I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you What happened to the ummah? Once known so well I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Used to inspire others With our way of thinking and speech People came from afar Just to hear us teach Yo, what happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Mosques are empty Refrigerators are stocked We lost our deen, we feel secure‘ Cause our mansions are locked In my teen years Salah wasn’t really that tight Now I gotta pray Each one of them twice What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Brother, we prefer Light skinned women While righteously maintaining Our deen against racism What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Kids in Africa are starving Can’t afford to cry I’ll pay interest for a car I can’t afford to buy What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? We used to smile at each other With faces full of light Now we frown at each other We bicker and we fight Pops in the mosque praying Kids in the streets hating Kids on the corner selling Pops in the mosque preachin’ What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? The Quran has left out hearts stranded Hanging on out walls, 6232 verses, so strong9 out of 10 of us can’t even read or write1924 feels distant like way before ChristI wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you Que le pasó a la maza Como puede ser La grandeza conocida No la puedo ver He visto como mi figura cae en tentación A pesar de que la vida a sido buena con luz e ilusion He pedido perdón por mis pecados Tengo la cruz sobre mi cama y el diablo a mi lado Que le pasó a la maza Como puede ser La belleza conocida No la puedo ver He sentido incompetencia buscando la verdad Todos dicen conocerla solo veo la maldad Que le pasó a la maza Como puede ser La pureza conocida No la puedo ver If I was to fall on my knees And ask you to forgive everything for the LordOut of love for the one Oh, oh, oh, I've seenAnd if you were to fall on ya knees And ask me the same Brother, don’t even think about it Lets just break out of the darkness of ignorance I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you
I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you What happened to the ummah? Once known so well I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Used to inspire others With our way of thinking and speech People came from afar Just to hear us teach Yo, what happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Mosques are empty Refrigerators are stocked We lost our deen, we feel secure‘ Cause our mansions are locked In my teen years Salah wasn’t really that tight Now I gotta pray Each one of them twice What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Brother, we prefer Light skinned women While righteously maintaining Our deen against racism What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? Kids in Africa are starving Can’t afford to cry I’ll pay interest for a car I can’t afford to buy What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? We used to smile at each other With faces full of light Now we frown at each other We bicker and we fight Pops in the mosque praying Kids in the streets hating Kids on the corner selling Pops in the mosque preachin’ What happened to the ummah? Once known so well Greatness was known But now can you tell? The Quran has left out hearts stranded Hanging on out walls, 6232 verses, so strong9 out of 10 of us can’t even read or write1924 feels distant like way before ChristI wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you Que le pasó a la maza Como puede ser La grandeza conocida No la puedo ver He visto como mi figura cae en tentación A pesar de que la vida a sido buena con luz e ilusion He pedido perdón por mis pecados Tengo la cruz sobre mi cama y el diablo a mi lado Que le pasó a la maza Como puede ser La belleza conocida No la puedo ver He sentido incompetencia buscando la verdad Todos dicen conocerla solo veo la maldad Que le pasó a la maza Como puede ser La pureza conocida No la puedo ver If I was to fall on my knees And ask you to forgive everything for the LordOut of love for the one Oh, oh, oh, I've seenAnd if you were to fall on ya knees And ask me the same Brother, don’t even think about it Lets just break out of the darkness of ignorance I wish you were here Here next to me Been missing you so So desperately But lately I feelLike you feel And I see what you see How I’m missing you
