I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

(I used to love life, as a child, until I realized life went on for miles)

(Each stretch of barren future riddled with uncertainty, piles and piles)

(I used to love life, as a child, until I just sat there and thought, thought there and sat)

(I used to love life, as a child, until I realized it didn't love me back)

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

A DIRTY, NASTY, FUCK

BRED FROM THE IMBRED THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

OUTSIDE OF AMERICA

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE BRAINS TO BE A CITIZEN

BEING A RESIDENT BUT BORN ACROSS THE SEA, WHO'S KIDDING HIM

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

I CAME FROM ROACHES AND RATS

NEVER HAD MONEY

MOVED TO THE US

THE FAMILY GOT AN APARTMENT

NOW WE BROKE AND LIVING WITH CRACKHEADS AND DRUGGIES

HOW WE SUPPOSED TO THRIVE WITH MONEY

IF WE NEVER THRIVED WITH MONEY

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

A FILTHY STAIN ON THEIR FLAG, A WALKIN' CONTRADICTION

A PRODUCT OF A LAND THEY MOCK, DISMISSED WITHOUT CONVICTION

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

BORN IN MÉXICO, SPEAKIN’ WITH AN ACCENT SO THEY LAUGH AT HOW I TALK

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

A SHADOW IN THEIR SYSTEM, NEVER FITTIN' IN THE FRAME

JUST A BODY IN THE WORKFORCE, BUT THEY NEVER KNOW MY NAME

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

FROM ROACHES, FROM RATS, FROM HUNGER PAINS AND HARD TIMES

CAME HERE CHASIN' HOPE BUT MET A WALL BUILT FROM HARD LINES

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

LANDED IN A SPOT WHERE THE WINDOWS BARRICADED

SHARIN' HALLS WITH DOPE FIENDS, DREAMS EVAPORATED

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

THEY TELL ME "GO BACK HOME," BUT WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT?

THE POVERTY I LEFT OR THE PLACE THAT CALLS ME TRASH?

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

NO! I'LL NEVER CALM DOWN, NOT UNTIL WE GET OUR RESPECT

AND THAT AIN'T A FUCKING CHECK, THAT'S STAYIN' OFF OF OUR NECKS

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

MY MAMA CLEANIN' HOUSES, MY DADDY BREAKIN' BRICKS

MY SISTER PUSHIN’ PAPERS, MY BROTHER HITTIN' LICKS

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

EVERY MAN WAS CREATED EQUAL, OR SO THE CONSTITUTION SAYS

SO WHY THE FUCK DO WE WORRY ABOUT BEING FED, OR A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

WATCHIN' EVERY MOVE, CAN’T AFFORD TO MAKE A SLIP

ONE FOOT IN A CELL, ONE FOOT ON A SHIP

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

MY NEIGHBOR GOT DEPORTED, NEVER SAID GOODBYE

LEFT HIS SON WITHOUT A FATHER, NOW HE LEARNIN’ HOW TO SURVIVE

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

THEIR LAWS AIN'T MADE FOR ME, JUST A LOOPHOLE FOR THE RICH

I AIN'T DONE NOTHING, BUT STILL THEY REFUSE TO FORGET

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

ALSO KNOWN AS A LOWER LIFE FORM TO THOSE ORIGINALLY BORN

AND THOUGH WE WALK THE SAME SOIL, THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET ARE WORN

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

NOBODY EVER SHOWED US RESPECT, WE LAY BRICKS FOR YOU FUCKS, THIS HOW YOU REPAY US?

THE ONLY TIME THEY EVER CALL OUR DAMN NAME IS WHEN THEY WANNA MAKE AN EXAMPLE, TO SHAME US

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT

WE WEREN'T BORN TO BE RIDICULED, WE WON'T STAND IT

YOU KEEP FUCKING WITH OUR DIGNITY, THEN FUCK IT, WE'LL ABANDON

AND SEE WHO LAYS YOUR BRICKS

AND SEE WHO DOES YOUR DIRTY WORK

AND SEE WHO SACRIFICES FOR YA'LL TO LIVE

AND IF YOU ASK WHY, WE'LL PLEAD THE FIFTH

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT (The lies told by man are so much more complex than you think)

(Forcing you to believe an alternate reality while the truth stares you in the face, not a blink)

(I know I wasn't born here, but to have to end lives to live mine)

(It's sad, and one day, I'll just explode, a landmine)

(It's sad)

(It's sad)

I KNOW I'M AN IMMIGRANT