AFRICAN IN NEW YORK lyrics Verse 1 Everyday I wake up here’s a win, ‘Cause I got here on a dream (oh ye) I still hear my mother praying everyday, I’m an African in New York You dey see am from my pride and energy When I dey waka down the street (waka waka) You can hear it in my accent when I talk, I’m an African in New York Chorus O oh I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien I’m an African in New York 2X I’m gonna make it I going to get it I’m gonna make it ooo Gonna get it I’m gonna make it I’m gonna make it ooo Verse 2 Nothing go stop me from green paper that I need Mandem go hustle til we’re free (hustle hustle oo) I’m even hotter out here when it’s getting cold cause back home I promised not to fold When I see my brothers and sisters on the train We say a lot with just our eyes, (look at me baby) We’re gonna make it through the rain ‘Cause in the end we only got one life Chorus O oh I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien I’m an African in New York 2X I’m gonna make it I going to get it I’m gonna make it ooo Gonna get it I’m gonna make it I’m gonna make it ooo Outro (2X) African man in New York You can hear it when I talk You can see it when I walk Shirazee eeeh CREATED BY SHIRAZEE DIRECTED BY MODERN DAY AUTEUR PRODUCED BY EMMANUEL M. AGBEBLE ASSISTANT EDITED BY RYAN O’CONNOR CINEMATOGRAPHY BY FRANZ BRUN ASSISTANT CAMERA TJ FERRARI CAST ARNOLD KOUASSI PETER JOHNSON BERTHA APPIA JAMES JOHNSON ONIKWA THOMAS DICKSON ADU EDEM COOMSON AISHA DIORI IVAN TUAKOSEN-AMPAH EXTRAS SAMANTHA ST. PIERRE SADE SHAW ANTOINETTE ISAMA
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