Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
[Intro: J. Period]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... it's really astonishing that in a country founded by immigrants, "immigrant" has somehow become a bad word. So the debate rages on and we continue....
[Intro: "Yorktown" sample][Hercules Mulligan]And just like that it’s over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead[John Laurens]Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom…[George Washington]Not yet
[Verse 1: K’Naan]I got one job, two job, three when I need themI got five roommates in this one studio, but I never really see themAnd we all came America trying to get a lap dance from Lady FreedomBut now Lady Liberty is acting like Hilary Banks with a pre-nupMan, I was brave, sailing on gravesDon’t think I didn’t notice those tombstones disguised as wavesI’m no dummy, here is something funny, you can be an immigrant without risking your livesOr crossing these borders with thrifty suppliesAll you gotta do is see the world with new eyes
[Chorus]Immigrants, we get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeWe get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeImmigrants, we get the job done
[Verse 2: Snow Tha Product]It’s a hard line when you’re an importBaby boy, it's hard timesWhen you ain't sent forRacists feed the belly of the beastWith they pitchforks, rich choresDone by the people that get ignoredYa se armóYa se despertaronIt’s a whole awakeningLa alarma ya sonó hace ratoLos que quieren buscanPero nos apodan como vagosWe are the same onesHustling on every levelTen los datosWalk a mile in our shoesAbróchense los zapatos
I been scoping ya dudes, ya’ll ain't been working like I doI'll outwork you, it hurts youYou claim I’m stealing jobs thoughPeter Piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid PabloBut there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadowsWe're America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowedIt’s a matter of time before the checks all comeBut…
[Chorus]Immigrants, we get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeWe get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeImmigrants, we get the job—Not yet
[Bridge: Snow Tha Product]The credit is only borrowedIt’s America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowedIt’s America's ghost writersAmerica's ghost writersAmerica's ghost writers, the credit's only borrow-borrowedIt’s America's ghost writers, a credit is only borrowedIt’s America's ghost writers, a credit is only borrowedIt’s America's ghost writers, a credit is only borrowedIt's
[Hook]Immigrants, we get the job done
[Verse 3: Riz MC]Ay yo aye, immigrants we don’t like thatNa they don’t play British empire strikes backThey beating us like 808’s and high hatsAt our own game of invasion, but this ain't IraqWho these fugees what did they do for meBut contribute new dreamsTaxes and tools, swagger and food to eatCool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't oursEven if our bombs landed on them like the MayflowerBuckingham Palace or Capitol HillBlood of my ancestors had that all builtIt's the ink you print on your dollar bill, oil you spillThin red lines on the flag you hoist when you killBut still we just say "look how far I come"Hindustan, Pakistan, to LondonTo a galaxy far from their ignoranceCos-
[Hook]Immigrants, we get the job done
[Verse 4: Residente]Por tierra o por aguaIdentidad falsaBrincamos muros o flotamos en balsasLa peleamos como Sandino en NicaraguaSomos como las plantas que crecen sin aguaSin pasaporte americanoPorque la mitad de gringolandia es terreno mexicanoHay que ser bien hijo e putaNosotros Les Sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la frutaSomos los que cruzaronAquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos robaronTenemos mas trucos que la policía secretaMetimos la casa completa en una maletaCon un pico, una palaY un rastrilloTe construimos un castillo¿Cómo es que dice el coro cabrón?
[Chorus]Immigrants, we get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeWe get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeImmigrants, we get the job done
Look how far I comeLook how far I comeLook how far I comeImmigrants, we get the job done
Not yet