Coming to America

Yeah, it's K'naan

This one's goin' out to anybody that's ever had to leave they home

This my story

I came out of a killer neighborhood called River

Where life expectancy is shorter than a caterpillar

I was once a gorilla, Mogadishu was my cage

My trainer was the gauge, AK was my baby sitter

When we be out and lootin', the whole city was shooting

I know it's fucked up, but somehow the sound became soothin'

Niggas heard African rapper and thought about Umfufu

You Superman till the real soldier boy come to shoot you

Sexual intercourse with your ear, nigga

Fuck what ya 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 8th grade while playing catch with a hand grenade

Yup, that's a true story, this ain't Hollywood glory

I ain't the prince of Zamunda dog, my life is too gory

I'm tired of always going to burials

I just wanna live a good life

So I'm comin', comin' to America

I hope we gonna have a good time

Baby, thanks for lettin' me marry ya

The green card sure looks fine

So I'm comin', comin' to America

I hope we gonna have a good time

Now, my second home city, what can I say?

It took my fuckin' heart from me

I played the judge, pardon it from larceny

Oh, yeah, that mean it never got no bars from me

T-dot O to the motherfucking 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 burials

I just wanna live a good life

So I'm comin', comin' to America

I hope we gonna have a good time

Baby, thanks for lettin' me marry ya

The green card sure looks fine

So I'm comin', comin' to America

I hope we 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

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 burials

I just wanna live a good life

So I'm comin', comin' to America

I hope we gonna have a good time

Baby, thanks for lettin' me marry ya

The green card sure looks fine

So I'm comin', comin' to America

I hope we gonna have a good time

I hope we gonna have a good time

I hope we gonna have a good time