Anyone who hears the song might describe it as having an Eastern feel. And indeed it does, for it uses a sample from a famous Abdel Halim Hafez song entitled "Khosara." Abdel Halim Hafez is one of the most famous musicians in the history of Arabic music and probably second most beloved in Egypt behind Oum Kalthoum.

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