i used to pray when i was younger
but my conscience...is no longer
the older i get the less i have to fight
the ideas and things that used to be right
my rules and regulations are no longer the same
because of the money and its newly brought fame
our lives changed because of the cash
and we wear it about us as if it were a sash
the more we get, the more we want
but the more we get, the more it haunts
we are no longer the muslims, we used to be
we are simply the replicas of what we see on TV
we can mimic the west right down to the dot
forget our ancestors, who, for islam, they fought!
the pressure is growing, to be like the "best"
but little do we know, we used to be better than the rest
but my conscience...is no longer
the older i get the less i have to fight
the ideas and things that used to be right
my rules and regulations are no longer the same
because of the money and its newly brought fame
our lives changed because of the cash
and we wear it about us as if it were a sash
the more we get, the more we want
but the more we get, the more it haunts
we are no longer the muslims, we used to be
we are simply the replicas of what we see on TV
we can mimic the west right down to the dot
forget our ancestors, who, for islam, they fought!
the pressure is growing, to be like the "best"
but little do we know, we used to be better than the rest