Promised Land

They tell you love don't cost a thing

Them folks all got diamond rings

And they say it's the punch that you don't see coming

They can't hit me if I don't stop running, running, running, running

We are what they aren't, we do what they don't

We love how we live, we live how they won't

We say what we say and we don't give a damn

We ain't living in no promised land

Until the day that we die they drink from our cup

Sell us a lie and we buy it up

And I'm just a fool who understands

That we ain't living in no promised land

We ain't living in no promised land

We ain't living in no promised land

They say work real hard and it all works out

From their penthouse suite or their spot uptown

I can hear the sound of the footsteps coming

Yeah, but they can't hurt me if I don't fear nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin'

We are what they aren't, we do what they don't

We love how we live, we live how they won't

We say what we say and we don't give a damn

We ain't living in no promised land

Until the day that we die they drink from our cup

Sell us a lie and we buy it up

I'm just a fool who understands

That we ain't living in no promised land

No, we ain't living in no promised land

We ain't living in no promised land

We are what they aren't, we do what they don't

We love how we live, we live how they won't

We say what we say and we don't give a damn

We ain't living in no promised land

Until the day that we die they drink from our cup

Sell us a lie and we buy it up

I'm just a fool who understands

That we ain't living in no promised land

We are what they aren't, we do what they don't

We love how we live, we live how they won't

We say what we say and we don't give a damn

We ain't living in no promised land

Until the day that we die they drink from our cup

Sell us a lie and we buy it up

I'm just a fool who understands

That we ain't living in no promised land

No, we ain't living in no promised land

We ain't living in no promised land