(feat. Sami Yusuf)
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I wish you were here
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Here next to me
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Been missing you so
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So desperately
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But lately I feel
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Like you feel and
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I see what you see
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How I'm missing you
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What happened to the ummah
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Once known so well...
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I wish you were here
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Here next to me
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Been missing you so
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So desperately
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But lately I feel
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Like you feel and
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I see what you see
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How I'm missing you
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What happened to the ummah
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Once known so well
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Greatness was known
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But now can u tell
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Used to inspire others with our way of thinking and speech
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People came from afar just to hear us teach
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Yo what happened to the ummah
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Once known so well
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Greatness was known
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But now can u tell
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Mosques are empty, refrigerators are stocked
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We lost our deen we feel secure
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'Cause our mansions are locked
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In my teen years salah wasn't really that tight
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Now I gotta pray each one of them twice
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What happened to the ummah
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Once known so well
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Greatness was known
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But now can u tell
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Brother we prefer light skinned women
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While righteously maintaining our deen against racism
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What happened to the ummah
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Once known so well
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Greatness was known
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But now can u tell
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I wish you were here
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Here next to me
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Been missing you so
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So desperately
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But lately I feel
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Like you feel and
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I see what you see
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How I'm missing you
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What happened to the ummah once known so well
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Greatness was known, but now can u tell
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Kids in Africa are starving - can't afford to cry
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I'll pay interest for a car I can't afford to buy
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What happened to the ummah once known so well
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Greatness was known, but now can u tell?
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We used to smile at each other, with faces full of light
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Now we frown at each other, we bicker and we fight
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Pops in the mosque praying, kids in the streets hating
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Kids on the corner selling, pops in the mosque preachin'
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What happened to the ummah once known so well
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Greatness was known but now can u tell?
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The Quran has left out hearts stranded, hanging on out walls
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6232verses, so strong
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9 out of 10 of us can't even read or write
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1924 feels distant like way before Christ
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I wish you were here
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Here next to me
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Been missing you so
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So desperately
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But lately I feel
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Like you feel and
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I see what you see
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How I'm missing you
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Que le pasA³ a la maza
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Como puede ser
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La grandeza conocida
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No la puedo ver
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He visto como mi figura cae en tentaciA³n
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A pesar de que la vida a sido buena con luz e ilusion
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He pedido perdA³n por mis pecados
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Tengo la cruz sobre mi cama y el diablo a mi lado
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Que le pasA³ a la maza
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Como puede ser
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La belleza conocida
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No la puedo ver
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He sentido incompetencia buscando la verdad
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Todos dicen conocerla solo veo la maldad
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Que le pasA³ a la maza
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Como puede ser
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La pureza conocida
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No la puedo ver
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[Translation:]
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What happened to the people
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How can it be
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Greatness was known
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But now can you tell
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I've watched myself fall from grace
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Even though life has been good, filled with hopes and dreams
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I've asked forgiveness for my sins
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I have the cross above my bed and the devil by my side
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What happened to the people
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How can it be
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Beauty was known
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But now can you tell
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If I was to fall on my knees and ask you to forgive everything and anyone out of Love, for the One, oh oh oh... I've seen And if u were to fall on ya knees and ask me the same Brother, don't even think about it, lets just break out of the darkness of ignorance
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I wish you were here
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Here next to me
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Been missing you so
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So desperately
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But lately I feel
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Like you feel and
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I see what you see
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How I'm missing you ...
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I've Seen
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| Outlandish |
