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All American Prophet

All American Prophet lyrics by The Book of Mormon. You all know the Bible Is made of Testaments old and new You been told it's just those two parts Or only...

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All American Prophet

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You all know the Bible

Is made of Testaments old and new

You been told it's just those two parts

Or only one if you're a Jew

But what if I were to tell you

There's a fresh third part out there

Which was found by a hip new prophet

Who had a little Donny Osmond flair?

Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed voice of God

He didn't come from the Middle East

Like those other holy men

No, God's favorite prophet was All-American

I'm gonna take you back to Biblical times: 1823. An American man named Joe living on a farm in the holy land of Rochester, New York.

You mean the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith?

That's right. That young man spoke to God.

He spoke to God?!

And God said, "Joe, people really need to know that the Bible isn't two parts. There's a part three to the Bible, Joe. And I, God, have anointed you to dig up this part three that is buried by a tree on a hill in your backyard."

Wow! God says go to your backyard and start digging? That makes perfect sense!

Joseph Smith went up on that hill

And dug where he was told

And deep in the ground

Joseph found

Shining plates of gold

"What are these Golden Plates? Who buried them here and why?"

Then appeared an Angel

His name was Moroni

"I am Moroni"

The All-American Angel

My people lived here long, long ago

This is a history of my race

Please read the words within

We were Jews who met with Christ but we were All-American

But don't let anybody see these Plates except for you

They are only for you to see

Even if people ask you to show the Plates to them

Don't

Just copy them onto normal paper

Even though this might make them question if the Plates are real or not

This is sort of what God is going for

Joseph took the Plates home

And wrote down what he found inside

He turned those Plates into a book

Then he rushed into town and cried,

"Hey, God spoke to me and gave me

This blessed ancient tome

He hath commanded me to publish it

And stick it in every home"

Wow, so the Bible is actually a trilogy, and The Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi? I'm interested!

Now many people didn't believe the Prophet Joseph Smith

They thought he'd made up this part three that was buried by a tree on the hill in his backyard

"Liar!"

But Joe said,

"This is no lie,

Speak to God all the time

And he told me to head West"

"So I'll take my part three from the hill with the tree

Feel free if you'd like to come along with me

To the Promised Land"

"The Promised Land?"

"Paradise

On the West Coast

Nothing but fruit and fields as far as the eye can see"

Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?

He found a brand new book about Jesus Christ

We are following him to Paradise

We call ourselves Mormon

And our new religion is All-American

Wow! How much does it cost?

The Mormons kept on searching for

That place to settle down

And every time they thought they'd found it

They got kicked out of town

And even though people wanted

To see the Golden Plates

Joseph never showed 'em

I have maggots in my scrotum

Um... okay. Well, anyway...

Now comes the part of our story

That get a little bit sad

On the way to the Promised Land

Mormons made people mad

Joseph was shot by an angry mob

And knew he'd soon be done

"You must lead the people now

My good friend, Brigham Young"

"Oh, God

Why are you letting me die

Without having me show people the Plates

They'll have no proof I was telling the truth or not

They'll have to believe it just 'cause

Oh, I guess that's kinda what you were going for"

The Prophet Joseph Smith died for what he believed in. But as followers, they kept heading West. And Brigham Young led them to Paradise, a sparkling land in Utah they called Salt Lake City. And there, the Mormons multiplied, and made big Mormon families, generation after generation. Until finally, they made me. And now it's my job to lead you where those early settlers were led long ago.

Have you heard of the All-American Prophet? (Kevin Price)

The next in line to be the voice of God (My best friend)

He's gonna do something incredible

And be Joseph Smith again

Because Kevin Price the Prophet is All-American

If you order now we'll also throw in a set of steak knives!

All-American

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