UNSURE OF WHAT THE BALANCE HELD/
I TOUCHED MY BELLY OVERWHELMED/ BY
WHAT I HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO PERFORM/ BUT
THEN AN ANGEL CAME ONE DAY/ TOLD ME TO
KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY/ FOR UNTO ME A MAN
CHILD WOULD BE BORN/ WOE THIS CRAZY
CIRCUMSTANCE/ I KNEW HIS LIFE DESERVED A
CHANCE/ BUT EVERYBODY TOLD ME TO BE
SMART/ LOOK AT YOUR CAREER THEY SAID/
"LAURYN, BABY, USE YOUR HEAD"/ BUT
INSTEAD I CHOSE TO USE MY HEART

NOW THE JOY OF MY WORLD IS IN ZION
NOW THE JOY OF MY WORLD IS IN ZION

HOW BEAUTIFUL IF NOTHING MORE/ THAN TO
WAIT AT ZION'S DOOR/ I'VE NEVER BEEN IN
LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE/ NOW LET ME PRAY TO
KEEP YOU FROM/ THE PERILS THAT WILL SURELY
COME/ SEE LIFE FOR YOU MY PRINCE HAS JUST
BEGUN/ AND I THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ME/
TO COME THROUGH UNTO LIFE TO BE/ A
BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION OF HIS GRACE/ FOR I
KNOW THAT A GIFT SO GREAT/ IS ONLY ONE GOD
COULD CREATE/ AND I'M REMINDED EVERY
TIME I SEE YOUR FACE

THAT THE JOY OF MY WORLD IS IN ZION
NOW THE JOY OF MY WORLD IS IN ZION
NOW THE JOY OF MY WORLD IS IN ZION
NOW THE JOY OF MY WORLD IS IN ZION

MARCHING, MARCHING, MARCHING TO ZION
MARCHING, MARCHING
MARCHING, MARCHING, MARCHING TO ZION
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL ZION
(repeat to end of song)