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I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

  1. //0:00 //
  2. (I used to love life, as a child, until I realized life went on for miles)
  3. (Each stretch of barren future riddled with uncertainty, piles and piles)
  4. (I used to love life, as a child, until I just sat there and thought, thought there and sat)
  5. (I used to love life, as a child, until I realized life didn't love me back)
  6. //0:10 //
  7. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  8. A DIRTY, NASTY, FUCK
  9. BRED FROM THE IMBRED THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
  10. OUTSIDE OF AMERICA
  11. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  12. I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE BRAINS TO BE A CITIZEN
  13. BEING A RESIDENT BUT BORN ACROSS THE SEA, WHO'S KIDDING HIM
  14. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  15. I CAME FROM ROACHES AND RATS
  16. NEVER HAD MONEY
  17. MOVED TO THE US
  18. THE FAMILY GOT AN APARTMENT
  19. NOW WE BROKE AND LIVING WITH CRACKHEADS AND DRUGGIES
  20. HOW WE SUPPOSED TO THRIVE WITH MONEY
  21. IF WE NEVER THRIVED WITH MONEY
  22. //0:26 //
  23. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  24. A FILTHY STAIN ON THEIR FLAG, A WALKIN' CONTRADICTION
  25. A PRODUCT OF A LAND THEY MOCK, DISMISSED WITHOUT CONVICTION
  26. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  27. [A BROKEN LINK IN THEIR CHAIN, I'M PART CUBAN, A PIECE THAT DON’T BELONG](cuban link chain)
  28. BORN IN MÉXICO, SPEAKIN’ WITH AN ACCENT SO THEY LAUGH AT HOW I TALK
  29. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  30. A SHADOW IN THEIR SYSTEM, NEVER FITTIN' IN THE FRAME
  31. JUST A BODY IN THE WORKFORCE, BUT THEY NEVER KNOW MY NAME
  32. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  33. FROM ROACHES, FROM RATS, FROM HUNGER PAINS AND HARD TIMES
  34. CAME HERE CHASIN' HOPE BUT MET A WALL BUILT FROM HARD LINES
  35. //0:52 //
  36. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  37. LANDED IN A SPOT WHERE THE WINDOWS BARRICADED
  38. SHARIN' HALLS WITH DOPE FIENDS, DREAMS EVAPORATED
  39. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  40. THEY TELL ME "GO BACK HOME," BUT WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT?
  41. THE POVERTY I LEFT OR THE PLACE THAT CALLS ME TRASH?
  42. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  43. NO! I'LL NEVER CALM DOWN, NOT UNTIL WE GET OUR RESPECT
  44. AND THAT AIN'T A FUCKING CHECK, THAT'S STAYIN' OFF OF OUR NECKS
  45. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  46. MY MAMA CLEANIN' HOUSES, MY DADDY BREAKIN' BRICKS
  47. MY SISTER PUSHIN’ PAPERS, MY BROTHER HITTIN' LICKS
  48. //1:13 //
  49. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  50. EVERY MAN WAS CREATED EQUAL, OR SO THE CONSTITUTION SAYS
  51. SO WHY THE FUCK DO WE WORRY ABOUT BEING FED, OR A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS
  52. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  53. WATCHIN' EVERY MOVE, CAN’T AFFORD TO MAKE A SLIP
  54. ONE FOOT IN A CELL, ONE FOOT ON A SHIP
  55. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  56. MY NEIGHBOR GOT DEPORTED, NEVER SAID GOODBYE
  57. LEFT HIS SON WITHOUT A FATHER, NOW HE LEARNIN’ HOW TO SURVIVE
  58. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  59. THEIR LAWS AIN'T MADE FOR ME, JUST A LOOPHOLE FOR THE RICH
  60. I AIN'T DONE NOTHING, BUT STILL THEY REFUSE TO FORGET
  61. //1:35 //
  62. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  63. ALSO KNOWN AS A LOWER LIFE FORM TO THOSE ORIGINALLY BORN
  64. AND THOUGH WE WALK THE SAME SOIL, THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET ARE WORN
  65. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  66. NOBODY EVER SHOWED US RESPECT, WE LAY BRICKS FOR YOU FUCKS, THIS HOW YOU REPAY US?
  67. THE ONLY TIME THEY EVER CALL OUR DAMN NAME IS WHEN THEY WANNA MAKE AN EXAMPLE, TO SHAME US
  68. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT
  69. WE WEREN'T BORN TO BE RIDICULED, WE WON'T STAND IT
  70. YOU KEEP FUCKING WITH OUR DIGNITY, THEN FUCK IT, WE'LL ABANDON
  71. //1:50 //
  72. AND SEE WHO LAYS YOUR BRICKS
  73. AND SEE WHO DOES YOUR DIRTY WORK
  74. AND SEE WHO SACRIFICES FOR YA'LL TO LIVE
  75. AND IF YOU ASK WHY, WE'LL PLEAD THE FIFTH
  76. //1:55 //
  77. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT (The lies told by man are so much more complex than you think)
  78. (Forcing you to believe an alternate reality while the truth stares you in the face, not a blink)
  79. (I know I wasn't born here, but to have to end lives to live mine)
  80. (It's sad, and one day, I'll just explode, a landmine)
  81. (It's sad)
  82. (It's sad)
  83. //2:15 //
  84. I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

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