Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee

[Verse 1: Speech]
Lord, I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losing ground
Although I am Black and proud
Problems got me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messin' up
Why does it have to be so damn tough
I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull
My grandma passed, my brother's gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire (home)
But, Lord, I ask you (home)
To be my guiding force and truth (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)

[Chorus]
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
[Verse Two]
Lord, it's obvious we got a relationship
Talking to each other every night and day
Although you're superior over me
We talk to each other in a friendship way
Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta the country and into more country
Past Dyersburg into Ripley
Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
Walk the roads my forefathers walked
Climb the trees my forefathers hung from
Ask those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young (home)
Go back to from whence you came (home)
Your family tree, your family name (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
And it goes like

[Chorus]
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan, Lord

[Interlude]
The drums give the weary strength
The bass gives the neglected warmth
Our heart imitates the rhythm of the drums
Every morning we rise just to fall
Fight, my ancestors tell me, fight
Whatever's in the darkness
Always comes to light

[Verse 3: Speech]
Now I see the importance of history
Why my people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playing ghetto games
I ask You, Lord, why You enlightened me
Without the enlightenment of all my folks
He said cause I set myself on a quest for truth
And He was there to quench my thirst
But I am still thirsty
Lord, no[?]
The Lord allowed me to drink some more
He said what I am searching for are
The answers to all which are in front of me
The ultimate truth started to get blurry
For some strange reason it had to be
It was all a dream about Tennessee

[Chorus]
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
Oh

Oooh, won't you let me
Won't you help me
Won't you help me understand your plan?

Ooohh
Take me home
Take me home, home
Take me to another place
Take me home

Alright, alright
It goes like this

Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Take me to another place
Let me understand your plan