| Left my home with just my jeans, my money and a stash
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| Aimed to Philadelphia, I need a place to crash
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| Cold in Philadelphia
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| Cold in Philadelphia
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| His name was Pasquale and he came here from Sicily
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| He came here alone at 17 no family
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| The government told him he was a natural born criminal
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| Compared to primates and said his intellect was minimal
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| They told him southern Italians were savages and rapists
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| But he was only here to look for work and they was racist
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| He just wanted to find a wife and have children
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| But had to live in fear because they were Sicilians
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| Trouble communicating because he ain’t speak the language
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| If you don’t know English then you ain’t nothing but baggage
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| Started his own business with some money that he saved up
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| But nobody supported his business, he almost gave up
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| Stuck it out, worked hard, livin' in a shanty
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| Found himself a wife then he had himself a family
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| He still dealt with discrimination but wasn’t mad
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| And fear is a great motivator in man
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| Decades later his family comfortable with clout
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| And most of them will want to build a wall and keep him out!
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| Excuse me please sir, if you will, can you spare a dime?
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| Do you have a cigarette to help me pass the time?
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| Cold in Philadelphia
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| Cold in Philadelphia
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| His name Abdullah he here to escape Assad
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| He need to find a home and a place he can pray to God
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| A full-scale civil war broke out in Syria
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| Uprising turned violent country in hysteria
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| In Syria he a doctor in Philly he sort boxes
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| His wife and 4 children in a 2 room apartment
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| He work all hours of the night making garments
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| His sons worked after school shifts at the market
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| Airstrikes and raids forced them out of their home
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| So they left to Jordan overnight prayed to get through
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| 3 years in Jordan then they finally made it here
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| The older daughters had to go to Spain and disappear
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| Back in Philly Abdullah struggling to make the rent
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| Winter coming soon but the heating bill spent
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| His sons picked on in school, suffer from embarrassment
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| They been here for a year and only speak Arabic
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| They stayed where they was, they would be killed by Assad
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| But the trouble and the struggle is fulfilling to God
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| Can’t find work because my hair has got to be too long
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| Cold in Philadelphia, I tried to get along
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| Cold in Philadelphia
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| Cold in Philadelphia |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Cold in Philadelphia , by - Vinnie Paz. Song from the album The Pain Collector, in the genre Иностранный рэп и хип-хоп