K’naan - Coming to America lyrics

Yeah, it's K'naan
This one's goin' out to anybody that's
Ever had to leave they home this 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 baby sitter
When we be out and lootin'
The whole city was shooting
I know it's fucked up
But somehow the sound became soothin'
Niggas heard African rapper and
Thought about Umfufu
You Superman 'till the real soldier
Boy come to shoot you
Sexual intercourse wit your ear, nigga
Fuck what ya heard, yeah nigga
Come walk in the dark, no fear, nigga
There's a drought in my eyes, no tear, nigga
Word to malaria
Your hood can't really compare here
Got cheese? They really love dairy, yeah
Come near here, I'm daring ya
I shit 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 comin', comin' to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby, thanks for lettin' me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm comin', comin' to America
I hope we gonna have a good time

Now my second home city, what can I say
It took my fuckin' 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 motherfucking 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
Which means they never got no bars from me

I'm tired of always going to burials
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm comin', comin' to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for lettin' me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm comin', comin' to America
I hope we gonna have a good time

Now I know, everywhere in the world
Got it's 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
I know, everywhere in the world
Got it's 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

I'm tired of always going to burials
I just wanna live a good life
So I'm comin', comin' to America
I hope we gonna have a good time
Baby thanks for lettin' me marry ya
The green card sure looks fine
So I'm comin', comin' 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