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Slums Lyrics by Wyclef Jean

Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee

2017

[Intro: Wyclef Jean]
\nDearly beloved
\nI wanna dedicate this song
\nTo all my refugees around the world
\nMy shottas
\nMy Zoe's
\nHM, and all the sets around the world, one gang now
\n
\n[Chorus: Marx Solvila]
\nLittle shotta boy, we gon' make it out the hood one day
\nNo more drug dealin', no more gunplay
\nThe G5's landin' on the runway
\nYou know that the world is yours
\nLost a couple good friends 'long the way
\nComing from the slums, we make mistakes
\nYeah, yeah
\n
\n[Verse: Wyclef Jean]
\nLife's like a carnival every day
\nBut we stay sucker-free, no clown face
\n'Cause them boys Bugs Bunny jumpin' for the carrots
\nRepeating everything to the Feds like parrots
\nBut all I see's the future ahead
\nA new start like when I cut off my dreads
\nStatistically, I ain't even supposed to be here
\nBad Christmas, I never seen no reindeer
\n
\nYou beat me, we all got our ego
\nYou sniffin' on that Hulk though, Lou Ferrigno
\nWe go ape, y'all just pose like ya'll killers
\nI know King Kong when I see him, y'all Magilla Gorillas
\nEver had to face pressure?
\nSqueeze the crack so far up your ass
\nThat you woke up with a ulcer
\nYeah, them the homies that I know
\nThey either deported or they ain't comin' home no more
\n
\n[Chorus: Marx Solvila]
\nLittle shotta boy, we gon' make it out the hood one day
\nNo more drug dealin', no more gunplay
\nThe G5's landin' on the runway
\nYou know that the world is yours
\nLost a couple good friends 'long the way
\nComing from the slums, we make mistakes
\nYeah, yeah
\n
\n[Verse 2: Jazzy Amra]
\nI'm just tryna make it out the slums
\nAnd turn our dreams into reality
\nLittle shotta boy, I'll hold you down
\nUntil the day they come and bury me
\nQueen of the castle, the leader of the pack
\nI send my troops into battle
\nSexy and classy, but don't let it fool ya
\nYou can catch me in the cut, posted up with that Ruger
\nYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
\n
\n[Verse 3: H1 Da Hook]
\nI followed my calling
\nYou can picture me broke and you could picture me ballin'
\nAmerican gangster, the Haitian's behind me
\nDistrict thirteen posted up, if you boys wanna come find me
\nAnd my shooters stay with me, a natural born leader
\nI'm the OG of the block, I testify like the preachers
\nAll my niggas that's with me, take a puff of that reefer
\nI don't do it for myself, I do this shit for my people
\nYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
\n
\n[Chorus: Marx Solvila]
\nLittle shotta boy, we gon' make it out the hood one day
\nNo more drugs dealin', no more gunplay
\nThe G5's landin' on the runway
\nYou know that the world is yours
\nLost a couple good friends 'long the way
\nComing from the slums, we make mistakes
\nYeah, yeah
\n
\n[Bridge]
\nI'm by the river
\nDon't complicate me
\nGod ain't touched me
\nI ain't saved yet
\nI'm by the river
\nPlease be patient
\nGod ain't touched me
\nI ain't saved yet
\n
\n[Chorus: Marx Solvila]
\nLittle shotta boy, we gon' make it out the hood one day
\nNo more drug dealin', no more gunplay
\nThe G5's landin' on the runway
\nYou know that the world is yours
\nLost a couple good friends 'long the way
\nComing from the slums, we make mistakes
\nYeah, yeah\n\n
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Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean

About “Slums” by Wyclef Jean

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