Everywhere I go they call me preacher man,
teacher man;
look into the future
tell us what you can
what you can;
tell us like an Obeah man..
Voodoo man..
Son of a preacher, preacher, preacher man
we need your hand.
I come to show you things
you don't understand,
don't understand.
Like we're headed to des-truc-tion
des-truc-tion!
Every woman& man,
woman & man.
I know 'cause I'm the preacher man,
teacher man.
I look into the future
tell you what you can
why you can't,
tell you like a wejee man,
the world in his hand,
world in his hand/
Son of a preacher,
preacher, preacher man
teacher man,
tell us, tell us, what you can
what you can
If they tell you it's impossible
then know that you can,
know that you can
'cause you heard it from the preacher man
preacher man.
Some niggahs acting
like they scared of the Klan,
scared of the Klan
scared of all the things
they think they can,
think they can,
Three hundred fifty years
and we still fighting the man
fighting the man.
People there's a struggle at hand,
a struggle at hand.
Races come together
stop the hate in this land
hate in this land.
Take it from the preacher man,
teacher man .
Ladies in the house
you better stick with your man,
stick with your man
don't go chasing after waterfalls
you might get stuck in a jam,
stuck in a jam.
It's like everywhere I go
they call me preacher man,
teacher man
they screaming
preacher,preacher, preacher man!
Teacher man!
Tell us, tell us, what you can!
All you can!
To all them hoodlums in the land
who gots a gun in their hand,
gun in their hand,
from me to you cause I'm the preacher man,
teacher man..
See brother you got blood on your hand,
blood on your hand.
Hear the cries of all the children
it's all over the land,
over the land..
'cause their daddy's either dead
or doing time for the man,
time for the man.
Y'all better listen to the preacher man,
while you can;
cause your day is gonna come
who's going hold your hand,
hold your hand??
Everywhere I go they saying preacher man,
teacher man, we know you can,
'cause you're the man.
Politicians in the big house
doing what they can,
what they can,
to keep you blind
and keep your head in the sand,
head in the sand,
whilst they and their cronies
make a million grand,
a million grand;
and democracy is dead in this land
dead in this land;
and illusion and delusion
wave their magical wand
magical wand,
yet the people wave their flags
and still go clapping their hands,
clapping their hands;
proud to be American,
A m-e-r-r-y can??
but treated like aluminum cans,
aluminum cans.
The homeless and the hungry
they're all over your land,
over your land,
while business chase the silicon band
silicon band,
and computers make you short of hand,
short of hand.
Yes everywhere I go they call me preacher man
preacher man,
tell us, tell us, what you can, what you can
listen to the preacher man,
preacher man,
'cause he gots the world in his hand!!
teacher man;
look into the future
tell us what you can
what you can;
tell us like an Obeah man..
Voodoo man..
Son of a preacher, preacher, preacher man
we need your hand.
I come to show you things
you don't understand,
don't understand.
Like we're headed to des-truc-tion
des-truc-tion!
Every woman& man,
woman & man.
I know 'cause I'm the preacher man,
teacher man.
I look into the future
tell you what you can
why you can't,
tell you like a wejee man,
the world in his hand,
world in his hand/
Son of a preacher,
preacher, preacher man
teacher man,
tell us, tell us, what you can
what you can
If they tell you it's impossible
then know that you can,
know that you can
'cause you heard it from the preacher man
preacher man.
Some niggahs acting
like they scared of the Klan,
scared of the Klan
scared of all the things
they think they can,
think they can,
Three hundred fifty years
and we still fighting the man
fighting the man.
People there's a struggle at hand,
a struggle at hand.
Races come together
stop the hate in this land
hate in this land.
Take it from the preacher man,
teacher man .
Ladies in the house
you better stick with your man,
stick with your man
don't go chasing after waterfalls
you might get stuck in a jam,
stuck in a jam.
It's like everywhere I go
they call me preacher man,
teacher man
they screaming
preacher,preacher, preacher man!
Teacher man!
Tell us, tell us, what you can!
All you can!
To all them hoodlums in the land
who gots a gun in their hand,
gun in their hand,
from me to you cause I'm the preacher man,
teacher man..
See brother you got blood on your hand,
blood on your hand.
Hear the cries of all the children
it's all over the land,
over the land..
'cause their daddy's either dead
or doing time for the man,
time for the man.
Y'all better listen to the preacher man,
while you can;
cause your day is gonna come
who's going hold your hand,
hold your hand??
Everywhere I go they saying preacher man,
teacher man, we know you can,
'cause you're the man.
Politicians in the big house
doing what they can,
what they can,
to keep you blind
and keep your head in the sand,
head in the sand,
whilst they and their cronies
make a million grand,
a million grand;
and democracy is dead in this land
dead in this land;
and illusion and delusion
wave their magical wand
magical wand,
yet the people wave their flags
and still go clapping their hands,
clapping their hands;
proud to be American,
A m-e-r-r-y can??
but treated like aluminum cans,
aluminum cans.
The homeless and the hungry
they're all over your land,
over your land,
while business chase the silicon band
silicon band,
and computers make you short of hand,
short of hand.
Yes everywhere I go they call me preacher man
preacher man,
tell us, tell us, what you can, what you can
listen to the preacher man,
preacher man,
'cause he gots the world in his hand!!
