[00:09.60]  Lord I've really been real stressed
[00:12.09] Down and out, losin ground
[00:14.37] Although I am black and proud
[00:16.89] Problems got me pessimistic
[00:19.26] Brothers and sisters keep messin up
[00:21.63] Why does it have to be so damn tuff?
[00:24.06] I don't know where I can go
[00:26.10] To let these ghosts out of my skull
[00:28.68] My grandmas past, my brothers gone
[00:31.20] I never at once felt so alone
[00:33.54] I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
[00:36.03] Not just my spare tire (home)
[00:38.34] But lord I ask you (home)
[00:40.80] To be my guiding force and truth (home)
[00:43.14] For some strange reason it had to be (home)
[00:45.57] He guided me to Tennessee (home)
[00:47.19] (Chorus) Take me to another place
[00:57.69] Take me to another land
[01:02.49] Make me forget all that hurts me
[01:04.86] Let me understand your plan
[01:07.26] Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
[01:09.72] Talkin to each other every night and day
[01:12.03] Although you're superior over me
[01:14.31] We talk to each other in a friendship way
[01:16.80] Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
[01:19.32] Outta the country and into more country
[01:21.72] Past Dyesburg into Ripley
[01:24.09] Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
[01:26.31] Walk the roads my forefathers walked
[01:28.86] Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
[01:31.32] Ask those trees for all their wisdom
[01:33.63] They tell me my ears are so young (home)
[01:36.12] Go back to from whence you came (home)
[01:38.34] My family tree my family name (home)
[01:40.80] For some strange reason it had to be (home)
[01:43.20] He guided me to Tennessee (home)
[02:13.77] Chorus
[02:14.55] Now I see the importance of history
[02:16.92] Why people be in the mess that they be
[02:19.23] Many journeys to freedom made in vain
[02:21.69] By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
[02:24.09] I ask you lord why you enlightened me
[02:26.46] Without the enlightment of all my folks
[02:28.86] He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
[02:31.92] And he was there to quench my thirst
[02:34.11] But I am still thirsty...
[02:38.46] The lord allowed me to drink some more
[02:40.80] He said what I am searchin for are
[02:43.17] The answers to all which are in front of me
[02:45.63] The ultimate truth started to get blurry
[02:47.91] For some strange reason it had to be
[02:50.19] It was all a dream about Tennessee