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Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
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K'naan
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[Intro: Newscaster]
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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....
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[Intro: "Yorktown" sample]
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[Hercules Mulligan]
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And just like that it's over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead
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[John Laurens]
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Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom...
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[George Washington]
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Not yet
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[Verse 1: K'Naan]
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I got 1 job, 2 job, 3 when I need them
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I got 5 roommates in this one studio, but I never really see them
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And we all came America trying to get a lap dance from Lady Freedom
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But now Lady Liberty is acting like Hilary Banks with a pre-nup
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Man, I was brave, sailing on graves
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Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves
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I'm no dummy, here is something funny, you can be an immigrant without risking your lives
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Or crossing these boarders with thrifty supplies
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All you got to do is see the world with new eyes
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[Chorus]
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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We get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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[Verse 2: Snow Tha Product]
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It's a hard line when you're an import
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Baby boy, it's hard times
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When you ain't sent for
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Racists feed the belly of the beast
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With they pitchforks, rich chores
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Done by the people that get ignored
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Ya se armó
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Ya se despertaron
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It's a whole awakening
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La alarma ya sonó hace rato
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Los que quieren buscan
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Pero nos apodan como vagos
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We are the same ones
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Hustling on every level
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Ten los datos
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Walk a mile in our shoes
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Abrochenze los zapatos
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[Official Translation]
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And it started
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And they awoke
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The alarm went off a while ago
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Those who want, search
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But they label us hoodlums
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Here's the details
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Better buckle your shoes
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I been scoping ya dudes, ya'll ain't been working like I do
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I'll outwork you, it hurts you
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You claim I'm stealing jobs though
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Peter Piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid Pablo
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But there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadows
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We're America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
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It's a matter of time before the checks all come
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But...
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[Chorus]
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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We get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Immigrants, we get the job
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Not yet
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[Bridge: Snow Tha Product]
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The credit is only borrowed
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It's America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
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It's America's ghost writers
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America's ghost writers
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America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrow-borrowed
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It's Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
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It's Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
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It's Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
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It's
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[Hook]
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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[Verse 3: Riz MC]
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Ay yo aye, immigrants we don't like that
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Na they don't play British empire strikes back
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They beating us like 808's and high hats
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At our own game of invasion, but this ain't Iraq
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Who these fugees what did they do for me
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But contribute new dreams
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Taxes and tools, swagger and food to eat
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Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours
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Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower
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Buckingham Palace or Capitol Hill
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Blood of my ancestors had that all built
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It's the ink you print on your dollar bill, oil you spill
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Thin red lines on the flag you hoist when you kill
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But still we just say "look how far I come"
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Hindustan, Pakistan, to London
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To a galaxy far from their ignorance
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Cos
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[Hook]
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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[Verse 4: Residente]
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Por tierra o por agua
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Identidad falsa
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Brincamos muros o flotamos en balsas
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La peleamos como Sandino en Nicaragua
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Somos como las plantas que crecen sin agua
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Sin pasaporte americano
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Porque La mitad de gringolandia Es terreno mexicano
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Hay que ser bien hijo e puta
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Nosotros Les Sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la fruta
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Somos los que cruzaron
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Aquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos robaron
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Tenemos mas trucos que la policía secreta
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Metimos la casa completa en una maleta
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Con un pico, una pala
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Y un rastrillo
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Te construimos un castillo
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Como es que dice el coro cabró?
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[Official Translation]
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By land or by water
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False identity
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We jump over walls or float on rafts
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We fight like Sandino in Nicaragua
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We are like plants that grow without wáter
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Without an American passport
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Because half of gringolandia is really Mexican terrain
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One has to be a real cabron
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We plant the tree and they reap the fruit
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We are the ones who cross
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Here we come to look for the gold that was stolen
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We have more tricks than the secret police
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We packed our entire house in one suitcase
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With a pick, a shovel
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And a rake
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We built you a castle
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How's the chorus go again cabron?
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[Chorus]
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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We get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Look how far I come
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Immigrants, we get the job done
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