Immigrants (we Get The Job Done) Lyrics - K'naan

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.... 

And just like that it's over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead 

Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom... 

Not yet 

I got 1 job, 2 jobs, 3 when I need them 

I got 5 roommates in this one studio but I never really see them 

And we all came America trying to get a lap dance from lady freedom 

But now lady liberty is acting like Hillary Banks with a pre-nup 

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Man I was brave sailing on graves 

Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves 

I'm no dummy, 

here is something funny you can be an immigrant without risking your lives 

Or crossing these boarders with thrifty supplies 

All you got to do is see the world with new eyes 

Immigrants 

We get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

We get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Immigrants 

We get the job done 

Photos 

It's a hard line when you're an import 

Baby boy it's hard times 

When you ain't sent for 

Racist feed the belly of the beast 

With they pitchforks, rich chores 

Done by the people that get ignored 

Ya se armó 

Ya se despertaron 

It's a whole awakening 

La alarma ya sonó hace rato 

Los que quieren buscan 

Pero nos apodan como vagos 

We are the same ones 

Hustling on every level 

Ten los datos 

Walk a mile in our shoes 

Abróchense los zapatos 

I been scoping ya dudes, ya'll ain't been working like I do 

I'll outwork you, it hurts you 

You claim I'm stealing jobs though 

Peter Piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid Pablo 

But there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadows 

We're America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed 

It's a matter of time before the checks all come 

But... 

Immigrants, we get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

We get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Immigrants, we get the job (Not yet) 

The credit is only borrowed 

It's America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed 

It's America's ghost writers 

America's ghost writers 

America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrow-borrowed 

It's Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed 

It's Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed 

It's Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed 

It's 

Immigrants, we get the job done 

Ay yo aye, immigrants we don't like that 

Na they don't play British empire strikes back 

They beating us like 808's and high hats 

At our own game of invasion, but this ain't Iraq 

Who these fugees what did they do for me 

But contribute new dreams 

Taxes and tools, swagger and food to eat 

Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours 

Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower 

Buckingham Palace or Capitol Hill 

Blood of my ancestors had that all built 

It's the ink you print on your dollar bill, oil you spill 

Thin red lines on the flag you hoist when you kill 

But still we just say "look how far I come" 

Hindustan, Pakistan, to London 

To a galaxy far from their ignorance 

Cos 

Immigrants, we get the job done 

Por tierra o por agua 

Identidad falsa 

Brincamos muros o flotamos en balsas 

La peleamos como Sandino en Nicaragua 

Somos como las plantas que crecen sin agua 

Sin pasaporte americano 

Porque La mitad de gringolandia Es terreno mexicano 

Hay que ser bien hijo e puta 

Nosotros Les Sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la fruta 

Somos los que cruzaron 

Aquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos robaron 

Tenemos mas trucos que la policía secreta 

Metimos la casa completa en una maleta 

Con un pico, una pala 

Y un rastrillo 

Te construimos un castillo 

Como es que dice el coro cabrón? 

Immigrants, we get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

We get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Immigrants, we get the job done 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Look how far I come 

Immigrants, we get the job done (Not yet)