Some of the lyrics are strikingly outspoken as well as playful, and at times overtly sexual. Refreshingly, half the track list features empowered female protagonists; "he addicted me and I addicted him with a thousand kisses… He teased me with a Fiat and I teased him with intelligence. He teased me with the Honda and I teased him with fashion. He teased me with 200 and I teased him with teeth." Taken from the addictive and trance inducing 'Ha Howa Ha Howa', the lyrics sound at once exotic, yet familiar as they seem to traverse place and time. Although the majority of these songs hail from the Middle and Far East, it wasn't a deliberate choice by Khan and Carey, who picked out songs based on the power, rhythm and groove of the music rather than their cultural origin. One of the songs hails from the USA, Skip Spence's 'War In Peace', but it sits perfectly among the others with its hypnotic vocal and enticing melodies.
