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Artist: Toots And The Maytals
Canonical path: /toots-and-the-maytals/the-preacher
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The Preacher
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The Preacher
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Got to, got to, got to, got to
Kneeling, oh kneeling
Kneeling, kneeling under ever loving ways
Feel I'm going to lose my mind
Feel like I'm going to cry right now
Feel I'm going to lose my mind
Feel I'm going to cry right now
And he said Sister
You better come fall down on your knees and pray for all your sins
And he said Brother
You know you're fitting for thy kingdom
Just like when Joshua commanded stood still
He didn't, stood still
And I said Father
Please, please, please have mercy upon me
'Cause I got to, got to, got to
Kneeling, oh kneeling
Kneeling, kneeling under ever loving ways
Everybody sing the song
Kneeling, oh kneeling
And God said let there be light
And God divided the dark from the light
And the light He called day and the darkness He called night
So the evening and the morning was the first day God created the heavens
and the earth
And this earth was without form and void
'Cause I got to, got to, got to
Kneeling, oh kneeling
Kneeling, kneeling under ever loving ways
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