[Verse 1] I came out of a killer, neighbourhood 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 looted, the whole city was shooting I know it's fucked up, but somehow this song became soothing 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 you heard, yeah nigga Come walk in the dark no fear nigga It's a dry in my eyes no tear nigga Word to malaria, your hood can't really compare here Got cheese? They really love dairy uh 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 [Hook] 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 [Verse 2] Now my second home city, what can I say It took my fucking 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 [Hook] [Verse 3] 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 [Hook]
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