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Immigrant

Release date: 14th June 2024

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About This Track

'Immigrant' by Popcaan is a 2024 track in which the lyrics address the pressures and resilience of moving through life as an outsider. In the opening, the song frames the promise of getting through tough times, turning tears into eventual laughter, and it leans on a specifically Caribbean sense of identity, with a voice that sounds both instructive and consoling. The verse stresses practical emotional recovery, with lines that insist you should “brush yuh self off” after failure.

"Immigrant" is a track by Popcaan, released 14th June 2024. Full lyrics are available below.

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Popcaan

Popcaan

Lyrics

Immigrant

[Intro]

Yeah man, da one deh ah fi every immigrant yuh know

Yeaahh (Hmm, Joel)

Life of an immigrant

(Who lef an' go look betta fi dem self an' fi dem family, yuh hear dat)

[Verse 1]

If yuh fail then brush yuh self off

Afta dem tears yah, one day we gon' laugh

Caribbean people, we neva grow soft (Soft)

Dem affi save di best fi last (Last)

It nuh easy wen yuh wa see yuh madda an yuh cyaaah sleep

Nuh easy wen yuh wa see yuh yute dem and yuh cyah dweet (Uhuh)

It nuh easy wen dem hol' yuh by di border and yuh wanted

Mi know fi a fact seh dat cannot be enchanting (No)

[Chorus]

Life of ah immigrant

You affi smart, yuh affi militant (tant)

Life of ah immigrant

You affi stronger than ah elephant

One ah mi dawg dem call mi an' ah tell mi him married now

Him seh him miss him yaad, him wish him coulda travel now (mmhm, mmhm)

Life of an immigrant

[Verse 2]

Mi tell him seh, if yuh fail then brush yuh self off

Fi all ah dem tears deh, one day we gon' laugh

Caribbean people, we neva grow soft

We know wen time we takin' off

What do we do, wen life have yuh wrestlin' like Jade Cargill

Yuh work everyday an' still cyah pay damn bill

MI know dem would love fi save one mill, or fly in an' chill

[Chorus]

Life of ah immigrant

You affi smart, yuh affi militant (tant)

Life of an immigrant

You affi stronger than ah elephant

One ah mi dawg dem call mi an' ah tell mi him married now

Him seh him miss him yaad, him wish him coulda travel now (mmhm, mmhm)

Life of ah immigrant

[Verse 3]

You see yuh visa runnin' out

Not even find ah spouse

Nobody fi propose

Have you ah tink dat you suppose

Somebody go expose

Immigration inna di house

Nuh badda fill yuh mind wid doubts

We affi make it out, and millions affi count

Ah nuff people nuh feel right

Family drop out and dem cyah reach

Ah nuff people nuh feel right

Dem cyah go a river or ah one beach (uhh, uhh, yeah)

Life of ah immigrant

[Chorus]

Life of ah immigrant

You affi smart, yuh affi militant (tant)

Life of an immigrant

You affi stronger than ah elephant

One ah mi dawg dem call mi an' ah tell mi him married now

Him seh him miss him yaad, him wish him coulda travel now (mmhm, mmhm)

Life of ah immigrant

[Outro]

Hmm, mi miss yuh sis

Miss yuh mommy, yeah

Di greatest we gonna be, yeah

DI greatest we gonna be, yeahh

Hmm, mi miss yuh sis

Miss yuh mommy, yeah

Di greatest we gonna be, yeah

DI greatest we gonna be, yeahh

(Hmm, Joel)

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Immigrant

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