
Genre: nasheedYear: 2011Type: nasheedComposer: Abdul-Malik Ahmad
Story & Cultural Context
Featured on Native Deen's third studio album 'The Remedy', 'Hungry Ones' is a social-justice-oriented hip-hop nasheed addressing global poverty and hunger. The song highlights the stark contrast between wastefulness in developed societies and the daily struggle of those without food, urging…
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Credits
ComposerAbdul-Malik Ahmad
LyricistJoshua Salaam, Naeem Muhammad, Abdul-Malik Ahmad
ArrangementNative Deen
ProducerNative Deen
LabelDeen Creative
Story & Cultural Context
Featured on Native Deen's third studio album 'The Remedy', 'Hungry Ones' is a social-justice-oriented hip-hop nasheed addressing global poverty and hunger. The song highlights the stark contrast…
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EnglishHungry Ones
Lyrics
Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm (Oh-oh) Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm (Yeah) [Verse 1: Abdul-Malik Ahmad] Somewhere in a place close by There's a mother with a child With tears in her eyes Somewhere else, there's a boy on the street With no food there to eat And he's trying to survive Another place, there's a father of five But he can't get food 'cause the bombs in the sky Somewhere else, there's a senior now Who is all out of food And her car won't drive [Verse 2: Abdul-Malik Ahmad] But we take this food we're blessed with And we throw it half away That could help so much today 'Cause I know we take for granted A warm meal and a cup to drink, oh This silver plate we're handed (Oh-oh) Maybe once we should stop to think that [Chorus: Abdul-Malik Ahmad, All] We don't know where the hungry ones have to go (Yeah) We don't feel what the hungry ones feel at night We don't hear, when they pray everything's gonna be alright Be alright, be alright I'm only tryna help things be alright (Yeah) [Verse 3: Abdul-Malik Ahmad] So that mother, she'll beg on the street To get something to eat So her baby won't cry And the kid, he will search through the garbage The food we discarded Just to get by And the father sprints through explosions Just to get a loaf and He's praying he won't die And the senior walks to the shop Yo, for over ten blocks In the middle of the night [Verse 4: Abdul-Malik Ahmad] So if you have a luxury To have food, any kind of way So many would love to be Able to have a meal a day But we act so wastefully God knows how our day will end How honored their place will be He hears when they pray to Him (Pray to him, pray to him) Oh-oh He hears when they pray to him (Woah) [Chorus: Abdul-Malik Ahmad, All] We don't know where the hungry ones have to go We don't feel what the hungry ones feel at night We don't hear when they pray everything's gonna be alright Be alright, be alright I'm only tryna help things be alright [Intro: All, Abdul-Malik Ahmad] Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm (Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah) Hmm-mm-mm-mm (Ah, aah, ah, ah)