| Everyone listen what I’m 'bout to speak, singin'
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| Saul was the king first but he stumbled in defeat, sinkin'
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| He looked good (looked good)
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| He looked fine (looked fine)
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| Yet he really lost his mind
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| Before I knew him Dave was watchin' Jesse’s sheep, slingin'
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| Told them God’s plan, «Jesse, that child’s meant to be king and»
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| He knocked on (He knocked on)
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| Goliath’s door (Goliath's door)
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| He knocked on Goliath’s door
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| And helped Israel win the war
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| Oh whoa!
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| I knew he was valiant enough
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| Yes, I did, and so I told him, you’re a king God can really love
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| Now read together nearly everything that they did and
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| 'Cept for Bathsheba 'cause that was a mistake, sinning
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| Now I’ve heard (I've heard)
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| He’s fine (He's fine)
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| I’ve heard he’s fine
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| Let me tell you one more time
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| Oh whoa! | 
| I knew it was gonna be rough
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| Yes, I did, and so I told him, You’ll be king, just believe and trust
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| Now read together First and Second Samuel’s pages and
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| I’m in half of it, that’s how it got my name, dig it?
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| Do what David did and Saul didn’t do
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| Now I’ve heard (I've heard)
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| He’s fine (He's fine)
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| I’ve heard he’s fine
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| Let me tell you one more time |