Tuesday Tunes: Warrior // Worrier

Outlandish is a hip-hop group based in Denmark.  Isam (Moroccan descent) and Waqas (Pakastani descent) are Muslim and Lenny (Cuban/Honduran descent) is Catholic.  They released their first album, Outland's Official in 2001 and their most recent album, Warrior // Worrier was released this year.

Gypsy Cab
Warrior // Worrier
Barrio
Sky Is Ours
Better Days
The Start
Ready To Love
Breathin' Under Water
A Mind Full Of Whispers
Into The Night
Gangsta Like Crazy
Dreamin' & Streamin'
TriumF

I was a little late finding out about this new album with them not being too popular here in the states.  In almost perfect timing, though, I discovered it right as Ramadan ended and I've been listening to it almost nonstop since then.  Gypsy Cab is definitely my favorite on the album and quickly becoming my favorite Outlandish song of all time.  There's a part of the song where they combine "Hallelujah" and "Alhumdulillah" and it made my heart melt.  Below are more of my favorite lyrics from the album...

Gypsy Cab 

“Say Hallelujah. Say Al halla lu li lah. Praise be at whoever your hearts is at, whether that be Allah or Jesus Christ.” 

“Maybe she lies ‘cause she'd prefer a broken neck instead of a broken heart.” 

Warrior // Worrier 

“Do whatever you love and you'll be free. If you can't buy happiness, try to lease.” “For what is worth you're my warrior and I'm your warrior.” 

“Goodness is bigger than us. You can't see it ‘cause it is silent but it's feeding this world.” 

“What you call a problem, I just call them lessons of love.” 

“God never promised you days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain. But he did promise strength for you every day.” 

“Everybody's in love when things are going well.” 

 Barrio 

“Whenever it rains, an angel cries. Makes me sad to see tears from the sky.” 

Sky Is Ours 

“They can have this Earth, this pile of dirt. But the sky is ours.” 

Better Days 

“Maniacs will you sit while geniuses drive your cabs? Dead end jobs that might leave you dead at the job. Oh, a place where you can third world in the first world.” “Poverty is like love, makes you do some crazy things.” 

The Start 

“Where a heart skips a beat no DJ could ever drop.” 

“In a heart where's there true love, there's no doubt. When it's love you'll know. It's from the start, from the start.” 

Ready To Love 

“We got one life to love each other. One life, one love. Protecting and be there for one another. We're worthless if we keep on fighting ‘cause together we can face the night if we're ready to love.” 

“It ain't enough that we are at war with nature. We want more more more than our 40 acres.” 

Breathin’ Under Water 

“Did I die for nothing instead of living for something?” 

“Maybe you know the difference. What's between just being alive and just living?” 

“I'm a P I M P. Preaching in my poetry.” 

“Can't buy happiness, at least I can lease it. I'm not being facetious when I say I need Jesus. How can we follow leaders when we have such hallow leaders?” 

“I got millions of ancestors deep in the Atlantic from where the slave traders came. And they still speaking through my vein, so when I'm speaking underwater.” 

A Mind Full of Whispers 

“A mind full of whispers, my heart full of scripture. Music is my frame and words play the picture.” 

Gangsta Like Crazy 

“Arab men are radical terrorists. Immigrants all play and must be sent away, period. Black men are criminals. Veiled women are oppressed. White men are racists. And free speech is irrelevant. If you believe in any of these statements, you are an idiot. I repeat, an idiot. I don't know who knocked the Twin Towers down, but in different times I wonder if a bomb falls in the desert will it make a sound?” 

TriumF 

“Put down the gun, pick up my pen. The ink of one worth more than men.”

I'll end with the official video for their single Warrior // Worrier.  Let me know what you think of the video and the album in general.  Is this your first time hearing of them?  If you were already a fan, how does this album compare to the others?