Black Dancin' Jesus

from Into the Light by Lion O. King

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is there a treasure out in the sea? - no one knows
is Trump the only one who can't see? - no one knows
when are the last bees gonna die? - no one knows
when is Africa gonna rise above the
shores of the promised land?

i gotta move
like a black dancin' Jesus
at the age of forty-five
holdin' hands with the devil
who's the one who’ll free us?

when will the shackled finally be free? - no one knows
when are we gonna burn the last tree? - no one knows
when are the last birds gonna fly? - no one knows
when is Africa gonna rise
above the shores of the promised land?

i gotta move…

don’t talk about love if you cannot invest
who is our savior and who is the pest?
stop buying the crap that was crafted for fools
who entitle their masters by being their tools
imprisoned by visions ashamed to allow
slitting the throat of our sacred cow
afraid to acknowledge that we‘ve got to vow
salvation has always been knowing the Now.

i gotta move...

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from Into the Light, released December 31, 2020

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Lion O. King Berlin, Germany

Born in Ethiopia, raised in New York, Naples and Addis Ababa, and cutting his teeth at festivals such as SXSW, Hurricane and Rock am Ring, Lion O. King is an oddball citizen of the World with a sound as scruffy and sleek as his big-city cowboy mustache. ... more

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