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Yeah, yeah, it's me, strugglin'...
I start out, just to vibe out, I ain't about to bow out,
I'm more gangsta than you are but I ain't about the rou' rou'.
My season will come, it has to,
Honestly I feel like I'm ten months pregnant or something, I'm passed due.
Sincerely I'm touchy these days I can't take nothing,
I'm tryna treat my record like the law, shit I'm dying to break something,
And mostly, I'm up and stressin', when other folks sleep.
Believe me, I know struggle, and struggle knows me.
My life owes me, like an overdose I'm slowly,
Drifting in the arms of trouble, than trouble holds me,
And nothing else is close to me, more than pain unfortunately,
Like a self fulfilling prophecy, I'm suppose to be:
Strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in,
I find myself in the corner huddling, with some angry men,
And I gotta settle shit again before they gotta kill again.
I'm strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in.
I find myself in the corner huddlin', with some angry men,

and I gotta settle shit again, before they gotta kill again.
I should be chillin' on beaches, instead my bone freezes,
Ducking glocks and I walks, well, like Jesus.
The realest thing for me is since I was a fetus,
The only break I ever got, was at recess.
So legitimately, I remain very little relieved,
And at thug rappers, I remain very little intrigued,
and can you blame me?
Look how we lived in the late eighties,
Throwing rocks at the crazy ladies, and when we'd play these,
Crazy games, the whole crew had crazy names, we
even had a cripple we use to call em lazy legs.
But my faith remains, untouched and unchanged,
Still in my block you hear more shots than a gun range,
I'm...
Strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in,
I find myself in the corner huddling, with some angry men,
And I gotta settle shit again before they gotta kill again.
I'm strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in.
I find myself in the corner huddlin', with some angry men,
and I gotta settle shit again, before they gotta kill again.
Aight aight, more to the truth, no writing, just record me at the booth,
Forced by the loop and the guitar but I'm the boss of the groove.
I speak truth my deep roots remain in equal danger,
The pain on my song is crazy but the sequel is stranger.
Hey man, I'm from the hardest heartless projects.
Dear departed I'm now known as a recording artist.
Spilling what little remains of your memories in the process,
Bitter a little, but making your names in to a colossus.
Believe me, I'm thankful my brother's still with me,
And ain't much changed Bobby is still troubling Whitney,
And Bush is still bombing poor people yo he's deadly,
And me I got a little recording
gig but evidently
I'm...
Strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in,
I find myself in the corner huddling, with some angry men,
And I gotta settle shit again before they gotta kill again.
I'm strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in.
I find myself in the corner huddlin', with some angry men,
and I gotta settle shit again, before they gotta kill again.
Strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in,
I find myself in the corner huddling, with some angry men,
And I gotta settle shit again before they gotta kill again.
I'm strugglin', and it's trouble in, in this circumstance I'm dwelling in.
I find myself in the corner huddlin', with some angry men,
and I gotta settle shit again, before they gotta kill again.
Ya...
Ya...
The pain in my song is crazy.
The pain in my song is crazy.
Strugglin', still strugglin'.

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K'naan (Keinaan, meaning traveller in Somali, born 1978) is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. The Coming To America Songfacts states that born in Mogadishu, Somalia, he spent his childhood there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. K’naan’s grandfather, Haji Mohammad, was a poet and his aunt, Magool, one of Somalia's most famous singers. The young Somalian acquired an early interest in hip-hop from the records that were sent to him from America by his father. K’naan describes growing up in Somalia amidst the ongoing warfare on his song "Coming To America". At age 13 he left for New York City with his mother and brother and finally settled in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto.

In 2001 K'naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

In 2005, he performed with Dobacaracol during the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario. His full-length debut album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, was released in 2005.

His song "Soobax" (pronounced "So-Bah") is now featured in the best selling video game FIFA Football 2006, made by Electronic Arts and he has toured the world with the cup.

K'naan participated in the Breedlove Odyssey Tour with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae. He also participated in the "Welcome To Jamrock" tour along with Damian Marley.

The Dusty Foot Philosopher received a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He also featured in a song by M1, titled "Till We Get There".

The song "In the Beginning" from the album The Dusty Foot Philosopher was featured in the 2008 Comedy "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"

He also toured with Stephen Marley on Stephen's "Mind Control" tour.

His latest album "Troubadour" was released in 2009 featuring guests artists such as Damian Marley, Adam Levine, Kirk Hammett, Mos Def, and Chali 2NA.

A remixed version of K'naan's single "Wavin' Flag" was chosen as the Coca-Cola anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

K'naan won the 2010 Juno Awards for Canada's Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

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