Intruder
They call me an intruder, a looter
Violent slurs inserted on my name
A scapegoat for their murders
They know nothing about me
Except the news that they heard of
Me comin to kill em
In a caravan through the border
Waving guns in the air
Like Mad Max and they turn up
To pop me like soda
Aiming their Rugers
But I do nothing but work
Watch me lacing my boots up
Utilizing my labor yet shouting hate with their crew cuts
I came to this country with not even 2 bucks
Took any job I could get, the ones that you were too good for
Slept on the floors I moped up
Had my pride all locked up
It's all worth it in the end I get to feed my kin
How could that be a sin, since the rest of my friends are
Tied up with nooses
Battered with bruises
Scattered abuses
Held up at gun point
Just for choosing to non-violence
Does that make me a villain for choosing asylum
Should I let my kids die, what about my love
Life, liberty & Happiness, that's what you taught us
Is my life worth less cause I'm from a third world
Children of a rebel God
Man
I am what you made me
You came in to mame me
Came in to rape me
Came and reshaped me
Destabilizing the order
For a strategical border
Then supplied the guns
To pillage and murder
Now I'm runnin away
And you call me an intruder
I'm reaching out for help
You advertised the freedom
Give me your tired and your poor
That was your credence
I'm tired of not eating
I'm tired of going out for eggs
And end up catching a beating
I'm tired of not sleeping
I'm tired of not dreaming
I'm tired of singing hymns
Man ain't nobody listening
I gotta make my own way
Walked for days through the desert
For the American way
Yet when I make it here you say
You say
You say
Intruder intruder
They smuggling the buddha
They takin yo jobs by
Pickin yo food up
They takin your scraps and
They leaving you chewed up
Start kickin em out
Everybody go suit up
Intruder intruder
They smuggling the buddha
They takin yo jobs by
Pickin yo food up
They takin your scraps and
They leaving you chewed up
Start kickin em out
Everybody go suit up
They call me an intruder, but I came here on Visa
My folks overstayed so here's where I grew up
I'll write that in blood, check my pledge of allegiance
I wrote on that arm
Beat up Timb's, white tee on
Hand on my heart
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all
So imagine my awe
When I came to find
I was not up to par
Guess I gotta keep goin
Not knowing what I'm out for
On my way to chess club, label me an outlaw
Graduate, the head of my class
Top floor
Better go through college fast
Mop floors
Working off the books to buy books and chalk boards
Anxious and depression be my mental
Psych ward
I don't know man, Bout to go off of the deep end
They treat me like a demon
Like I planted the apple in the garden of Eden
Then slithered back to grow up
In the shadows of free men
Dreamin of the day I get to wake up without screaming
Bout to overdose on this American dream
They accuse me of stealing
Looking over my shoulder
Mentality imprisoned
Can't trust my own vision then
What's the point of livin
These feelings spring up like Mayweather
As I brace for the Fall
Not your average day dweller
Whiskey mix with the Lysol
Bout to end it all, till Barack came on the TV
Gave us somethin to strive for
Told me I can work and drive
Got that card and I took off!
Go finish school, time to prove my worth!
Became Doctors, Lawyers, Artists and Business Owners
To employ more people in the communities that want us
Still livin in silence cause imagine
If the expiration on your license
Was the day you became a criminal
Rewind to the line with indivisible
Your teachers they taught me
Your children are my friends
We ate that American pie (pi)
These numbers will not end
I pay all my taxes, cant tell you what it meant to me
Take Capital punishment, the brunt-of-it
Rather than be denied my identity
I'm tired of being of a pawn in your game of politics
Don't insult my intelligence
We can get rowdy or stay elegant
But stop dangling the freedom
Right in front of me
Go get elected and then front on me
No matter what I do, you still look at me like
Me like
Me like
Violent slurs inserted on my name
A scapegoat for their murders
They know nothing about me
Except the news that they heard of
Me comin to kill em
In a caravan through the border
Waving guns in the air
Like Mad Max and they turn up
To pop me like soda
Aiming their Rugers
But I do nothing but work
Watch me lacing my boots up
Utilizing my labor yet shouting hate with their crew cuts
I came to this country with not even 2 bucks
Took any job I could get, the ones that you were too good for
Slept on the floors I moped up
Had my pride all locked up
It's all worth it in the end I get to feed my kin
How could that be a sin, since the rest of my friends are
Tied up with nooses
Battered with bruises
Scattered abuses
Held up at gun point
Just for choosing to non-violence
Does that make me a villain for choosing asylum
Should I let my kids die, what about my love
Life, liberty & Happiness, that's what you taught us
Is my life worth less cause I'm from a third world
Children of a rebel God
Man
I am what you made me
You came in to mame me
Came in to rape me
Came and reshaped me
Destabilizing the order
For a strategical border
Then supplied the guns
To pillage and murder
Now I'm runnin away
And you call me an intruder
I'm reaching out for help
You advertised the freedom
Give me your tired and your poor
That was your credence
I'm tired of not eating
I'm tired of going out for eggs
And end up catching a beating
I'm tired of not sleeping
I'm tired of not dreaming
I'm tired of singing hymns
Man ain't nobody listening
I gotta make my own way
Walked for days through the desert
For the American way
Yet when I make it here you say
You say
You say
Intruder intruder
They smuggling the buddha
They takin yo jobs by
Pickin yo food up
They takin your scraps and
They leaving you chewed up
Start kickin em out
Everybody go suit up
Intruder intruder
They smuggling the buddha
They takin yo jobs by
Pickin yo food up
They takin your scraps and
They leaving you chewed up
Start kickin em out
Everybody go suit up
They call me an intruder, but I came here on Visa
My folks overstayed so here's where I grew up
I'll write that in blood, check my pledge of allegiance
I wrote on that arm
Beat up Timb's, white tee on
Hand on my heart
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all
So imagine my awe
When I came to find
I was not up to par
Guess I gotta keep goin
Not knowing what I'm out for
On my way to chess club, label me an outlaw
Graduate, the head of my class
Top floor
Better go through college fast
Mop floors
Working off the books to buy books and chalk boards
Anxious and depression be my mental
Psych ward
I don't know man, Bout to go off of the deep end
They treat me like a demon
Like I planted the apple in the garden of Eden
Then slithered back to grow up
In the shadows of free men
Dreamin of the day I get to wake up without screaming
Bout to overdose on this American dream
They accuse me of stealing
Looking over my shoulder
Mentality imprisoned
Can't trust my own vision then
What's the point of livin
These feelings spring up like Mayweather
As I brace for the Fall
Not your average day dweller
Whiskey mix with the Lysol
Bout to end it all, till Barack came on the TV
Gave us somethin to strive for
Told me I can work and drive
Got that card and I took off!
Go finish school, time to prove my worth!
Became Doctors, Lawyers, Artists and Business Owners
To employ more people in the communities that want us
Still livin in silence cause imagine
If the expiration on your license
Was the day you became a criminal
Rewind to the line with indivisible
Your teachers they taught me
Your children are my friends
We ate that American pie (pi)
These numbers will not end
I pay all my taxes, cant tell you what it meant to me
Take Capital punishment, the brunt-of-it
Rather than be denied my identity
I'm tired of being of a pawn in your game of politics
Don't insult my intelligence
We can get rowdy or stay elegant
But stop dangling the freedom
Right in front of me
Go get elected and then front on me
No matter what I do, you still look at me like
Me like
Me like
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Writer(s): Vipul Paruthi
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