every single artist on this track spits qu'ran verses and akon sings the fukking hook that is a qu'ran passage... all these nikkas still alive
Arab Money ignited controversy, particularly from Islamic communities.
[1] The released remix came with even stronger negative reaction,
as it quotes lines from the Quran, which (in such a form) is deemed forbidden in most Arab countries. DJ
Steve Sutherland of
Galaxy FM[3] was suspended temporarily when he played the song and listeners complained. In response, Busta said:
Sometimes, people like to twist things. We ain't mockin' the culture. We ain't tryin' to be disrespectful. Ain't no racism going on right here. If you listen to the song, you see that we are actually acknowledging the fact that the Arabian culture, a Middle East culture is one of the few cultures, that value passing down hard work riches that's been built amongst the family. It would be nice if a lot of other cultures did the same thing. Feel me? So, I would like for it to be like that in my culture where we could build things to the point where we got so much that we don't need to rely on other cultures to contribute majorly in a financial way, or in whatever other way, to societies, communities or whatever governments we might live in. So, we are actually biggin' up the culture. At the end of the day, I want to be like that. I think a lot of us want to be like that.
damn breh you right... i didn't know it was THAT serious over here too.. he might have to take this shyt down and NEVER release it
