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I Only Ask of God – Outlandish
Our friend Yvette from the A Nun’s Life Community found this gem. The song is called “I Only Ask of God” by the multinational, hip hop trio Outlandish.
Outlandish is made up of friends Isam Bachiri Azouaoui (Danish born, Moroccan decent), Waqas Ali Qadri Danish born, Pakistani decent), and Lenny Martinez (Honduran born, Cuban decent). They seek to give voice to “the world we live in”. They represent religious diversity (Muslim and Catholic) and proficiency in multiple languages with lyrics in English, Urdu/Punjabi, Danish, Spanish, and Arabic.
The message of this particular song “I Only Ask of God” is powerful. Here’s the first verse:
I only ask of God
He won’t let me be indifferent to the suffering
That the very dried up death doesn’t find me
Empty and without having given my everything
What happens if we truly made this our prayer?
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Beautiful song! It was originally written by Leon Gieco, a very important singer of the social reality of Argentina. And always sung by a lovely singer who died last year, and icon of argentinian music, Mercedes Sosa…
Lovely prayer, isnt it?
Blessings to all!
Thank you for posting this. I am Danish and know “Outlandish” very well.
They are very popular here.
What a beautiful song and a lovely prayer for anyone to adopt. I especially like the line “I only ask of God that the very dried up death doesn’t find me empty and without having given my everything. That indeed is a fear of mine, to die without having given my everything for the good of humanity and the glory of God. Thank you for sharing Sister Julie. You are an inspiration.
Yes, I was also just going to say that it is Mercedes Sosa who comes to my mind!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIrot1Flczg
Feels different hearing it in English and by europeans, although I am european myself
And the second thought always is psalm 27! When we sing that psalm in the community I hope to enter, i often thought of Mercedes Sosa and that that desire of justice combines in my life with that of being in the house of the Lord.
I love it! I’m going to share this and refer some of my friends to this particular episode of A Nun’s Life. Thank you for sharing this!
i love this song.thank you for sharing.go outlandish go