Solo Project: Joshua Salaam

ONE TRUE

Lyrics:

One True
Walk Like A Muslim
Forgive Me
True Love
Hijabi Girl
Heroes
Say What You Want
Rock-a Break-a Dawn

ONE TRUE

First things first. Let me tell you who is Allah
An Arabic word. Means the One God.
Christians in Arab lands, they you say Allah
When they open up their Bible, they read Allah
Muhammad is the Messenger Allah reign supreme
All hail The King
cash don’t rule everything around me
…Allah rules all that you see
Allah made fire cool for Abraham
Allah raised Joseph to running Egyptian lands
Allah took Jesus to himself when they planned his murder
Allah taught Adam names you never heard’a
Allah told Moses to split the sea
Allah say, and I quote, “Worship Me.”
As my Lord decrees what you gone do
microphone check – one two 1 True

CHORUS:
ONE TRUE (One True)
ONE TRUE (The One True God).
ONE TRUE (There can only be One. Tauheed)
ONE TRUE (The One true God)

All my Sistas – All my brothas
Open up your mind. You will discover
We are all one, different degrees of learning
None inferior to the other concerning
The creator, cause its only One True
When I look at nature, all I see is one true
Before we meet our Lord, we got work to do
When I meet my Lord, like a dream come true
When we work together. Shaitan, he hate it
Paradise! I want all of us to make it
Even though its only if Allah say so
Muhammad you know – Jesus you know
Moses you know – Buddha you know
Blessings on yall truth unstoppable
Now ya know that the time has come
To submit our will to the Truest One

CHORUS:

How many muslims do it fissa bi Allah
put up ya one Alhumdullilah
No 2 masters Astafirallah
No god before Him that is the law
beware of Shaiton cause he’s a liar
If you no say thank you, you’ll see the fire
So I say thank you to Allah
God is the one that I admire
Giving thanks before I expire
All want in my heart is a bit of Taqwa!
Praise to Allah from sea to sea
Faith in Him greater than captivity
Praise to Allah no end there will be
No matter how many marks on the body
Regardless of what you say or what you do
Believers stand strong and bow to One True

WALK LIKE A MUSLIM

Deen’d out. Je m’appelle Joshua. I’m Muslim, just like you.
Simple man. Pages of my Quran turn. Jumua ‘aint the only time to learn.
Fire burn. Allah forgive me. On the real, if you real, then you know the deal.
Dhikr hard when I do what I do in life
Remember God. Feeling good when I do it right.
every where we go people aught to know (who we are and so we tell them)
everywhere we go people aught to know ( who we are and so we tell them)

Chorus:
Everywhere I go ( i walk like a muslim)
Everywhere I go ( i talk like a muslim)
Everywhere i go ( they know I’m a muslim)
Want to be down better speak up now
Everywhere I go ( i walk like a muslim)
Everywhere I go ( i talk like a muslim)
Everywhere i go ( they know I’m a muslim)
They See ( I’m a muslim) They Know (i’m a muslim)

Been through a lot in my time but i stay focused, shaiton hates this if you ain’t notice
seek honor with Allah…. no shame in this.. walk like a Muslim so ain’t no flames for this
(Insha Allah) All hail The King no front’n, if it wasn’t for Allah we’d be lost without nothing
walk ya walk, keep your deen tight, your a Taqwa AllStar, let your light shine bright
every where we go people aught to know (who we are and so we tell them)
everywhere we go people aught to know ( who we are and so we tell them)

CHORUS:
Everywhere I go ( i walk like a muslim)
Everywhere I go ( i talk like a muslim)
Everywhere i go ( they know I’m a muslim)
Want to be down better speak up now
Everywhere I go ( i walk like a muslim)
Everywhere I go ( i talk like a muslim)
Everywhere i go ( they know I’m a muslim)
They See ( I’m a muslim) They Know (i’m a muslim)

Talk is cheap so i put the walk with it
ACTIONS if you ain’t get it if i said it then i meant it
fear Allah I repented, the grave – could be up in it
any minute want a pennant wit my name etched in it
fine linens and all things promised from the beginning
fire if I sinnin’ – Connectin’ to be forgiven
who am i, must i spell it like Native Deen
I’m a Muslim to the death of me, 5 pillars the recipe
– use to stumble noww when i stride i glide
Inna Ma3al 3usri Yusraa, unlike i use to be
Owe that to Allah when the Deen make a dollar
Buy the block – put Muslims in it, if you with it then hollar
grooves and power moves. How to’s. For my views
on how not to lose written in arabic script
Don’t look for conflict but if it come it come
the faithful i’m among – Muslims bow to one – and umm

CHORUS
Everywhere I go ( i walk like a muslim)
Everywhere I go ( i talk like a muslim)
Everywhere i go ( they know I’m a muslim)
Want to be down better speak up now
Everywhere I go ( i walk like a muslim)
Everywhere I go ( i talk like a muslim)
Everywhere i go ( they know I’m a muslim)
They See ( I’m a muslim) They Know (i’m a muslim)

FORGIVE ME

I don’t know how many times I’ve tried
To be conscious that any day I can die
Lost count of all those sleepless nights
Up late crying for the times I’ve lied
It’s the major and the minor sins
I don’t discuss it, its embarassin’
I seek forgiveness but there’s one problem
I do it over and over again
I know Allah made me better than this
He gave me strength and a mind to resist
I made a mockery of both of those gifts
How many chances can I afford to miss

CHORUS:
FORGIVE ME – FORGIVE ME – Oh Allah Forgive Me – Forgive Me’ee’ee’ (REPEAT)

Your Mercy, I did not earn
Your lessons, I did not learn
I only have one concern
I hope you’re proud of me when I return
In the book you made the message clear
The Believer should never fear
Keep on struggling and don’t despair
When I need you, You’re always near
I’ve fallen, I need your hand
I’m holdin’, I want to stand
Before you, a broken man
You love forgiving, so here I am!

CHORUS:
FORGIVE ME – FORGIVE ME – Oh Allah Forgive Me – Forgive Me’ee’ee’ (REPEAT)

Allah forgive all my sins
Forgive all my family. Forgive all my friends
Have mercy on my soul and grant me gardens in the end
I know i’m not the man, I’m just a man among the men
SEEKING refuge from the jinn and the wrong that’s within
I know life is short, but I long to live again
I’m asking through these verses that I wrote with the pen
And I know that you heard this but I beg you once again

CHORUS:
FORGIVE ME – FORGIVE ME – Oh Allah Forgive Me – Forgive Me’ee’ee’ (REPEAT)

TRUE LOVE

Thought I was in Love when I was only a teen
Mama used to tell me I was living a dream
Now that I’m a wake, I hope you can relate
To how hard it is to find love when you don’t date
there was no girlfriends and there was no prom
There was no parties where they singing my song
In the Masjid, we couldn’t talk long
I was a young boy, like what’s going on
Parents and Imams didn’t help much
Repeated advice they GAVE was don’t touch (Advising not to touch, be pure and such)
Move to college, to graduate
Gotta find my love before its too late

CHORUS
Love is truly hard to find – (love is truly hard to find yall)
We’ve no control ‘cause love’s divine (no control ‘cause loves divine)
Raining down from sky’s above (raining down from the sky’s above)
You hold it tight if you find true love
Find your true love
From up above

I would love to be a lawyer in court
Maybe a doctor of some sort
I would love to be engineer
I’ve always dreamed to be man of the year
I’ll take a job in a suit or thobe
Get dat money before I get too old
Just to be clear, I wanna be rich
Come on now. You know that’s how it is
Looking for love, now I’m just confused
Many options, its hard to choose
Got job offers, I just can’t wait
Gotta find my love before its too late

HIJABI GIRL

Salaams to my sisters all around the world
All Hijabi women. All Hijabi girls
Unbelievable devotion that your scarf emits
You got so much courage that you just won’t quit
Getting closer to Allah. Heavens gates legit
and your iman is the key that fit
Your soul is copacetic, modesty so fluid
even nike got ya back so you can just do it
You’re the compass of the ummah, we’d be lost without you
To be honest, I’d don’t know what we’d do without you
All I know is that I have absolutely no clue
What it be like to walk one day in your shoes
You’re a target for the haters, both foreign and domestic
Your patience and perseverance is nothing less than majestic
You guessed it. Worth more than diamonds and pearls
Bless all hijabi women and all hijabi girls

CHORUS:
Hijabi Girl – Muslimah – Your modesty
Respect Your World – Make Duah – Your honesty
Hijabi Girl – Muslimah – You a prodigy
We pray your faith unfurls – Insha-Allah – Your’re proud to be

Wait a minute. We got more hijabi girls
More hijabi women from all over the world
So many reasons you don’t wear it on your head
you make sure it stays wrapped around your heart instead
You got just as many haters but most of them are domestic
Yup. You guessed it. Some Muslims should be arrested
For the judgements and the pain that they put on these sistas
How you love Allah ‘aint even none of they business
They don’t see the struggles that you often endure
That’s because hateful eyes will never see your nur
Most still sleep, but you up early for sure
talking to Allah like never before
Your intentions all right and your heart so pure
tears flowing from your eyes sometimes life’s a chore
I pray Allah give you the diamonds and pearls
Bless all hijabi women and all hijabi girls

HEROES

Heros ‘aint born, they get molded like playdo
Heros ‘aint famous on T.V. and the radio
Hero’s not a job, you won’t find them on the payroll
That’s okay though, they don’t do it for the money but they go to work every single day though
So Ay yo, if Snitches every get snitches they get a halo
Cause they know that they might die young but the cowards hope to get way old
So they lay low, trying to stay outta trouble sittin on the couch like a potato
Like they don’t know when we in the middle of a battle with the devil gotta go for the K.O.

CHORUS:
Tell it from the roof
That time is now its up to you
Its always best to stand for truth
So you can be a hero

She was a B-more Mom trying to keep her kids safe
Drug dealers outside selling poison. You know they was getting’ paid
Neighbors peeking out their windows, I don’t know why, ‘cause they look the other way
So the Mom had to step up for whole neighborhood – call the cops every other day
A braaaaave – Herooooo – true Mommmm in every way
But they called her a Snitch-in they was just itchin’ to see how they could make her pay
It was decided, set the house on fire, husband and the five kids, everybody’s crying,
They burned alive – can’t believe my eyes – now I’m recognizin’-that I gotta make a rhyme about a SNITCH

CHORUS:
Tell it from the roof
That time is now its up to you
Its always best to stand for truth
So you can be a hero

You. You can be a hero too
Do all that you can do
The future is up to you

SAY WHAT YOU WANT

one time for believers that patrol the earth
i suppose i was chose for this since birth
in my daily routine i put Allah first
stand in prayer and recite verse for verse
5 times – purify the rhymes
_ My enemies don’t like it when I straighten lines
_But its fine, Dhikr and recline
Some want money. Jannah’s on my mind
Though these bills won’t pay they self
Believe me. I’m not trying to play myself
Trust in God ‘cause the devil try to move in stealth
What i mean is i don’t need excessive wealth
Its like this y’all this drip for believers
no God but Allah coming through your speakers
Its like that y’all reminders benefit believers
Tryna win. Betta lace up your sneakers…because

CHORUS:
You can say what you want to. But there is no God but Allah
You can say what you want to. But La-illaha-illa-Allah

Violence can’t silence the truth
I’m telling you. Ain’t nobody got a big enough crew
To go up against the One True that made you
So use your vernacular to praise the Spectacular
_ Talk about the big bang and thangs
orbital rings and how the day and night interchange
how the seas don’t mix, how the bees form cliques
Taught 1400 years ago. Who, what, how, why?
Even Angels must die. Allah’s The MOST HIGH
Which of the favors of your Lord will you deny
Messengers clarify what they conveyed
Every soul will be judged on that Day
And I Pray I’m on the path that they relayed
Follow the path of Muhammad so I catch that shade
All deeds gone forward mankind repaid
No God but Allah, so walk this way….

CHORUS:
You can say what you want to. But there is no God but Allah
You can say what you want to. But La-illaha-illa-Allah

ROCK A BREAK A DAWN

Everybody gotta make salat. I don’t know of anybody that don’t
You ‘aint even gotta do it a lot. But just not when every you want
Gotta get up before the sun, waking up in the early morn
Make sure your alarm clock set with a backup on your phone
Gotta do better with making my prayers, sometimes I be dropping the ball
If I knew the benefits of praying fajr in the Masjid I would crawl
I need to get it. If I don’t, Imma regret it. And that I know for sure.
This world will have some poison but your prayer will have the cure

CHORUS:
Somebody say yeah. YEAH. Up at the break of dawn just to make my prayer. PRAYER
1 Rakat-2 Rakat-3 Rakat-4 Rakat. Yeah. YEAH. Wash my face, my hands, my feet and my hair. HAIR. Prayer. PRAYER. Just like the Prophet did.

Somebody say yeah. YEAH. Up at the break of dawn just to make my prayer. PRAYER
1 Rakat-2 Rakat-3 Rakat-4 Rakat. Yeah. YEAH. Wash my face, my hands, my feet and my hair. HAIR. Prayer. PRAYER. Just like the Prophet did. ALLAH’s watching it.

Daddy gon pray – working all day – Gotta give thanks – appreciate the pay
Moma gon pray – grateful today – teachin everybody that love is the way
Baby gon pray – what dey gon say – Thank you Lord. Don’t let me stray
Thank you Lord for showing me the way and THE way I THANK my Lord is PRAY
Ayy, got it on lock. Prayers don’t stop. – Try not to get caught up in what not
Do a lotta good. Waste no time – I pray you get yours. Imma get mine
Purify the heart. Purify the soul. – Don’t do it for the people cause the book say WOOAAAA
Fa way lool Lill musalleen – Not showing off is a part of the Deen

Athan – we say – call the people its time to pray
Success – we pray – success we pray, 5 times a day
No – delay – ‘aint no delay, what you got to say
Find the qiblah / Face the Kabah / Wake up do the same tomorrow

Without a doubt – without a doube we turning out
On the straight route – catch the message run the route
That’s what Islam’s about – this the peace we talking about
On the Deen / do Tasleem / end the prayer / Salaam out