Boonaa Mohammed - Pumpkin Seeds lyrics

You will not be asked about
Your culture in your grave
And you will not be judged based
On your father’s last name
When the trumpet blares
There will be no more kings’ only slaves
And your family traditions will not be
Able to keep you safe

Your language will bring you no
Comfort on that day
And no one will care about the kind
Of food your mother used to make
The angle of death does not discriminate
No matter your ethnic group, clan or race

We were created from the еxact same clay
Many nations have come bеfore
Many nations have been replaced
Disgraced and erased
So which one of you feels safe
And which one of you remembers what life
Was like back in the day

When we used to be brothers
And we used to stand up for one
Another, in the face of trouble
We used to love each other
And understand that your struggle
Is my struggle we used to be one
A nation brought together in praise
Under the morning sun
For those who would dare
We would defend our rights
To life and liberty we used to care
Before than about the orphans and
Anyone else in despair
We used to believe in justice
We used to be fair

Unity was not a word it was a state of mind
Before states
Nations and flags we were mankind
From the same seed we were created and
To the same dirt we shall return
Now we are diseased with innovations in
The fire left to burn
We seek to please, heads of nations
Compromising what we’ve learned
Indeed this is a time of humiliation
For those who are concerned
The state of our affairs
Is unbearingly absurd
Taking enemies as friends after the
Wrath they have incurred
Empty threats and broken promises
Vision is becoming blurred
Wanna raise your hands up to the sky
But most of you are unsure
That the end is coming near
And only one can judge us
How can you be sincere when
You forgot your purpose?
This is the final frontier did you
Not think we would be tested?
Ridiculed, abused, confused and arrested
Made to feel strange in
A place that’s infested
But blame is a game that they win uncontested

We like to huff and puff about
All of our stuff being protected
But what’s the point of reading books
When you don’t understand the message?
Divided and conquered
But we used to be connected
And you didn’t have to like us
But you still had to respect us
Every corner of the globe but
We still facing one direction
Standing row by row, if not today
Then on the day of resurrection
Where there will be no
Protection, without the permission
Of the One true God, takbir: "Allahu Akbar"

And we used to be brothers
But today I’m only really
Your brother until I
Ask to make your sister my bride
Now a days it aint girl what’s your size
It's girl what’s your tribe?
But what good are your eyes
When taqwa is colour blind?

And Alhumduallah, praises to the Lord
Of both you and I
Who created us from difference so that we
May learn to love what’s inside?
Honoured us with this religion
The last of it's kind and a messenger with a
Message for all mankind

But, I wonder what he would say
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
To know that his ummah has gone astray
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
He showed us how to behave
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
He even taught us how to pray
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
He was the best who ever came
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
So where is his example today?
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
He emphasised solidarity
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
It seems like we have forgotten his ways
Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam

‘Cause we used to be brothers
But how many of you would leave your
Brother on the front line to die?
There are children in Palestine
Getting buried alive
It’s scary to think we change the
Channel before we change our minds

There is no hope for a
Nation that is not unified
Do you really see me as your brother
Or am I just some guy?
Do you protect me or do you put me on trial?
‘Cause some of you are so stingy
You won’t even donate a smile
Subahanallah, Where is the love?
The state of our Ummah is that
We forgot where we came from?

But when your soul begins to quiver in
The shade of your rattling chest
You will see that this world was nothing
But an illusion you were in
Ya Bani Adam, don’t be fooled be wicked men
Cause there is only one God
But nuff people who don’t remember him
I am your reflection our connection
Is stronger than any election
We seek protection in our Lord
May he grant us direction