Let My People Stay

Everyone is an immigrant
We all know who owns the land
Your fathers too were once like me
Everyone’s searching for a good life
Some came long long ago
Some came just yesterday
For some it was a short walk, others journeyed afar
Everyone’s looking for a good life

Chorus: Hey! Let my – Amnesty
Let my – Amnesty
Let my people stay

I’m not a criminal I’m not a burden
Why do you want to throw me out?
I work hard for my peanuts
Everyone’s hoping for a good life
My cheap labor sustains your good life
Yet I never complain
Even if you own a thousand beds; you can only sleep on one at a time
Everyone’s looking for a good life

Chorus: Hey! Let my – Amnesty …..

You climbed the ladder; now you want to break it
Making it harder for others to make it
Your ancestors too toiled for you
Everyone’s looking for a good life
I’m just a victim of the politics
Searching for the pastures
Sacrificing for my off springs
Everyone’s seeking for a good life

Chorus: Hey! Let my – Amnesty …..

Inevitable, inevitable
When shall you fall thou boundaries
God created one earth, not countries
Surely someday all boundaries shall fall
Inevitable, Inevitable …..

Oluwa lo da ile, ati ekun re, aye ati awon to tedo sori re
Illegal ke? Ki lo nje be? Laye! Se lori ile yi?
Ti Oluwa da? E ma so bee mo.

When he made earth, he made no boundaries
One earth, One human race
Ibi gbogbo ni ile!

Chorus: Hey! Let my – Amnesty …..

One earth… One human race… I’m not illegal
I’m me… I’m no alien… I’m human like you
I’m I from Mars?… I’m I?