Singer: K'naan
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Song: Immigrants
K'naan - Immigrants Lyrics (LRC) (06:07-367-0-en) (PARTIAL PREVIEW)
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[00:15.51]You know, and it gets into this whole issue of border security
[00:17.78]You know, who's gonna say that the borders are secure?
[00:20.62]We've got the house and the senate debating this issue
[00:22.79]And it's...
[00:24.06]It's really astonishing that in a country founded by immigrants
[00:26.76]"Immigrant" has somehow become a bad word
[00:29.96]So the debate rages on and we continue....
[00:41.81]And just like that it's over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead
[00:45.48]Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom...
[00:49.48]Not yet
[00:51.92]I got 1 job, 2 job, 3 when I need them
[00:55.76]I got 5 roommates in this one studio, but I never really see them
[01:00.76]And we all came america trying to get a lap dance from lady freedom
[01:05.63]But now lady liberty is acting like hilary banks with a pre-nup
[01:10.84]Man, I was brave, sailing on graves
[01:13.31]Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves
[01:16.98]I'm no dummy, here is something funny, you can be an immigrant without
[01:20.65]Risking your lives
[01:21.88]Or crossing these borders with thrifty supplies
[01:24.32]All you got to do is see the world with new eyes
[01:28.15]Immigrants, we get the job done
[01:31.49]Look how far I come
[01:33.96]Look how far I come
[01:36.46]Look how far I come
[01:38.83]We get the job done
[01:41.33]Look how far I come
[01:43.84]Look how far I come
[01:46.30]Look how far I come
[01:47.97]Immigrants, we get the job done
[01:50.18]It's a hard line when you're an import
[01:52.31]Baby boy, it's hard times
[01:53.88]When you ain't sent for
[01:54.85]Racists feed the belly of the beast
[01:56.38]With they pitchforks, rich chores
[01:57.98]Done by the people that get ignored
[02:00.19]And it started
[02:01.52]And they awoke
[02:02.56]It's a whole awakening
[02:03.66]The alarm went off a while ago
[02:04.86]Those who want, search
[02:05.86]But they label us hoodlums
[02:07.49]We are the same ones
[02:08.19]Hustling on every level
[02:09.20]Here's the details
[02:09.93]Walk a mile in our shoes
[02:11.23]Better buckle your shoes
[02:12.56]I been scoping ya dudes, ya'll ain't been working like I do
[02:14.83]I'll outwork you, it hurts you
[02:16.20]You claim I'm stealing jobs though
[02:17.47]Peter piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid pablo
[02:19.91]But there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadows
[02:22.21]We're america's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
[02:24.74]It's a matter of time before the checks all come
[02:27.08]But...
[02:27.91]Immigrants, we get the job done
[02:30.88]Look how far I come
[02:33.42]Look how far I come
[02:35.86]Look how far I come
[02:38.26]We get the job done
[02:40.76]Look how far I come
[02:43.23]Look how far I come
[02:45.73]Look how far I come
[02:47.40]Immigrants, we get the job...
[02:48.90]Not yet
[02:51.17]The credit is only borrowed
[02:52.40]It's america's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
[02:54.47]It's america's ghost writers
[02:55.81]America's ghost writers
[02:57.08]America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrow-borrowed
[02:59.61]Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
[03:01.91]It's americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
[03:04.42]It's americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
[03:06.75]It's
[03:07.65]Immigrants, we get the job done
[03:22.60]Ay yo aye, immigrants we don't like that
[03:24.77]Na they don't play british empire strikes back
[03:27.27]They beating us like 808's and high hats
[03:29.81]At our own game of invasion, but this ain't iraq
[03:32.31]Who these fugees what did they do for me
[03:34.25]But contribute new dreams
[03:35.35]Taxes and tools, swagger and food to eat
[03:37.15]Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours
[03:39.42]Even if our bombs landed on them like the mayflower
[03:42.15]Buckingham palace or capitol hill
[03:44.79]Blood of my ancestors had that all built
[03:46.86]It's the ink you print on your dollar bill, oil you spill
[03:49.30]Thin red line on the flag you hoist when you kill
[03:51.46]But still we just say "look how far I come"
[03:54.30]Hindustan, pakistan, to london
[03:56.80]T...........
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