Slowly slow

Recently I found this wonderful CD titled Allah Knows. Ever since Haqim was hooked on I Look, I See, I had always tried to find something similar to Yusuf Islam's CD. Which basically means an Islamic English musical CD that would appeal to children.

And I found it - in Allah Knows. Zain Bhika is just brilliant and his songs are simply awesome! They tackle issues more complex than those in I Look, I See and appeals to youths as well. It's a shame not many people know of him and his songs. His songs deal with greed, drugs, being a Muslim today and many others.

Try google the man, he is a South African who really does make beautiful music. And the vocals are also fantastic!

Everyone has his own favorites now but one that has a special place in my heart is Slowly Slow.

You see, I have a rather complicated realtionship with my first born. I love him no doubt, but perhaps the fact that he is at that 'difficult' age makes things somewhat sticky between him and us sometimes. He gets his foot in his mouth a lot, and he hardly stops to think of the consequence of the things he says and does - May well be what a 14 year old kid does by nature...But I do worry about him so. I worry that he may make rash decisions in life and I worry that he doesn't know that I love him.

Anyhow, I found this song to be perfect. I made him listen to it, with the beautiful lyrics in his hand.

To Shaf, you'll always be the coolness in my eyes...and I love you, more than you'll ever know....

Slowly Slow

Slowly slow my child
The world waits for you
And your window of time
Will come shining through
Slowly slow, don’t rush you know
It’ll all come easy

There’s some things you can’t take back
No regrets for what you wanna get
Needs some thinking down the line
Slowly slow my darling I’m here for you
And every stumble, every fall
Breaks my heart in two
I only want the best for you
And every step makes up the mile
Even though it takes a while
And God will always smile on you my child

Chorus:
So have faith, have faith
Just like the bird who feels the sun
And sings before the dawn has come
Have faith, have faith

Slowly slow my boy
I see you’re strong
And everybody wants to find
A place where they belong
But don’t you find yourself someday
In a cold and dark and lonely place
And you wonder how you got there
I know it gets clouded in your mind
And you wanna move faster
It seems that you’re running out of time
But I love you
Together we’ll get through
Don’t you know

Slowly slow Slowly slow my son
You wanna be a man
And I guess those days are gone
When I used hold your hand
Cause this is the age of winks and smiles
And butterflies deep inside
But you’ll always be the coolness of my eyes

Chorus
Slowly slow my child
The world waits for you
And your window of time
Will come shining through
Slowly slow, don’t rush you know
It’ll all come easy