Coming To America
Lyrics
K'Naan
Yeah, it's K'Naan
This one's going out to anybody
That's ever had to leave they 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 gorilla, Mogadishu was my cage
My trainer was the gauge, AK was my babysitter
When we be out and looting, the whole city was shooting
I know it's f*cked up but somehow the sound became soothing
N*ggas heard African rapper and thought about umfufu
You superman till the real soldier boy
come to shoot you
Sexual intercourse with your ear n*gga,
F*ck what ya heard yeah n*gga
Come walk in the dark no fear n*gga
There's a drought in my eyes no tear n*gga
Word to malaria, your hood can't really compare here
Got cheese they really love diary yeah
Come near here I'm daring ya
I sh*t 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 coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for letting me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Now my second home city, what can I say
It took my f*cking 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 motherf*cking 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 coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for letting me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming 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
[x2]
I'm tired of always going to burials
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for letting me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming 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
This one's going out to anybody
That's ever had to leave they 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 gorilla, Mogadishu was my cage
My trainer was the gauge, AK was my babysitter
When we be out and looting, the whole city was shooting
I know it's f*cked up but somehow the sound became soothing
N*ggas heard African rapper and thought about umfufu
You superman till the real soldier boy
come to shoot you
Sexual intercourse with your ear n*gga,
F*ck what ya heard yeah n*gga
Come walk in the dark no fear n*gga
There's a drought in my eyes no tear n*gga
Word to malaria, your hood can't really compare here
Got cheese they really love diary yeah
Come near here I'm daring ya
I sh*t 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 coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for letting me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Now my second home city, what can I say
It took my f*cking 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 motherf*cking 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 coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for letting me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming 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
[x2]
I'm tired of always going to burials
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm coming, coming to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for letting me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm coming, coming 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