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.
Hamza Egal © copyright 2011 all rights reserved.
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