With thanks to Femi Ashiru and the late Ian Joshua. You may also like Arkestar's remix - here is the link:
https://soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents/brian-peters-a-man-of-promise-arkestar-rmx-2021-copy
Man of Promise (Brian Peters)
He was a man of promise coming down
Riding through the dusty white southern towns
They heard his music, they thought he was strange
But they needed somebody, it was time for change
They gave him their disease and they gave him hate
They led to the elders at the city gates
He toppled the tables at the house of commerce
And everyone was frightened of the man of promise
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He stood in the jaw of the lion
He walked through the trap of the bear
He laid in the nest of the eagle
And he trampled on the serpent’s head
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He was a man of promise come from God
He carried the scales and he carried the rod
The rod was straight, the scales were set
The writing on the wall was the letter of death
Everybody knew that the end would come
In a hail of bullets from a friendly gun
They strung up a recluse, a Judas, a Thomas
Then they started looking for another man of promise
