Yeah, it's K'naan
This one's going out to anybody
That's ever had to leave their home
This is my story
I came out of a killer neighborhood called River
Where life expectancy is shorter than a caterpillar
I was once a guerilla, Mogadishu was my cage
My trainer was the gauge, - was my babysitter
When we be out and looting, the whole city was shooting
I know it's fucked up, but somehow the sound became soothing
Niggas heard African rappers and thought about umfufu
You Superman 'til the real soldier boy come to shoot you
Sexual intercourse with your aunt, fuck what you heard
Yeah, nigga, come walk in the dark, no fear, nigga
There's a drought in my eyes, no tear, nigga
Word to malaria, your hood can't really compare here
Got cheese, they really love dairy, yeah
Come near here, I'm daring ya
I shit you not, ain't afraid, life gave me a rotten lemonade
Blew up my school in the eighth grade
While playing catch with a hand grenade
Yup, that's a true story, this ain't Hollywood glory
I ain't the prince, it's the moon, lil' dawg
My life is too gory
I'm tired of always going to various
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we're gonna have a good time
Baby, thanks for letting me marry ya
Your green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we're gonna have a good time
Now my second home city
What can I say? It took my fucking heart from me
I played a judge, pardoned it from larceny
Oh yeah, that mean it never got no bars from me
T dot O to the fucking dot, B
In the Rexdale project lobby
Puck, puck, but it ain't no hockey
When the cops came, they knocked me
They got me, I had to flee
They said to bargain, I had to plea
So I crossed the border while they put a warrant out for me
I'm tired of always going to various
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we're gonna have a good time
Baby, thanks for letting me marry ya
Your green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we're gonna have a good time
Now I know everywhere in the world got its problems
Everybody got a dream of the green, it's the dollars
But some of us are dying in the streets, can you figure out
Even in America the hoods need a ticket out?
Now I know everywhere in the world got its problems
Everybody got a dream of the green, it's the dollars
But some of us are dying in the streets, can you figure out
Even in America the hoods need a ticket out?
I'm tired of always going to various
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we're gonna have a good time
Baby, thanks for letting me marry ya
Your green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we're gonna have a good time
I hope we're gonna have a good time
I hope we're gonna have a good time
