Let My People Go

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[Chorus]
Go down Moses (Go down Moses)
To that modern day Egypt
And tell old Pharoah
To let my people go (Go down Moses, go down Moses)
He been treating them wrong too long, don't you know
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)

[Verse 1]
Tell my people (Tell my people), I am what I am (Oh yeah)
Let them know that I love them
And what they mean to me
Tell my people (Tell my people), who they are (Oh yeah)
Let them know that I love them
They need to know this desperately
Let my word drop as the raindrop (As the raindrop)
My speech distill as the dew (My speech distill as the dew)
Like a small rain upon the tender herb
Let them know that I chose you

[Chorus]
To go down (Go down Moses, go down Moses, go down)
To that modern day Egypt and tell old Pharoah
To let my people go
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
He been treating them wrong too long, don't you know
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)

[Verse 2]
Educate my people (My people)
They don't know which way go (They don't know, they don't know)
They just going round and around, because a white man stole their mind (Tell my people that a white man stole their mind)
Let them know (Let them know), they're the ones that turn from me
That's why they've been in slavery
Such a long, long time (Tell my people they've been slaving for a long time)

[Bridge]
So shall my word go forth out of my mouth
It shall not return unto me void (Shall not return unto me void)
It should accomplish that which I please
It'll bring them lots of joy

[Chorus]
Why don't you go down, Moses (Go down Moses, go down Moses, go down Moses)
To that modern day Egypt and tell old Pharoah
He's gotta let my people go
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
He been treating them wrong too long (So long), don't you know
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Educate my people (My people)
They don't know which way go (They don't know, they don't know)
They just going round and around, because a white man stole their mind (Tell my people that a white man stole their mind)
Let them know (Let them know), they're the ones that turn from me
That's why they've been in slavery
For such a long, long time (Tell my people they've been slaving for a long time)

[Bridge]
So shall my word go forth out of my mouth
It shall not return unto me void (Shall not return unto me void)
It should accomplish that which I please
It'll bring them lots of joy

[Chorus]
Why don't you go down, Moses (Go down Moses, go down Moses, go down Moses)
To that modern day Egypt and tell old Pharoah
He's gotta let my people go
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
He's been treating them wrong too long, so long, don't you know
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
He's been doing my people bad, making my children sad
Don't you know
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
He's been doing my children wrong, for such a long, long, long, long, long, long time

[Outro]
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
Go down Moses, go down Moses
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
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(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
Go down Moses, go down Moses
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)
Go down Moses
(Go down Moses, tell the Pharoah to let my people go)