Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) (Explicit)
K'naan"Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) (Explicit)" is a song by K'naan, released in 2016 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:38 long and contains 149 lines and 819 words.
0:00Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) (移民（我们完成工作）) - K'naan/Snow tha Product/Riz MC/Residente
0:01You know
0:01And it gets into this whole issue of border security
0:03You know
0:04Who's gonna say that the borders are secure
0:06We've got the house and the senate debating this issue
0:08And it's
0:09And it's astonishing that in a country founded by immigrants
0:13Immigrant has somehow become a bad word
0:16So the debate rages on and we continue
0:21And just like that it's over
0:22We tend to our wounded
0:23We count our dead
0:25Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
0:28Not yet
0:31I got 1 job
0:322 job
0:333 when I need them
0:35I got 5 roommates in this one studio
0:37But I never really see them
0:40And we all came America trying to get a lap dance from Lady Freedom
0:45But now Lady Liberty is acting like Hilary Banks with a pre-nup
0:50Man I was brave sailing on graves
0:52Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves
0:56I'm no dummy here is something funny
0:58You can be an immigrant without risking your lives
1:01Or crossing these borders with thrifty supplies
1:04All you got to do is see the world with new eyes
1:07Immigrants we get the job done
1:11Look how far I come
1:13Look how far I come
1:15Look how far I come
1:18We get the job done
1:21Look how far I come
1:23Look how far I come
1:25Look how far I come
1:27Immigrants we get the job done
1:29It's a hard line when you're an import
1:31Baby boy it's hard times
1:33When you ain't sent for
1:34Racists feed the belly of the beast
1:35With they pitchforks rich chores
1:37Done by the people that get ignored
1:40Ya se armó
1:41Ya se despertaron
1:42It's a whole awakening
1:43La alarma ya sonó hace rato
1:44Los que quieren buscan
1:45Pero nos apodan como vagos
1:47We are the same ones
1:47Hustling on every level
1:48Ten los datos
1:49Walk a mile in our shoes
1:50Abrochenze los zapatos
1:52I been scoping ya dudes
1:53Ya'll ain't been working like I do
1:54I'll outwork you
1:55It hurts you
1:55You claim I'm stealing jobs though
1:57Peter Piper claimed he picked them
1:58He just underpaid Pablo
1:59But there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadows
2:01We're America's ghost writers
2:03The credit's only borrowed
2:04It's a matter of time before the checks all come
2:06But
2:07Immigrants
2:08We get the job done
2:10Look how far I come
2:13Look how far I come
2:15Look how far I come
2:17We get the job done
2:20Look how far I come
2:22Look how far I come
2:25Look how far I come
2:27Immigrants
2:27We get the job
2:28Not yet
2:30The credit is only borrowed
2:31It's America's ghost writers
2:32The credit's only borrowed
2:34It's America's ghost writers
2:35America's ghost writers
2:36America's ghost writers
2:37The credit's only borrow borrowed
2:39It's Americas ghost writers
2:40A credit is only borrowed
2:41It's Americas ghost writers
2:42A credit is only borrowed
2:43It's Americas ghost writers
2:45A credit is only borrowed
2:46It's
2:46Immigrants
2:47We get the job done
2:49Ay yo aye
2:50Immigrants we don't like that
2:51Na they don't play British empire strikes back
2:54They beating us like 808's and high hats
2:56At our own game of invasion but this ain't Iraq
2:59Who these fugees what did they do for me
3:01But contribute new dreams
3:02Taxes and tools swagger and food to eat
3:04Cool they flee war zones but the problem ain't ours
3:06Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower
3:09Buckingham Palace or Capitol Hill
3:11Blood of my ancestors had that all built
3:13It's the ink you print on your dollar bill oil you spill
3:16Thin red lines on the flag you hoist when you kill
3:18But still we just say look how far I come
3:21Hindustan Pakistan to London
3:23To a galaxy far from their ignorance
3:26Cos
3:26Immigrants
3:27We get the job done
3:28Por tierra o por agua
3:29Identidad falsa
3:31Brincamos muros o flotamos en balsas
3:33La peleamos como Sandino en Nicaragua
3:35Somos como las plantas que crecen sin agua
3:38Sin pasaporte americano
3:40Porque la mitad de gringolandia Es terreno mexicano
3:43Hay que ser bien hijo e puta
3:45Nosotros Les Sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la fruta
3:48Somos los que cruzaron
3:50Aquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos robaron
3:53Tenemos mas trucos que la policí a secreta
3:55Metimos la casa completa en una maleta
3:58Con un pico
3:59Una pala
3:59Y un rastrillo
4:01Te construimos un castillo
4:03Como es que dice el coro cabrón
4:05Immigrants
4:06We get the job done
4:09Look how far I come
4:11Look how far I come
4:14Look how far I come
4:16We get the job done
4:19Look how far I come
4:21Look how far I come
4:23Look how far I come
4:25Immigrants
4:26We get the job done
4:29Look how far I come
4:31Look how far I come
4:33Look how far I come
4:35Immigrants
4:36We get the job done
4:38Not yet
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) (移民（我们完成工作）) - K'naan/Snow tha Product/Riz MC/Residente You know And it gets into this whole issue of border security You know Who's gonna say that the borders are secure We've got the house and the senate debating this issue And it's And it's astonishing that in a country founded by immigrants Immigrant has somehow become a bad word So the debate rages on and we continue And just like that it's over We tend to our wounded We count our dead Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom Not yet I got 1 job 2 job 3 when I need them I got 5 roommates in this one studio But I never really see them And we all came America trying to get a lap dance from Lady Freedom But now Lady Liberty is acting like Hilary Banks with a pre-nup Man I was brave sailing on graves Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves I'm no dummy here is something funny You can be an immigrant without risking your lives Or crossing these borders with thrifty supplies All you got to do is see the world with new eyes Immigrants we get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come We get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come Immigrants we get the job done It's a hard line when you're an import Baby boy it's hard times When you ain't sent for Racists feed the belly of the beast With they pitchforks rich chores Done by the people that get ignored Ya se armó Ya se despertaron It's a whole awakening La alarma ya sonó hace rato Los que quieren buscan Pero nos apodan como vagos We are the same ones Hustling on every level Ten los datos Walk a mile in our shoes Abrochenze los zapatos I been scoping ya dudes Ya'll ain't been working like I do I'll outwork you It hurts you You claim I'm stealing jobs though Peter Piper claimed he picked them He just underpaid Pablo But there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadows We're America's ghost writers The credit's only borrowed It's a matter of time before the checks all come But Immigrants We get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come We get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come Immigrants We get the job Not yet The credit is only borrowed It's America's ghost writers The credit's only borrowed It's America's ghost writers America's ghost writers America's ghost writers The credit's only borrow borrowed It's Americas ghost writers A credit is only borrowed It's Americas ghost writers A credit is only borrowed It's Americas ghost writers A credit is only borrowed It's Immigrants We get the job done Ay yo aye Immigrants we don't like that Na they don't play British empire strikes back They beating us like 808's and high hats At our own game of invasion but this ain't Iraq Who these fugees what did they do for me But contribute new dreams Taxes and tools swagger and food to eat Cool they flee war zones but the problem ain't ours Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower Buckingham Palace or Capitol Hill Blood of my ancestors had that all built It's the ink you print on your dollar bill oil you spill Thin red lines on the flag you hoist when you kill But still we just say look how far I come Hindustan Pakistan to London To a galaxy far from their ignorance Cos Immigrants We get the job done Por tierra o por agua Identidad falsa Brincamos muros o flotamos en balsas La peleamos como Sandino en Nicaragua Somos como las plantas que crecen sin agua Sin pasaporte americano Porque la mitad de gringolandia Es terreno mexicano Hay que ser bien hijo e puta Nosotros Les Sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la fruta Somos los que cruzaron Aquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos robaron Tenemos mas trucos que la policí a secreta Metimos la casa completa en una maleta Con un pico Una pala Y un rastrillo Te construimos un castillo Como es que dice el coro cabrón Immigrants We get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come We get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come Immigrants We get the job done Look how far I come Look how far I come Look how far I come Immigrants We get the job done Not yet
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