Sons of Yusuf, Jay Electronica - Diving for Pearls lyrics

I was talking 'bout makin' a difference
They said it's all business
Repentence is key (Key)
Now we livin' in marvelous times
No questions, they stressin'
Depressin' our seeds (Seeds)
Hakuna Matata, no problems
Esma7li adre enik mu fahem
We walk on the land of the prophets (Whoa)
Might be growin' a beard like James Harden
(yeah) submittin' to God, it's Islam (Islam)
I'm defendin' the peace like Mukhtar was
We divin' for pearls, you just divin' (yeah)
Might call shotgun, no one is drivin', no
I was born in a warzone
Shit is maniacal, need some botanical
Natural, medical, shit this is so undeniable
Horses and camels, I'm ridin' with honor
Wrapping my skull up, not wearin' no armor
My bodyguard is the Creator
When I say "Allah", I mean the one God


We came from Adam, the same father (Father)
The name is Abdul Rahman
Slave of the merciful, most compassionate
If you don't know ask and get answers

You say "Amen" we say "Ameen" (Ameen)
You say "Hallelujah" we say "Alhamdulillah"
Akhi is my brother, Oukhti is my sister
This language has been here forever
Beautiful alphabet, you should learn Arabic
Islam is peace, logic, astronomy
No we don't do politics that's a paradox
Grab my astrolabe and connect the dots
Ameen, Ameen

I’m with the Ūlama, like it’s Ramadan
Subtitles on, camp Arifjan
My name is hard to pronounce hakeem Olajuwon
Nouman Ali Khan rachmaninoff
The only one in class who didn’t eat pork
But the only one in class who went HAM
On the microphone
Substitute teacher used to piss me off
That’s not how you say my
Name for the thousandth time
That’s not a bomb, that’s a bong
I need a young Paula Abdul for a baby’s mom
Knows how to carry a sword like Ibtihaj
She could put on a hijab if she wants
Ya Salam
Back in the day my grandfather was a pirate
Looking for pearls and Rubies
And gold and diamonds
Always had faith in myself like my father did
My only leader is Mohammad and
All my people followed him
My pride is my everything but sometimes
I have to swallow it like they were vitamins
We had lungs like aquamen
Diving hundreds of feet deep with no oxygen
We’ve been repressed for so long
Since the Ottomans
Now we coming back so strong
I’m taking care of it
Connecting with my ancestors
Like I’m channeling
The waking of the sleeping
Giant from the island
After a chain of events
They blame Mohammedans
We men of honor, as soon
As we finish making Dua
We diving for pearls you just diving

We divin' for pearls you just divin'

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
Finally wakin' up from the American dream
Once was lost but now we been found
By the prophesied Mahdi from Bedouin kings
We don't fold, we don't bend, we don't break
Ever since birth been at war with the state
So if I don't make it to the pearly gates
Then I'll be wringing Satan's neck
In a fiery lake
I was raised on the Psalms of David
My ancestors came to this land on slave ships
My grandmother did a life bid on grave shift
And we was just tryin' not
To get our head split
Ain't no justice, ain't no bygones
Crooked police, will get fired on
Turn that courthouse to no fly zone
Turn that precinct to a war zone
Mayday, mayday, Ricky Bobby
This ain't me maybe, this is probably
This ain't hate speech, it's the Bible
Welcome to America, it's survival
You could get a false charge or hit the lotto
You might as well just twist the throttle
Eye for an eye like Hammurabi
Ten thousand warriors, crowd the lobby
If it's me or, either you then
It ain't me so, it's wasabi
Bow with those who bow, the true believers
Render to the Caesar what is Caesar's
Kodak said you don't believe in Jesus
Leave me no choice but give
It to you like Yeezus
Don't ever fix your lips
Like collagen and then
Say somethin' that I'm gon' end up abolishing