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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Snow Tha Product
Vocals
Riz MC
Vocals
Residente
Vocals
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Vocals
Trooko
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Claudia Feliciano
Songwriter
Jeffrey Penalva
Songwriter
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Songwriter
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Songwriter
René Pérez Joglar
Songwriter
Rizwan Ahmed
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alvaro Rincon
Recording Engineer
Rafael Arcaute
Recording Engineer
Tom Calvert
Recording Engineer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering Engineer
Trooko
Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
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 rages on and we continue
[Intro]
And just like that, it's over
We tend to our wounded, we count our dead
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
Not yet
[Verse 1]
I got one job, two jobs, three when I need them
I got five roommates in this one studio, but I never really see them
And we all came America
Trying to get a lap dance from Lady Freedom
But now Lady Liberty is acting like Hillary Banks with a prenup (Banks with a prenup)
Man, I was brave, sailing on graves
Don't think I didn't notice those tombstones disguised as waves
I'm no dummy
Here is something funny
You can be an immigrant without risking your lives
Or crossing these borders with thrifty supplies
All you got to do is see the world with new eyes
Immigrants, we get the job done
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
It's a hard line when you're an import
Baby boy, it's hard times when you ain't sent for
Racists feed the belly of the beast
With they pitchforks, rich chores
Done by the people that get ignored
Uh, ya se armó
Ya se despertaron
It's a whole awakening
La alarma ya sonó hace rato
Los que quieren buscan, pero nos apodan como vagos
We're the same ones hustling on every level
Ten los datos
Walk a mile in our shoes, abróchense los zapatos
I been scoping y'all dudes
Y'all ain't been working like I do
I outwork ya, it hurts ya
You claim I'm stealing jobs, though
Peter Piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid Pablo
But there ain't a paper trail when you livin' in the shadows
We're America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
It's a matter of time before the checks all come
But
Immigrants, we get the job done
[Chorus]
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)
[Bridge]
The credit's 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
America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
It's Americas ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
It's Americas ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed
It's Am-
Immigrants, we get the job done
[Verse 3]
Aye yo aye, immigrants, we don't like that
Nah, they don't play, British empire strikes back
They beating us like 808s and high hats
Uh-oh, wrong game of invasion, this ain't Iraq
Who these fugees? What did they do for me
But contribute new dreams
Taxes and tools, swagger and food to eat?
Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours
Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower
Buckingham Palace or Capitol Hill
Blood of my ancestors had that all built
With the ink you print on your dollar bill, oil you spill
Thin red line on the flag you hoist when you kill
But still, we just say "Look how far I come"
Hindustan, Pakistan to London
To a galaxy far from their ignorance
'Cause
Immigrants, we get the job done
[Verse 4]
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
Nosotros les sembramos el árbol y ellos se comen la fruta
Somos los que cruzaron
Aquí vinimos a buscar el oro que nos robaron
Tenemos más trucos que la policía secreta
Metimos la casa completa en una maleta
Con un pico, una pala
Y un rastrillo
Te construímos un castillo
¿Cómo es que dice el coro, cabrón?
Immigrants, we get the job done
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Look how far I come
Look how far I come
Look how far I come
Immigrants, we get the job done (Not yet)
Written by: Claudia Feliciano, Jeffrey Penalva, Keinan Abdi Warsame, Lin-Manuel Miranda, René Pérez Joglar, Rizwan Ahmed