"Exodus" lyrics

For four hundred years
My people have never heard the sound
Of freedom
We cried many tears
To the God of our fathers
Adonai
Yahweh promised to save
And how we long for that great day
The day of deliverance
The da-a-a-ay
Of freedom

From the burning bush
That called a man
Who was sent for the wrath of the Pharaoh
Pharaoh slaughtered millions of children
But this one became son of Pharaoh's daughter
"Moses
Drawn out from the river
Take off your shoes, you are on Holy Ground
I'm raising you up
To tell Pharaoh, 'Let My people go!'
Pharaoh, let My people go
Pharaoh, let My people go"
I'm sending this place
I'm sending pestilence so hear what I say
Let My people go (Pharaoh, let My people go)
Turning water into blood, I'm sending frogs
I'm sending lice, let My people go (Pharaoh, let My people go)
Flies will be everywhere, your livestock will die
Boils, hails, locusts
Darkness will fill the sky (Pharaoh, let My people go)
And every house
All over Egypt except those covered by the blood of the Lamb
The first-born die, the Pharaoh cries saying
"Moses, take Israel and go!"

And when we first left Egypt
We thought victory was won
Little did we know
That Pharaoh was not done
But with Pharaoh's army behind
And the Red Sea before
Moses lifted up his rod and he called on the name of the Lord

And the sea split
Parted in two
Pharaoh and his army drowned but we came on through
And the sea split (Ohhh)
Parted in two
Pharaoh and his army drowned but we came on through

I've been delivered (I've been delivered)
I've been set free (I've been set free)
The horse and the rider (The horse and the rider)
Drowned in the Red Sea
God broke the chains (God broke the chains)
Of captivity (Of captivity)
Hallelujah, I've been delivered
I've been set free, yeah

When we crossed over
Coming out of the water
We looked back and wondered
At the horse and the rider
Pharaoh and his army
Are defeated and destroyed
Oh, the shouting
And singing
And dancing for joy

For the sea split
Parted in two
Pharaoh and his army drowned but we came on through
And the sea split (Ohhh)
Parted in two
Pharaoh and his army drowned but we came on through

I've been delivered (I've been delivered)
I've been set free (I've been set free)
The horse and the rider (The horse and the rider)
Drowned in the Red Sea
Yeah, God broke the chains (God broke the chains)
Of captivity (Of captivity)
Hallelujah, I've been delivered
I've been set free, yeah

When God delivered Israel from Egypt
They didn't come crawling out, trying to wade through the Red Sea
When God brought them out of Egypt they came out with boldness
They came out with an edge
They came out with fervency
They came out with passion
They came out with Miriam on her tambourine
Saying the horse and the rider are thrown into the Sea
Oh, and I'm hearing that tambourine in my spirit
And I know there's a church mama out here somewhere
That's got a tambourine out here singing

No bondage, no chains
No shackles, no shame
No yokes, no fear
My freedom is here
(Oh, no jail) No jail, no cage
No prison, no slaves
It's jubilee
(The captives are set free) The captives are free
No bondage, no chains
No shackles, no shame
(No yokes) No yokes, no fear
My freedom is here
No jail, no cage
No prison, no slaves
(It's jubilee) It's jubilee
(Oh) The captives are free

When I came out
I came out with boldness
When I came out
I came out with power
When I came out
I came out in victory
Who the Son sets free
Is free indeed

I've been delivered (I've been delivered)
I've been set free (I've been set free)
The horse and the rider (The horse and the rider)
Drowned in the Red Sea
God broke the chains (God broke the chains)
Of captivity (Of captivity)
Hallelujah, I've been delivered
I've been...
I've been delivered (I've been delivered)
I've been set free (I've been set free)
The horse and the rider (The horse and the rider)
Drowned in the Red Sea
God broke the chains (God broke the chains)
Of captivity (Of captivity)
Hallelujah, I've been delivered
I've been set free, yeah