| What got me to this point, why am I not surprised.
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| No need for rewind, my life flashes right before my eyes,
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| I wasn’t unlike most, and specifically speaking
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| Grew up Muslim in public school, Islamic school on the weekend,
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| Once in a while made it to Jummah maybe not even that,
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| As far as Islam is concerned it really wasn’t where my head was at,
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| But it was cool if I made grades on the home front,
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| A 4.0 my parents bought me anything I want.
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| The «fly-est» gear to help me cop them digits,
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| Then maybe when I am 30 I’ll become religious
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| But later came, my disposition stayed the same,
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| Live your life one way too long it’s not so easy to change
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| I refrained from the things that was said to help me gain
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| And indulge in the things that I should of obstained
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| Mixed up caught up, going out of my brain
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| I guess it’s about the time, I ran into «Mary Jane» (Marijuana)
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| Inhalations in my breath, got my mind thinking less, oh yes,
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| And in this state I met the angel of death,
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| And then came the time for Allah to resurrect,
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| My soul from the clutches of a six foot depth
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| I find myself surrounded by the company I kept
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| Realizing full well this was the day of regret
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| And over the horizon, slowly it crept,
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| Anticipation thoughts racing and I’m losing my breath
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| And with all my might my right arm I stretch,
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| Imagine my reaction, I caught my book in my left,
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| I caught my book in my LEFT!!! |
| I caught my book in my left!
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| Save me from the, Hell fire, Hell fire, Hell fire
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| Save me from the, Hell fire, Hell fire, Hell fire
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| Everybody will come to the hour
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| When we stand all alone in horror
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| And we hope that our deeds will help us through
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| Only one we can blame is ourselves
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| We were blessed with our youth and our health
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| And we wonder why our deeds are few
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| Everybody-gets a wake up call,
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| Take a warning before the nightfall
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| Use the time right now for making prayer
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| And on the day when there is no shelter
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| The good deeds are your only helpers
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| You’ll be proud when you see that they’re there.
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| I’m looking back now at my life on the earth
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| Been thinking about my deeds and what everything was worth
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| Like the time I was listening to a speech about Hell,
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| It really made me scared cause he broke it down well,
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| Never you forget about those angels undercover, or the.
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| Day when your good deeds are weighed against the others
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| Bad deeds brought together, then you discover
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| Your good deeds are just feathers, you start to shudder
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| Then- the- angels come nasty, ugly as ever,
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| Grab you by the forehead, and start to make you suffer
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| Hot, boiling water, Burning fire forever,
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| Waiting for a pause in the pain, but it be never →
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| As I rode to my school, I told myself there ain’t no way I’m gonna be a fool,
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| And forget Allah’s rules.
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| Eyes on the prize, gonna stay wise,
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| As I go to class, socialize with the guys.
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| But whoa, look at the time, the next prayer’s in,
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| I’m here chillin' - they’ll start staring
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| Slip to bathroom, find an empty classroom,
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| Don’t wanna miss a prayer here at school or even at home
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| Man it was a struggle, trying to be a Muslim and staying out of trouble,
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| The stress seemed double,
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| Even watching TV, I had have patrol,
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| Hands on remote control, just to save my soul
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| But deep in my heart yo I knew it,
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| I could really do it, If I pushed myself through it,
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| Living all my youth with Islam, see it only grew me stronger,
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| Withholding temptations for longer and longer,
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| But now it pays off, if the fire stays off,
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| Be chilling for eternity forever days off,
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| Got my book in right and my fate is looking well,
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| They put struggles of my youth on the good side of my scale
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| With the mercy of Allah, I won’t fail, Cause truly
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| Not a moment, not a moment did I want in Hell.
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| Cause not a moment, not a moment would I want in hell. |