Name: Khalifah
Duration: P00H03M17S
Description: Khalifah is an arabic word for the human creation distinguised as people who have a delegated power on behalf of a sovereign or ruler, namely God. Representatives and Ambassadors for God, yet not at all gods themselves.

Khalifah

from The Black Swan by Zaimah Beloved

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Khalifah is an arabic word for the human creation distinguised as people who have a delegated power on behalf of a sovereign or ruler, namely God. Representatives and Ambassadors for God, yet not at all gods themselves.

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All rise.... for The Khalifah

Chorus:
Khalifah Kha Kha Khalifah
Khalifah Kha Kha Khalifah
Khalifah tul Ard and we're gonna go far.

Verse 1:
Don’t call me a God
Its something that I abhor
Giving me a name
I didn’t get from my Lord
Making false claims
are certain to be ignored
Try staying in your lane
its something you should do more.
I’m a human being
and thats an honor in itself
gotcha gifts from someone else
gotcha lift from borrowed wealth.
Lets be clear, no more confusion.
My title is Khalifah, I’m a leader
no illusions. Fully Human. Yes.

Chorus:
Khalifah Kha Kha Khalifah
Khalifah Kha Kha Khalifah
Khalifah tul Ard
And we gonna go far.

Verse 2:

Everything here is for me.
The honor that I hold
is a power God bestowed me.
My high ranking is specifically and surely
I stay thinking
you won’t catch me acting poorly.
Eyes stay blinking
I can see the goal before me.
Souls unshrinking
God is Greater than you or me.
Early since the start of this creation
The Creator was my potter
must do the things that I oughta
Salat is Air so I gotta
Breathe with a shaddah
To receive with a madda.
And as long as I'm breathing
I will tell you
There is no other.
I am not a God we are Nas in the place.
The devil thought he handsome
But Khalifah on my face.
This is an anthem for the Nas in the place.
The devil think he’s winning
But Khalifah wins the race. Yes.

Khalifah Kha Kha Khalifah
Khalifah Kha Kha Khalifah
Khalifas tul Ard
And we gonna go far.

Excerpt from lecture of Imam W. D. Mohammed

credits

from The Black Swan, track released April 7, 2016
Written by: Zaimah Habeeb
All Vocals by Zaimah
Lecture excerpt from "Khalifah" by Imam W. D. Mohammed

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Zaimah Beloved New York, New York

Zaimah Beloved is a singer/ songwriter who has lived her entire life an everyday woman. She uses those everyday experiences to create music that helps give perspective to the matters in life we most want to discuss, but often don't have the words to express it, nor music, to accompany us. Zaimah will write the soundtrack for the journey pop culture is on, to consciousness. What she calls: destiny. ... more