|   Test 
  Test 
 Lately things have been so stressed for you
 It seems like life is trying to mess with you and pester you
 You thought you knew exactly what to best pursue
 You working hard on those things that you set to do
 But you confess it's true that your success is few
 And your folks are only helping in depressing you
 You try to do the Deen but they be stressing you
 And it gets to you but you suppress that too
 An exam, you go and study day and night
 You pray and write, hope for a grade you like
 But when you get the test you're in dismay and fright
 There's no A in sight and only 8 were right, wow!
 And what about the sister you enquired about
 She's so pious, devout that it required a scout
 But then you get the news her Wali fired you out
 They were wired, no doubt, to someone higher in clout
 Lately its seems that your calling in life
 Is just you falling in strife
 The word appalling is right
 And you notice you've been feeling sick, why who knows
 So you call upon the doctor she can eye it close
 She tells you I suppose, that you wont be very happy when I diagnose
 Although you try your hardest not to cry it shows
 It's a monster load, and your strength is sinking
 You start wondering and thinking
 
 What's going on? it seems all wrong, why am I the one struggling along?
 I don't know why I'm hurting, I never hurt nobody
 My life I'm living right, but it's crumbling around me
 How strong is my faith this time? (got to pass the test)
 Will my solution include Haram? (got to pass the test)
 I gotta be strong during times like these, (got to pass the test)
 I know after hardship there goes ease! (got to pass the test) It's a test, (from Allah), a test (from your Lord), it's a test (what you gonna do?), gotta realize it's a test
 
 Folks used to say you were smarty kid
 Others made mistakes but you hardly did
 Since then man, life has just been marvelous
 You stand tall like an obelisk
 It's obvious
 Your high paying job is never arduous
 Your living in your crib and you got marble this and marble that
 Others dream to rival that
 And your blessed to never draw major debt
 because success is your motto nothing keeps you down
 Passing peeps in town, yo by leaps and bounds
 People clapping when you talk because of deep renown
 You drive Hummers and top model jeeps around
 You know its bad and haram to be a miser and boast
 But your healthier and wealthier and wiser than most
 You gotta an adviser to those, who try to propose
 Cause there's so many potentials that they line up in rows
 You got it all, the power the money the wealth
 Your thinking God's gotta love you more than anyone else
 But wait Whoa wait a second, this isn't what your thinking
 You gotta stop and think why you getting all the blessings
 Don't want to let it shake ya, or let the devil make ya
 Forget to praise Allah and then fail the test your taken
 No doubt you're gonna try your best
 Gotta be thankful and pray no less
 Already gotta head up above the rest
 Cause you realize this is just a test
 
 So face it, in life, you'll be tested at times
 The devil, he's bright, don't let him mess with your mind
 Yo, we're blessed, the Divine, which is the best for mankind
 So He (God) gives us exams so don't get stressed out and whine
 Even the best of all humanity was tested Himself
 Allah can test us with calamity or test us with wealth
 Can you hold back from profanity and focus yourself
 Or maybe keep away from vanity and function in stealth
 It's tough, trust me I know that it's rough
 But after pain comes ease and you'll be blessed from above
 I hope when the time for my test comes along I will cope and I'll find I'll be blessed when I'm strong
 So my people, when life is a mess
 You gotta focus and realize, this could be your test...
 
 Native Deen
 
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