Kna'an - Coming To America lyrics

This K'naan This goes out to anybody that's ever had to leave their home I came out of a k**er, neighborhood called River Where life expectancy is shorter than a caterpillar I was once a guerrilla, Mogadishu was my cage My trainer was the gauge, AK was my baby sitter While we be out and looting, the whole city was shooting I know it's f**ed up but somehow, that sound became soothing n***as heard African rappers and thought about them foofoo You superman, tell the real soldier boy come to shoot you Sexual intercourse what you in n***a f** what you heard, yeah n***a Come walk in the dark no fear n***a It's a dry in my eyes no tear n***a Working malaria, your hood can't really compare here Got keys, they really love barrier Come near here, I'm daring you I'll shoot you not being afraid Life gave me a rock and a lemonade Blew up my school in the 8th grade while playing catch with a hand grenade Yeap, 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 through barriers 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 A 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**ing heart from me I played the judge part pardon if I'm larceny Oh yeah, that mean it never got no bars for me T-dot O to the motherf**ering dot B And the Rexdale project [?] f** 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 through barriers 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 A green card sure looks fine So I'm coming, coming to America, I hope we gonna have a good time I know, everywhere in the world, got his problems Everybody got a dream, of the green, to 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 his problems Everybody got the dream, of the green, to 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 through barriers 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 A 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.