Dawud Wharnsby

"If he could read a line, just understand one sign. Close his mouth and hear the peace of hope and fear, if he could read a line. If he could keep in time."

"What of this God whom we command, to bless our coloured flag and land, so busy drawing lines in sand that we don’t think and understand."

"What of wars we have survived, genocides and hollow costs/holocausts? Have our hopes for humankind like scriptures and mass graves been lost?"

"If a fist can hold a sword, and a fist can clench a pen, but the points of both are missed, by dull, tarnished pride of men. We must open up our hands, raise our palms up high to see, the mazes of our unique selves, end with similarity."

"Your bombs and pens like swords, held high, up to my throat. You have made the cost of blood, as cheap as ink and all I think."

"If we only knew, the sacred value, And if the might of our pen, is stronger than the swords of men, let us unsheathe our minds, write with our hearts again."

"We’ve got to take a chance, fly by the seat of our proverbial pants. There’s so much we can do, out in this world, me and you. There’s so much we can improve, if you dig my drift, if you catch my groove."

"There are a lot of grown ups who, should be sent up to their rooms, and told they must stay there, until they learn they can play fair."

"The Light, The Thunder, The Dunes of Sand, The Sun, The Moon, Man and the land. If we work a little, we might see, if we think and reflect on each rock and tree, there’s no measure to all it’s worth — sustainable earth."

"‘Where’s the next show?’, ‘Why don’t you make a Video?’, ‘Put on these beads and clothes and The Bling, Bling!’ Well, if that’s all it’s about than I think that I want out, of a career that won’t just let me sing. ...‘cause music, faith and knowledge should be free."

"All of us, ride on the same bus, shop at the same malls and stores. All of us, debate and discuss, decide and divide what is mine and what’s yours."

"You and I, wonder at the sky, call God a different name. As we try, learn and long to fly — you and I are so differently the same."

"But when it rains, it rains on all our houses, we all get cold when it snows. When a storm rolls in, huddled up against our windows, we all feel the fear when a strong wind blows, While on this earth, we’re all of equal worth."

"Dear God I've heard your name from teachers, family and friends, you made the universe and so will live on when it ends. Everyone I know admits they’ve never seen your face, they’re not sure where you live and have no map to the place."

"There’s always work that must be done...Life’s so simple when we simply work to make it fun."

"We love to live a simple life...we simply love the life we live though some would say its hard."

"Fences and forts with walls and flags, caw caw — they’re so funny."

"The foolish big boys who fight with their toys are so sadly silly."

"Someday we’ll realize, perhaps much to our surprise, the keys to free a smile have been with us all the while: look for good, and spread that good around."

"There was a house made out of sticks, there was a city, made out of bricks, I was amazed at what I saw, all I could say was Subhanallah!"

"I saw a dream, Earth safe and green. No hunger no war, water so clean. I’ll work for the world that I saw, set my mind and say insha Allah."

"A busy buzzing bee is a lot like me, it works and it lives in community."

"Allah gave the Qur’an to a very special man, who passed it on to us, for the rest of all our days."