Boonaa Mohammed - Heroes lyrics
[Boonaa Mohammed - Heroes lyrics]
My heroes never wore tights or
Appeared on cartoon channels
They had long beards and kept
Clothes above the ankles
No combing the streets
Like beasts at night looking for thieves
My heroes fought their egos
And narrated ahadith
And some of my heroes were once bad guys too
Baby killers and highway robbers
If you only knew what they knew
Cause you gotta know a lie in
Order to recognize the truth
And what the point of knowing truth if
You can't back it up with proof
So to prove my heroes were united
By a single point of view
Why else would they choose to go against
What their fathers used to do?
Unless they knew
That paradise was worth being abused
The best of views, if only you could
Walk a mile in their shoes
Oh, what I wouldn't do to kick
It with Abduallah Ibn Musuud
Listen to him recite the Quran
Sad to go into ruku
Yeah that would be cool, but me and Hamza
We would kick it old school
Joke about the Jahilliya
Silly things they used to do
If I could pick my own crew, Salman
Al-Farsi would have to be in it
An honest seeker of truth, may
Allah bless his spirit
Have Tea with Julilibib
Coffee with Anas Ibn Malik
Anything to pick their brains and
Gain a better understanding
Could you imagine taking a class
With Abdallah Ibn Abbas
A scholar by the age of 10
Just a boy amongst the men
And if I had one friend, it
Would be Abu Bakr as Siddiq
Someone to hold you down
And to really represent
When Sumayya held her chin to her killers
Did she think?
We would name our little girls after
Her to teach them strength
And who cares about these rappers
We got Hassan ibn Thabit
Dude was sick with the flow
Can't believe you didn't know
That Zaid was a slave who
Became one of praise
Lived the American dream
When America was Cree
Umar Bin Khattab was a G
Held it down for this deen a real superman
Made the devils cross the street
And if I ever had beef
I would call up Khalid bin Walid
He was a ride or die homie
Amongst the Salaf as Saliheen
And if I just closed my eyes, man
I could almost see
Bilal amongst the cold morning breeze
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Cause surely salah is much better than sleep
Like Abu Sufyan after he embraced the deen
On this earth, Talha was a walking shaheed
And Jafar gave his life
For this Ummah's victory
May Allah be please
D and grant them all the
Highest levels of heaven
Like Uthman ibn Affan
Who even the angles were shy in front of
Aisha was a genius
Every word was like a thesis
Mother to all believers
Pure like that of Isa's
Khadija held the fetus of Fatima
Who was the teacher of Hasan and Husayn
Sons of Ali who were slain
Man you gotta know these names
Cause these people paved the way
It's a shame
We know more about them monkeys on BET
This is our history
All the sacrifices that they made for me
Gave to me a legacy that I
Could be proud to keep
Said: Be! It was decreed
At Badr we were only 300 deep
But with the angels on our side
Who could even compete?
Although he was a man of peace
Who preached speech before the sword
He raged a war against error
The worship of fake Lords
Came to restore the deen
That Ibrahim laid before
Extreme in his need to feed
The miskin and the poor
Yeah, he was hardcore with his
Face to the floor
Of praying so long that his feet became sore
Uhhhh, cuz he got down like that
And told all the rich they
Should pay the zakat
And make the salah, and spread the salaam
And declare Ashhadu alla ilaha illallah
Muhammed arrasul Allah, Salla
Allahu alayhi wasallam
Was the difference between
Jannah and Jahennim
Like the mailman just delivering a message
Who else do you know with
A swagger that's blessed?
The best and perfected, corrected the method
Madina state of mind
Coming from the hood of Mecca
Champion companions, homeboys were go-getters
Did it bigger and better
Had followers before twitter
The leader of leaders, amir to believers
Enjoined all the good and
Forbade all the evil
My hero taught people that we were all equal
The best of examples outlined what is legal
Forever I'm grateful for all that he came for
May blessings and peace always
Reach to my mentor
My teacher, my brother, my hero, my prophet
Muhammed, Sallau alahe wsalaam
And that's how it goes
So tell everyone you know
That this party don't stop till the
Son of Mary come home
I am please, d with my Lord
And Islam as my deen
May we die on these words, Allahuma, ameen
Appeared on cartoon channels
They had long beards and kept
Clothes above the ankles
No combing the streets
Like beasts at night looking for thieves
My heroes fought their egos
And narrated ahadith
And some of my heroes were once bad guys too
Baby killers and highway robbers
If you only knew what they knew
Cause you gotta know a lie in
Order to recognize the truth
And what the point of knowing truth if
You can't back it up with proof
So to prove my heroes were united
By a single point of view
Why else would they choose to go against
What their fathers used to do?
Unless they knew
That paradise was worth being abused
The best of views, if only you could
Walk a mile in their shoes
Oh, what I wouldn't do to kick
It with Abduallah Ibn Musuud
Listen to him recite the Quran
Sad to go into ruku
Yeah that would be cool, but me and Hamza
We would kick it old school
Joke about the Jahilliya
Silly things they used to do
If I could pick my own crew, Salman
Al-Farsi would have to be in it
An honest seeker of truth, may
Allah bless his spirit
Have Tea with Julilibib
Coffee with Anas Ibn Malik
Anything to pick their brains and
Gain a better understanding
Could you imagine taking a class
With Abdallah Ibn Abbas
A scholar by the age of 10
Just a boy amongst the men
And if I had one friend, it
Would be Abu Bakr as Siddiq
Someone to hold you down
And to really represent
When Sumayya held her chin to her killers
Did she think?
We would name our little girls after
Her to teach them strength
And who cares about these rappers
We got Hassan ibn Thabit
Dude was sick with the flow
Can't believe you didn't know
That Zaid was a slave who
Became one of praise
Lived the American dream
When America was Cree
Umar Bin Khattab was a G
Held it down for this deen a real superman
Made the devils cross the street
And if I ever had beef
I would call up Khalid bin Walid
He was a ride or die homie
Amongst the Salaf as Saliheen
And if I just closed my eyes, man
I could almost see
Bilal amongst the cold morning breeze
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Cause surely salah is much better than sleep
Like Abu Sufyan after he embraced the deen
On this earth, Talha was a walking shaheed
And Jafar gave his life
For this Ummah's victory
May Allah be please
D and grant them all the
Highest levels of heaven
Like Uthman ibn Affan
Who even the angles were shy in front of
Aisha was a genius
Every word was like a thesis
Mother to all believers
Pure like that of Isa's
Khadija held the fetus of Fatima
Who was the teacher of Hasan and Husayn
Sons of Ali who were slain
Man you gotta know these names
Cause these people paved the way
It's a shame
We know more about them monkeys on BET
This is our history
All the sacrifices that they made for me
Gave to me a legacy that I
Could be proud to keep
Said: Be! It was decreed
At Badr we were only 300 deep
But with the angels on our side
Who could even compete?
Although he was a man of peace
Who preached speech before the sword
He raged a war against error
The worship of fake Lords
Came to restore the deen
That Ibrahim laid before
Extreme in his need to feed
The miskin and the poor
Yeah, he was hardcore with his
Face to the floor
Of praying so long that his feet became sore
Uhhhh, cuz he got down like that
And told all the rich they
Should pay the zakat
And make the salah, and spread the salaam
And declare Ashhadu alla ilaha illallah
Muhammed arrasul Allah, Salla
Allahu alayhi wasallam
Was the difference between
Jannah and Jahennim
Like the mailman just delivering a message
Who else do you know with
A swagger that's blessed?
The best and perfected, corrected the method
Madina state of mind
Coming from the hood of Mecca
Champion companions, homeboys were go-getters
Did it bigger and better
Had followers before twitter
The leader of leaders, amir to believers
Enjoined all the good and
Forbade all the evil
My hero taught people that we were all equal
The best of examples outlined what is legal
Forever I'm grateful for all that he came for
May blessings and peace always
Reach to my mentor
My teacher, my brother, my hero, my prophet
Muhammed, Sallau alahe wsalaam
And that's how it goes
So tell everyone you know
That this party don't stop till the
Son of Mary come home
I am please, d with my Lord
And Islam as my deen
May we die on these words, Allahuma, ameen