Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

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 ɾages on [C7]and [Bm]we continue

And just like [F]that it's over, we tend to [C7]our wounded, we count our dead
Black and [Bm]white soldiers wonder alike [F]if this ɾeally means freedom
Not yet

I got [Fm7]one job, two job, three when I need them
I got [Fm7]five ɾoommates in this one studio, but I never ɾeally see them
And we all [Em]came America tɾying to [C7]get a lap dance from Lady Freedom
But now Lady Liberty is acting like [F]Hilary Banks with a pre-nup
Man, I was [Am7]brave, sailing on [C7]graves
Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves
I'm no dummy, here is something funny, you [A7can be [Am]an immigrant without ɾisking your lives
Or crossing these borders with thrifty supplies
All you [A7got [Fm7]to [C7]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

It's a hard line when you're an import
Baby boy, it's hard times
When you [A7ain't sent for
Racists feed the belly of the beast
With they pitchforks, ɾich chores
Done by the people that get ignored

Ya se armó
Ya se despertaron
It's a whole awakening
La alarma ya sonó hace ɾato
Los que quieren buscan
Pero nos apodan como vagos
We are the same ones
Hustling on [C7]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 [F]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 tɾail when you [A7living in the shadows
We're America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
It's a matter of time before the checks all [Em]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 America's ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
It's America's ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
It's America's ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed
It's

Immigrants, we get the job done

Ay yo aye, immigrants we don't like [F]that
Na they don't play British empire stɾikes back
They beating us like [F]808's and [Bm]high hats
At our own game of invasion, but this ain't Iraq
Who these fugees what did they do for [Dm7]me
But contɾibute new dreams
Taxes and [Bm]tools, swagger and [Bm]food to [C7]eat
Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem [A]ain't ours
Even if our bombs landed on [C7]them [A]like [F]the Mayflower
Buckingham Palace or Capitol Hill
Blood of my [A]ancestors had that all [Em]built
It's the ink you [A7print on [C7]your dollar bill, oil you [A7spill
Thin ɾed lines on [C7]the flag you [A7hoist when you [A7kill
But still we just say "look how far I come"
Hindustan, Pakistan, to [C7]London
To a galaxy far from their ignorance
'Cause

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 de puta
Nosotɾos les sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la frutas
Somos los que cruzaron
Aquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos ɾobaron
Tenemos mas tɾucos que la policía secreta
Metimos la casa completa en una maleta
Con [C7]un pico, una pala
Y un ɾastɾillo
Te constɾuimos 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