Revelation from within.

Bismillahi rahmani rahim

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

Revelation comes from within

I search and search and everything I find is grim

The son of Adam and Eve

So I am ordained to sin

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

I was born a Muslim making a terrorist from the age of one

Walahi I might as well be in a turban running around with a loaded gun

I am the world’s number one enemy, they pray for the day they get rid of me

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

How can they claim promotion of peace and liberty

When day and night drones fly over and bombs rain on top of me

I am a Muslim, surely I was warned of such an existence

That’s why the Quran and the most beloved told me the merit of patience

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

I listen to my heart dearly, what am I worth if I can think clearly

Should I give in to the animal within and live how they want

Forget the hereafter and live like those mentally and physically blunt

Surely that is the goal pursued by the enemy

Struggling to keep this imaan razor sharp, steadfastness is a patient man’s art

I must stay strong even if they pull me apart

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

Ya Allah by your name I die and I live

Ya Allah if you wish my soul to keep

Whether I am walking or in the deepest of sleep

Or your wish is to send this soul back to me

Then protect me with that which you protect your most humble of servants

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

I seek protection from the devil hanging from my left shoulder

From the hypocrites and the serpents, worshipers of the sterling and the dollar

Ignorance to the plight of the coming hour

Ya Allah only you know how much my soul is restless

I find myself swimming like a lost salmon amongst the thoughtless

Trust resides with you that much I know so I will never be hopeless

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

This is from the heart; Ya Allah you blessed me from the very start

I promise that as long as I breathe my tongue and these worlds will never be apart

Sometimes I wish I could dwell in the Himalayas, with my humble other half

Distant from a tainted society, ensuring I remain on the straight path

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

Where else can I go, my homeland resembles a black hole

Where you come across a road block and your life is currency for the toll

Where the child is born sharing the mother’s womb with a bullet

The land where the dignity of the woman is unprotected

We don’t bury people no more we dump them in ditches

And if you find my words fictious

I would gladly point you to the facts and those who trade innocent blood for riches

Let me say what I want to say

The devil on my back so strength I find when I pray

Ya Allah I am a father of three, and I know you are the sustainer of all the inhabitants of the land and sea

Yet I find myself thinking ignorantly, what will they become

will they be deligent and kind to the people or tyrants beneath the lord's sun

Will they stand like the sahaba or become pawns of the pacifier

Lusting and living for this dunya, only you hold the answer

I ask that you make them the most pious of the umah

Respectful and gentle to the mother, never to think and react in anger

Ya Allah forgive us all for our shortcomings and unite us all in the highest gardens of jannah

Ya Allah give me strength and courage similar to the one my father named me after

I wish only to serve you and stand tall for my people and those who share the same goals i aspire.

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