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Road to Zion

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"Road to Zion"
Single by Damian Marley featuring Nas
from the album Welcome to Jamrock
Released2005
Length5:17
LabelTuff Gong/Universal
SongwritersDamian Marley, Nasir Jones
ProducerStephen Marley
Damian Marley singles chronology
"The Master Has Come Back"
(2005)
"Road to Zion"
(2005)
"Beautiful"
(2006)
Nas singles chronology
"In Public"
(2005)
"Road to Zion"
(2005)
"Hip Hop Is Dead"
(2006)

"Road to Zion" was the 2nd US single to be taken from Damian Marley's[1][2][3][4][5] Welcome to Jamrock, while "The Master Has Come Back" was released in Europe.

It contains a sample from "Russian Lullaby" by Ella Fitzgerald.

The song also inspired Nas and Damian Marley to record an EP together, which later turned into the full-length album Distant Relatives released in 2010.

Music video

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The video was filmed in Kew Gardens and it features cameos from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 (on the street), George Clinton and Game being locked up with Nas, and Damian handing out postcards with the Lion of Judah on them. After Nas analyzes the card, he manages to escape the prison he’s in and reunite with the young Marley back in a project hallway.

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Road to Zion - Damian Marley | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-09-30
  2. ^ Ltd, BandLab Singapore Pte. "Damian Marley - Road To Zion (Ft. Nas) | Damian Jr.Gong Marley". ReverbNation. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  3. ^ www.hhv.de https://www.hhv.de/en/records/item/damian-marley-road-to-zion-feat-nas-48741?srsltid=AfmBOorkKuh79jB-O2BTBvAsld8n1XTklsUUVZTzEejxNQsDiNKAnHqL. Retrieved 2025-09-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Damian Marley, NAS: Road to Zion – Critique(s) of Violence". Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  5. ^ Flowers, Frank E., Road to Zion (Short, Music), The Game, Jamie Harris, Damian Marley, New Radical Media, retrieved 2025-09-30
  6. ^ "British single certifications – Damian Jr Gong Marley – Road to Zion". British Phonographic Industry.