Hey, hey, hey, hey Papi had to jump the border, trampoline Did it for the power of the green card Can you guess what I mean? Let me feel blessed, a man can’t read (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yo, holy Daddy had no choice so he had to make a plan, uh Daddy was a boy, now that boy became a man, uh Barely 16 livin’ in a foreign land Now his little boy out here livin’ out His dream in LA, back to the A How these 16s puttin’ food up on the plate? Boy, I knew I had to reach ‘fore I even signed my name Got me thinkin’ ’bout the times when it wasn’t all okay We had to wait the longest, momma done prayed the hardest She had to slang tamales so we could pay the apartment God Almighty, what up Gawvi, ’bout to hit the tour with ‘Crae Daddy couldn’t stick around and now I’m round the USA
Hey, hey, hey Papi had to jump the border, trampoline Did it for the power of the green card Can you guess what I mean? Let me feel blessed, a man can’t read (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Tell me why you go all insane on us I’ve been on the road, ain’t a fan discuss I been feelin’ down but they say just trust How you get around in America? Southside know my name They know what I’m sayin’ Papi seen the pain But he got away They was shootin’ them balas Ra, ta-ta-ta, ta-ta, ta Daddy seen the kids die, yuh I’m askin’ why, hey, hey
Oh, Lord Ghosts in El Salvador, yeah I had to fight through the war, yeah They still gon’ close the door, close the door
Hey, hey, hey Papi had to jump the border, trampoline Did it for the power of the green card Can you guess what I mean? Let me feel blessed, a man can’t read (Yeah, yeah, yeah)