I hear some
brothers talking, saying we should join the fight,
Their talk keeps
me thinking, ’cause I want to do what’s right.
They say that
all true believers should help the Taliban,
They say that we
should fight a war with them in Afghanistan.
Everywhere I
look and hear, there’s that word jihad,
The way it’s
tossed around would make the Prophet sad.
When are we all
going to learn what God really meant,
It’s not about
other people, it’s destroying your own evil bent.
The greater
jihad, it’s not killing people.
The greater
jihad, it’s about fighting evil.
The greater
jihad, it’s a battle that’s inside you.
Now that you
know, what are you gonna do?
Muhammad said
that the struggle in battle – that’s the lesser fight,
So he fought the
greater one first, so his words could be a light.
Take the plank
out of your own eye, before your brother’s speck,
Maybe you would
stop to think – wouldn’t be so quick to correct.
The war against
the Soviet Union, now that was a real jihad,
But the way the
“students” treat the Afghans must make God real mad.
Why did we leave
the freedom fighters once they won the war,
We got what we
wanted, and now we’re coming back for more.
The greater
jihad, it’s not killing people.
The greater
jihad, it’s about fighting evil.
The greater
jihad, it’s a battle that’s inside you.
Now that you
know, what are you gonna do?
I know that I’m
fighting my own jihad every single day,
Satan’s
whispering in my ear for me to come out and play.
But it’s my
choice, my free will, the gift that God gave me,
Choosing the
harder right over the easier wrong, that will surely save me.
Man’s been
asking the question all along, does God create evil,
He didn’t have
to create it – he just created people.
Everything
that’s good in life comes from God’s merciful hand,
And everything
that’s evil is done by the hand of man.
The greater
jihad, it’s not killing people.
The greater
jihad, it’s about fighting evil.
The greater
jihad, it’s a battle that’s inside you.
Now that you
know, what are you gonna do?
It’s time to get
up, stand up, stand up for your rights,
And sometimes
that means that you have to join the fight.
But God taught
man by the pen what he knew not,
It’s time to
speak up and write down without firing a shot.
We’re living in
the times where killing is the easy solution,
But I say
killing the evil inside each of us is the real revolution.
So let’s all
come together and join in our Creator’s perfect plan,
Working hard to
love one another and spreading peace throughout the land.
The greater
jihad, it’s not killing people.
The greater
jihad, it’s about fighting evil.
The greater
jihad, it’s a battle that’s inside you.
Now that you
heard, don’t say I didn’t warn you.