my love my

love

every day i wake up years away

years away cause i got here on a dream

yeah i still hear my mother praying everyday

i'm an african in new york

hmm you dey see i'm from my pride and energy

when i dey walk out on the street

you can hear it in my accent when i talk

i'm an african in new york

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

i'm gonna make it i'm gonna get it

i'm gonna make it to you

gonna get it i'm gonna make it i'm gonna make it

oh oh oh oh oh

nothing go stop me from green paper that i need

mandem go hustle till we free hustle hustle

oh i'm even hotter out here when it's getting cold

cause back home i promise not to fold eh eh

when i see my brothers and sisters on the train

we say a lot we just alright

look at me baby we gonna make it through the rain

'cause in the end we only got one life one life

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

i'm gonna make it i'm gonna get it

i'm gonna make it to you

gonna get it i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it to you

africa man in new york

you can hear it when i talk

you can see it when i talk when i walk eh eh eh

african man in new york

you can hear it when i talk oh

you can see it when i walk oh shara