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Seasons X Essam (A Capella Song)

by Ilyas Mao

Album: Nasheeds

Duration: 4:01

Maqam: NahawandGenre: nasheed, a capella, spiritualYear: 2020Type: nasheedComposer: Ilyas Mao

Story & Cultural Context

A collaborative a capella track between Canadian artist Ilyas Mao and American spoken word artist Essam, focusing on the changing seasons of life and spiritual growth. The song is notable for using only human vocal effects to create the illusion of instruments.

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Seasons X Essam (A Capella Song)

Seasons X Essam (A Capella Song)

Nasheeds 4:01 2020
AI-Enriched95%
MaqamNahawand
Instruments
vocal-only

Credits

ComposerIlyas Mao
LyricistEssam
ArrangementIlyas Mao
ProducerIlyas Mao
LabelWithout label

Story & Cultural Context

A collaborative a capella track between Canadian artist Ilyas Mao and American spoken word artist Essam, focusing on the changing seasons of life and spiritual growth. The song is notable for using…

Titles in Other Languages

العربيةفصول
EnglishSeasons

Lyrics

This life can be so hard, so many days, only months apart, got summer ways and winter hearts, yeah we fall but we spring right up, I was lost so long till I found a hop, the path I walk is from above, cause all we need is his love, and now I know, the darkest moments when the brightest light's shining, the hardest part of growth is when your friends will fade, the ones you thought was your day once, they gon' switch up like seasons, you could always plan but we'll never know the end, I used to think my time it all went to waste, had I not made mistakes today I wouldn't change, and now it makes sense why I'm not perfect, no more wandering a path that is straight, I used to be the type to not care much, keep up this kick it with the wrong crew, felt not much to lose, kept my feelings bottled in, in my mind I was wondering, wondering when the pain would end, late night to the a.m., no sleep I was playing, my mom was always stressing up all night and she was praying, bare my weight on her chest which just made me regret every decision I made, that's when I started to change, rearranging the people I would hang with, I started turning to the dean and many friends were fading, my heart was always swaying every day I did the same thing, my ox tried to remind me, but you know I didn't listen, like homie why you tripping, let me go about my mission, product of the system, but everything is written, like lessons I used to always question, it's a lot I find my answers, connecting, spiritually investing, the best thing I did, faith gon' rise and fall, and feelings always change, it's like the summer turns to fall, friends will leave just like the leaves and now they're gone, they were never day ones all along, they were never day ones all along, this life can be so hard, so many days only months apart, got summer ways and winter hearts, yeah we fall but we spring right up, I was lost so long till I found a hop, the path I walk is from above, cause all we need is his love, and now I know, I used to think my time it all went to waste, had I not made mistakes today I wouldn't change, and now it makes sense, though I'm not perfect, no more wandering a path that is straight,