African in New York

[Verse 1]

Every day I wake up here's a win (Here’s a win)

'Cause I got here on a dream (Oh yeah)

I still hear my mother praying every day

I'm an African in New York

You dey see am from my pride and energy

When I dey waka down the street (Waka waka)

You can hear it in my accent when I talk

I’m an African in New York

[Chorus]

Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

I'm an African in New York

Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

I'm an African in New York

[Post-Chorus]

I'm gonna make it

I’m going to get it

I’m gonna make it, oh

Gonna get it

I'm gonna make it

I’m gonna make it, oh

[Verse 2]

Nothing go stop me from green paper that I need (There's nothing, no)

Mandem go hustle 'til we're free (Hustle, hustle, oh)

I’m even hotter out here when it's getting cold

'Cause back home, I promised not to fold, ayy

When I see my brothers and sisters on the train

We say a lot with just our eyes

We're gonna make it through the rain

'Cause in the end we only got one life (One life)

[Chorus]

Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

I'm an African in New York

Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

I'm an African in New York

[Post-Chorus]

I'm gonna make it

I'm going to get it

I'm gonna make it, oh

Gonna get it

I'm gonna make it

I'm gonna make it, oh

[Outro]

African man in New York

You can hear it when I talk

You can see it when I walk

Ayy, ayy, ayy

African man in New York

You can hear it when I talk, oh

You can see it when I walk, oh

Shirazee