The Shrine lyrics - Wyclef Jean (feat. Choppa Zoe)

[Intro:]

Saga faite

The Haitians just arrived

Choppa Zoe

Yea

Wyclef Jean, Choppa Zoe

[Bridge:]

This the life, this the struggle

And I'm a show em how to hustle

This the life, this the struggle

And I'm a show em how to hustle

[Hook 1:]

I'm on my Cuba, where the VI social club

Aye aye aye

Some fall for the Columbian

I'm rollin with the Panamanian

And I'm movin with Dominican

You tryna have a conversation with a Mexican

One life, one heart

I love the Coheba

I got to celebrate 'cause I ain't promised tomorrow

[Verse 1:]

I swear this life heaven 'cause I came from here

Set the game on flame, watch me give em hell

17, I was locked down in a cell

Man this life ain't for me, is what I told myself

Age coming on the mama, know she need the help

Haiti still in the range, know they need the help

Should elect Wyclef for prez 'cus that woulda helped

Game of 21, every man for himself

'79 – uncle left Haiti to chase the wealth

18 – did the same just to chase the wealth

Have a space plan, they recall a midget deal

She was a 8, 9, 10 'cus the money help

Cuban mom they got that juicy so I call er welch

Was on the A kind, never seen bad as hell

Instead of standing like a man, suck a nigga lip

Dreamin all on his own, all by myself

I'm putting on for my city all by myself

I was movin all the peas all by myself

I refused but he workin them odd jobs

A nigga grind hard, that's why these Haitians die hard

[Hook 1:]

I'm on my Cuba, where the VI social club

Aye aye aye

Some fall for the Columbian

I'm rollin with the Panamanian

And I'm movin with Dominican

You tryna have a conversation with a Mexican

One life, one heart

I love the Coheba

I got to celebrate 'cause I ain't promised tomorrow

[Verse 2:]

I'm on my fella Gucci shit, I ran for president

They said I got no residence, what's the evidence?

All I wanted to do was bring my country a new dream

They thought I had the policies like hatin on me

I paint them pictures with my rap line (Picasso)

Got soldiers, boy they young in minds

AK-47 is the gun of choice

A million voices, left for one to no choice

Hootsy Tootsy, what's next?

Everybody got a gang, we all throwin stacks

I got a whole gang and they all from Cuba

Reppin that Santa Maria

Avon bought that track with the latin blood

Believers better be on board, I'm on that Noah's flood

Yea, man I love it in America

Like Eddie Griffin man, comin to America

Real talk man, I worked in the fast foods

Plucked the managers, they all good

Can't see the vision of a young man

I had a plan to get a big bang

[Bridge:]

This the life, this the struggle

And I'm a show em how to hustle

This the life, this the struggle

And I'm a show em how to hustle

[Hook 2:]

I'm on my Cuba, where the VI social club

Aye aye aye

I'm in the club with the Nigerians

And by the way that she movin now you know she is Brazilian

Any problem with Dominicans

Then it's back on the plane and I'm headed to the motherland

One love, one heart

I love the Coheba

I got to celebrate 'cause I ain't promised tomorrow

[Verse 3:]

Me and the mexicans got something in common

We all got problems with immigration

Why you tryna send my parents back to they country?

Many people embark from the land of the free

I was raised with them grizzly grizzly grizzly bears

And the way you runnin they can smell the fear

And I can see your eyes, you ain't ready for this

And I can see the Future, Nostradamus

And I can see the president on my laptop

Playin the game of life on my X-Box

We're in Papoto, lookin like real life

No I'm still in sue, Miami Vice

And be clear, this is more than rappers real words

We do them real movies – Spielberg

Have you heard? General's back

The word on the street, every time rap

Gotta make sense every sentence

This is more than rap, it's real life convinced

True TV, 3D vision

Stevie Wonder, superstition

[Hook 2:]

I'm on my Cuba, where the VI social club

Aye aye aye

I'm in the club with the Nigerians

And by the way that she movin now you know she is Brazilian

Any problem with Dominicans

Then it's back on the plane and I'm headed to the motherland

One love, one heart

I love the Coheba

I got to celebrate 'cause I ain't promised tomorrow

One love, one heart