Kwesi Arthur Lyrics

“Immigrant” by Kwesi Arthur is a powerful, socially conscious record that captures the emotional weight of living as an African immigrant in a foreign land. The lyrics explore identity, displacement, survival, and the constant tension between hope and fear, highlighting language barriers, racism, police profiling, and economic pressure.

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Kwesi Arthur – Immigrant Lyrics

Out here I just be immigrantThough a king in my home, all my dawgs move militantOfficer I no be criminalMight be lost in this foreign landWhen e hot give me signalDear LordYou dey listen to me when we prayThink about it meditate

Out here I just be immigrantThem no dey barb my lingoIn the search of milk then honeyNo one beneath no one dey above meStreets make hot and my nose all runnyPray I make it home with this light in my body’Cause the darkness loud in this air I dey find meBut it can’t outrun meNah e no go outrun me

Jump on the gramEarly in the morning another king deadTorn between fear for a gunAnd who dey pull am insteadNo rest for the wickedSake of bread man shoot brother for e headOut here I just be immigrantSo, maybe I no go understand

I say, “Cold nights, dark days.”On a cash trail man alwaysFolks back home think I’m rich when they ask me for shitThey get pissed when I tell ’em I no getMan get bills pass federal reserveNo be say I hit wey I no wan spreadTrue I get lonely but here I dey preferMemories of home as I toss in my bed

I try, I tryTo keep it all together and be fineIf I say it’s easy I’ll be lyingDo it for my unborn onesBitch, I pass interview to be hereNo dey look at me like I don’t deserve itAre you dumb?When it’s all said and doneIt’s me against the worldAn African trying to find his place in a worldThem design for so many of my kinfolk to failStill the truth go prevail

I’m not just an immigrantBlood flowing through my veins, I be man, somebody’s sonI might move like a militantBut I’m far from a criminalPolice dey come everybody run

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