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Glad Tidings to the Strangers

by No Beats Necessary

Album: Reflections

Duration: 3:26

Genre: nasheedYear: 2020Type: nasheed

Story & Cultural Context

This track by No Beats Necessary from the album Reflections is a nasheed that conveys messages of hope and encouragement for those feeling out of place in modern society. It draws from Islamic themes of being strangers in the world, as referenced in prophetic traditions, promoting resilience and…

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Glad Tidings to the Strangers

Glad Tidings to the Strangers

Reflections 3:26 2020
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vocal-only

Credits

LabelAwakening Records

Story & Cultural Context

This track by No Beats Necessary from the album Reflections is a nasheed that conveys messages of hope and encouragement for those feeling out of place in modern society. It draws from Islamic themes…

Titles in Other Languages

EnglishGlad Tidings to the Strangers

Lyrics

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I can feel you staring at me. Is it cause I look so differently? All my ways may be different you find, cause my Lord is always on my mind. Getting through life the way that I know, I'm growing my beard and I'm trimming my moan. My appearance is all that you see, and I'm a normal man with a family. People see me different, but I don't care cause of the way that I look and the clothes that I wear. You might want to change him and you might want to change her, but the prophet said, glad tidings to the stranger. One of these strangers are walking around, being abused while she's walking around town, covering herself from head to toe. Cause she don't want her body to show. She just wanted a piece of God, but people around her are showing no love. Just another sister with faith in her heart and they treated her like they're a world apart. People see me different, but I don't care cause of the way that I look and the clothes that I wear. You might want to change a man, you might want to change her, but the prophet said, glad tidings to the stranger. People see me different from what they hear, but getting to know me, they like when I'm near. I'm never a threat and I'm never a danger, but the life that I live makes me a stranger. La la la la la la la la la la la la. People see me different. La la la la la la la la la la la. We are strangers for living a life. We're not doing things that others just might. Knowing there is a purpose of life, making sure that we constantly strive. Putting success in this life and the next, we're making sure we pass the ultimate test. Be a stranger and show piety and have the good life for eternity. People see me different, but I don't care cause of the way that I look and the clothes that I wear. You might want to change him and you might want to change her, but the prophet said, glad tidings to the stranger. People see me different from what they hear, but getting to know me, they like when I'm near. I'm never a threat and I'm never a danger, but the life that I live makes me a stranger.