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Papa Was A-throwin' Stones



(Lyrics begin at 1:55 of video)

It was the third of Muharram
That day that'll always be scarrin' (Yes it will)
Cause that was the day that my sister died
I never got a chance to know her
Never heard nothing but bad things about her
Mullah, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
Mullah just hung his head and said, Sunni

Your Papa was a-throwin' stones
Cause your sister brought shame to his home
And when she died, Shar'iah said she was atoned
Papa was a-throwin' stones
Cause your sister brought shame to his home
And when she died, Shari'ah said she was atoned

Hey Mullah, is it true what they say
That Wafa was never veiled a day in her life
And Mullah, bad talk going around the clan
That Wafa had three outside classes and wouldn't become a wife (And that ain't right)
Heard some talk about Wafa doing some bazaar prayin'
Talk about giving praise and all the time swayin'
Showing her arms and tempting in the name of Allah
Mullah just hung his head and said

Your Papa was a-throwin' stones (my Sunni)
Cause your sister brought shame to his home
And when she died, the SHAR-iah* said she was atoned
Papa was a-throwin' stones
Cause your sister brought shame to his home
And when she died, SHAR-iah* said she was atoned

Hey Mullah, I heard Wafa say she wouldn't take no man's shit
Tell me is that what sent Wafa to the stoning pit
Folks say Wafa would beg borrow and steal to stay in school
Hey Mullah, folks say Wafa wasn't much on shrinking
Spent most of her time confronting old ways of thinking
Mullah I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
Mullah looked up with a tear in his blind eye and said

Your Papa was a-throwin' stones (wa'il, wa'il, kull wa'il)*
Cause your sister brought shame to his home (ya maa..)*
And when she died, Shari'ah said she was atoned (atoned, atoned, atoned, atoned)
Your Papa was a-throwin' stones
Cause your sister brought shame to his home
And when she died, Shari'ah said she was atoned .....

*actual, genuine Arab lamentation (woe, woe, all woes)

(Shari'ah, as pronounced by Muslims who live under it, is SHAH-ryah (not Sha-REE-ah) so the first syllable works perfectly with "all')




 
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