Shad - Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins) lyrics

[Intro: Shad & (Shad's Aunt)] (I'm proud of my nephew) Yeah (I'm proud of my nephew, my niece) Yeah, well, no, mostly the nephew, this is focusing on the nephew (Especially the one in Toronto) Yeah, this is the one [Verse 1] (Not bad huh, for some immigrants) From donated clothes, to caps and gowns It's a little shout to my black and brown Folks that know the game, not in cla** to clown Had the funny accent, look who's laughing now See Samir came here to grind, and he slaved at Every minimum wage job, but he saved that Brought his sis through on scholarship to make stacks Working as a surgeon she bought a whip, and payed cash No time to whine, we just face facts Let's fit 6 in the back and let's take that To the best restaurants, make reservations Since we out here, since they made reservations for First Nations and they never made reparations The Natives probably relate more to immigration So just for y'all too, and I can't forget the Haitians Here for an education, it's a celebration [Hook] (Not bad huh, for some immigrants) [x4] [Verse 2:] To the guys that draw lines and make the borders real But then bend the rules when there's more to drill Don't turn away the stateless, think of the waste If one in 3 refugees is a Lauryn Hill Come along way, you can move forward still From the poorest to up by Lawrence or Forest Hill But more than that, skrillery banks just chill Make a home, just build in a zone, less ill In a place to be safe, few found an escape route Where we come from, so we grateful to Jesus And now the top is the next stop, this drop Oughtta have my Aunts on the guest spot, red hot I'm talking going from sweatshops to tech stocks Doctors Without Borders, with dreadlocks We quoting S.Dot Carter on Otis Turns out some fresh off the boat kid wrote this ...Not bad [Hook] [Verse 3] Check it out Now when you're Third World born, but First World formed Sometimes you feel pride, sometimes you feel torn See my Mother's tongue is not what they speak where my Mother's from She moved to London with her husband when their son was 1 And one time after Family Ties, I turned on the news and saw my family die (Why?) Pops said there's murder in the motherland Things about colonialism I didn't understand All the things that shape a man in his mind state; A community income, and crime rate If times change, why my people still in dire straits If it's a big world, show me where's my place In it, I had to talk to Pops for a minute He said, "Shad, this world wasn't home to begin with Just keep defending the oppressed, take steps And keep rapping, you might just be the best" Well, yes [Hook]