Video Musik
Video Musik
Dari
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Shirazee
Performer
Paolo "Shirazee" Prudencio
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Shirazee
Songwriter
Dan Edinberg
Songwriter
Sting
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Shirazee
Producer
Sarz
Producer
Dan Edinberg
Producer
Lirik
[Verse 1]
Everyday I wake up, here's a win (Here's a win)
'Cause I got here on a dream (Oh ye)
I still hear my mother praying everyday
I'm an African in New York
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
Oh, oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an African in New York
Oh, oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an African in New York
[Verse 4]
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 5]
Nothing go stop me from green paper that I need
Mandem go hustle till 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
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
Oh, oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an African in New York
Oh, oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an African in New York
[Verse 8]
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 9]
African man in New York
You can hear it when I talk
You can see it when I walk
[Verse 10]
African man in New York
You can hear it when I talk, oh
You can see it when I walk, oh
Shirazee eeeh
Written by: Dan Edinberg, Shirazee, Sting