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
