Man Of Promise by Brian Peters published on 2021-08-05T12:21:05Z 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 - 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 - 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 Genre Friendly Gun Comment by StyleAnge 👋🏿👌🏼👍🏻 2023-04-02T17:51:07Z Comment by Craig T Elliott Fantastic song with stellar vocals and performances! 2023-02-18T22:28:41Z Comment by Red&Blue Great songwriting!! 2022-12-20T17:59:37Z Comment by Doug Roossien Great tribute to Jesus ...powerful Brian 2022-07-14T18:32:25Z Comment by Daniels & Durgy A classic tale in song. I can see the crowds gathered for this fine performance Brian! Durge 2022-05-09T05:32:10Z Comment by 2TEC this song has a lot of Cat Stevens quality very nice 2022-02-13T19:48:02Z Comment by Dirk Diamond Production wise this feels like something plucked out of the 60s. Nice work! 2022-02-13T11:44:03Z Comment by David Dunham Fine writing and performance with some slightly veiled Gospel references. A very engaging listen. 2021-12-21T17:25:50Z Comment by theta θ state ☆☆☆ classic melody ☆☆☆ 2021-12-20T16:47:56Z Comment by Hilary Dirlam Oh, Brian, so beautiful 2021-12-11T16:55:27Z Comment by Dominique Briand Nice song ! 2021-11-27T12:14:47Z Comment by One and Other love it... its a hit :) 2021-11-23T23:43:46Z Comment by mayur saikia your effective writing, arrangement & vocal stylings are vintage stuff! cheers Brian 2021-11-23T10:00:14Z Comment by Richard Brown Super cool track! I dig the way this was written and arranged. The driving riff is really good esspecially when the tamborine kicks in. Vocals are awesome! 2021-11-10T22:00:12Z Comment by Davy Vance An anthemic message in song. Good work Brian. 2021-11-02T17:54:32Z Comment by VDO Nice section here ! 2021-10-19T17:06:13Z Comment by VDO Awesome energetic vocals Brian !! Really good 2021-10-19T17:05:51Z Comment by Ricardo da Silva wonderful story telling with beautiful lyrics 2021-10-11T11:51:12Z Comment by No killie fish Great live sound Brian, great lyrics, great vocal performance 2021-10-05T09:12:06Z Comment by Mila_Rozhkova Nice! 2021-10-01T19:34:22Z Comment by Arnold Dawson Cool gotta 60's vibe or something yeah cool 2021-10-01T00:19:25Z Comment by Graham J Williams A great track Brian; quality song writing and performance. 2021-09-26T16:09:13Z Comment by Waveology This man do anything 🔥… nice track 2021-09-26T11:05:02Z Comment by Pat.E wow, great song Bryan! And your lyrics always inspiring me. 2021-09-23T06:49:04Z Comment by Bas Kooman Love the lyrics and the contrasting (happy) music to them. The cheering crowd in the background is atmospheric cherry on the pie. 2021-09-18T15:43:01Z Comment by F.M.PERSON nice song! 2021-09-12T01:47:19Z Comment by Liz Dicker a nice song Brian... 2021-09-11T18:06:43Z Comment by Edward Cortes composer Very nice track. 2021-09-10T06:13:03Z Comment by Docvet great song 2021-09-05T06:56:32Z Comment by Darren Sullivan great sound Brian. Love this. 2021-09-04T22:34:49Z