We'd be headin'
In the terminal gate
Swing low
Sweet chariot
Come down easy
Taxi
To the terminal zone
Cut your engines
Cool your wings
And let me make it
To the telephone
Los Angeles
Ggive me
Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater
Four ten O nine
Tell the folks
Back home
This is
The promised land
Callin'
And the poor boy's
On the line
The lyrics PROMISED LAND of MOS DEF is also present in the album Cadillac records
Mos Def, pseudonimo di Yasiin Bey, è un rapper, cantautore e attore statunitense nato a Brooklyn, New York. Cresciuto nel quartiere di Clinton Hill, ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale negli anni '90 come membro del gruppo hip hop Black Star, insieme al collega Talib Kweli. Mos Def si distingue per le sue rime intricate, il flow poetico e le tematiche sociali che affronta nelle sue canzoni. Oltre alla musica, ha recitato in numerosi film e serie televisive, tra cui "16 Blocks", "The Italian Job" e "Blade II". Nel 2009 ha cambiato il suo nome legale in Yasiin Bey, dichiarando di volersi allontanare dalla cultura mainstream americana. Mos Def è considerato uno degli artisti hip hop più influenti e rispettati della sua generazione. Alcuni dei suoi brani più rappresentativi includono "Ms. Fat Booty", "Umi Says", e "Know That".
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