The People's Cube - Political Satire

Never quite liked the previous title, so I changed it to "In The Year AD 525" the classic Zaghir wa Evans hit which traced Islamic history from the beginning to the fall of the Baghdad Caliphate





In the year AD 525
If Aws can stay alive
If Kharzraj can survive
They may find

In the year AD 635
Ain't gonna be misled by Jews tell no lie
Everything you think, hear or say
Is in the Sura that's revealed today

In the year oh 745
Ain't gonna have no peace, damn you Shi'ites
Your bemoaning's all in vain
Wont bring back that nut Hussein

In the year AD 855
Our foes prostratin' down 'fore our eyes
Islam's banners now unfurled
Abbasids rule the whole damn world

In the year AD 965
Ain't gonna need no Arabs, won't need their knives
Outsource jihad, outsource bloody work
To those newbies called the Seljuk Turks

In the year 11 and 10
If Pope's a warring, he oughta say so by then
Maybe he'll look around Clermont and say
"Guess it's time for the First Crusade"

In the year 12 and 10
Allah's gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say, "I'm pleased with what Islam has wrought."
Or give the Khan genocidal thoughts

In the year 1295
I'm kind of wonderin' if Islam can survive
They've taken everything those Mongol Hordes could dish
And they dint hold back nothing, ya maa

Now it's been ten hundred years
Islam's jerked a billion tears
For what some Prophet knew
Now Islam's time is through
But thru eternal strife
Their raging at twilight
Now again they slay
Try to bring back yesterday

In the year AD 525
If Yathrib can survive
If Prophet does arrive
They may find ....

This is a little known fact, Fehd, but Zaghir wa Evans had a follow up hit which covered Islamic history to the present day -- "In the Year of 12 and 25"

In the year of 12 and 25
If Mamelukes can contrive
If Wahhabs do arrive
They may find

In the year of 1335
It's gonna be pure hell in truth, tell no lie
Everything you see, love or claim
Will be ravaged by ol' Tamerlame

In the year of 1445
Take down Byzantines, cause their demise
High point for Al Jaish Rasool*
Gonna call the city Istanbul

In the year of 1555
Your Ottoman Turks at their high tide
Arab tribes got no one to slay
Some Devshirme's doing that today

In the year 1665
Ain't gonna need Safavids, won't need Shi'ites
You'll bring your Turks, Jannissarries too
Vienna's gates just too strong for you

In the year of 1710
If Wahhab's coming, he oughta be born by then*
He'll look around Arabia and nod
Guess it time for a crazed jihad

In the year of 1810
Allah gonna shake his wizened head
He'll prolly say, "I'm proud at what Islam had been"
Don't believe it can rise again

In the year of 1995
I'm kind of wonderin' if Muslims will ever thrive
They taken everything those oil fields could give
And it don't help with nothing, no no

Now it's been eight hundred years
Islam spilled a billion tears
For what some Prophet knew
Now Islam's time is through
But through eternal strife
Their raging at twilight
Now again they slay
Try to impose yesterday

In the year of 12 and 25
If Mongols will subside
If Caliph can survive
He may find .....


*(Jaish Rasool -- Army of the Prophet ...... *Abdul Wahhab was born in 1703)

This next historical song, composed by the great Muslim avant garde genius, Farouq Abdul Zappar is called "Moving to Medina Soon"



I might be moving to Medina soon
Just to appraise me of some Jewish plots
Appraising them up
Whacking them down
In a blood soaked pit that I can .. dig uptown
By myself, I would be my own boss
Cause I'd be crushing the ONLY .. Jewish plots
(Crushing the ONLY Jewish plots)

Well I just might start me a faith
But keep turn-the-cheek stuff
For somebody else
But then on the other hand I would
Keep the old laws
And stone folks down
Say some Hadeeth
And write 'em all down
I'd start me a sect (Al hamdu Li LA-hi li-LAH!)
And win some respect
That's why I'm moving to Medina!

Moving to Medina soon
Gonna be a desert faith tycoon
Moving to Medina, fool
Gonna be Allah's last rasool (Yes I am)

(Cue instrumental break, following by Chorus of manic ullulating voices)

I'm appraising up a Jewish plot
That cropped up in a battle
Crushing the plot
Beheading all day and all night and all afternoon
I'm taking a small tiny bride
Her name is sweet A'isha
She's a good wife .. even though
She's a bit dinky for babies and normal relations anyway
She's a bit dinky for babies and normal relations anyway
I'm crushing a little Jewish plot
Even if you think it's a little brutal, folks
I dont care if you think its brutal, folks
I dont care if you think its brutal, folks

I'm gonna get me a camel
Just about this big
And raid all along the caravan line
With a pair of ... heavy duty
ZIRCON ENCRUSTED Daggers in my hand
Ev'ry other Bedouin would say I was .. mighty grand
By myself I would be my own boss
Cause I'd be crushing the ONLY .. Jewish plots
(Crushing the ONLY .. Jewish plots)

Well I might ride along the caravan route
With my daggers gleaming in the moonlight-y night
And then I would
Say a couple HADEETH
And give my steed the bit
Just me and little A'isha
Over by the Jewish plot pit

And then I just might jump back on
And ride like a prophet
Into the dawn of Medina

Moving to Medina soon (Hamdu Lilah, Haya)
Moving to Medina soon (Hamdu Lilah, Haya)
Moving to Medina soon (Hamdu Lilah, Haya)
Moving to Medina soon (Hamdu Lilah, Haya)
Moving to Medina soon (HAMDU LILAH HAYA, 'LAH)
Moving to Medina soon (HAMDU LILAH HAYA, 'LAH) ....