Cold in Philadelphia - Vinnie Paz

Left my home with just my jeans, my money and a stash

Aimed to Philadelphia, I need a place to crash

Cold in Philadelphia

Cold in Philadelphia

His name was Pasquale and he came here from Sicily

He came here alone at 17 no family

The government told him he was a natural born criminal

Compared to primates and said his intellect was minimal

They told him southern Italians were savages and rapists

But he was only here to look for work and they was racist

He just wanted to find a wife and have children

But had to live in fear because they were Sicilians

Trouble communicating because he ain’t speak the language

If you don’t know English then you ain’t nothing but baggage

Started his own business with some money that he saved up

But nobody supported his business, he almost gave up

Stuck it out, worked hard, livin' in a shanty

Found himself a wife then he had himself a family

He still dealt with discrimination but wasn’t mad

And fear is a great motivator in man

Decades later his family comfortable with clout

And most of them will want to build a wall and keep him out!

Excuse me please sir, if you will, can you spare a dime?

Do you have a cigarette to help me pass the time?

Cold in Philadelphia

Cold in Philadelphia

His name Abdullah he here to escape Assad

He need to find a home and a place he can pray to God

A full-scale civil war broke out in Syria

Uprising turned violent country in hysteria

In Syria he a doctor in Philly he sort boxes

His wife and 4 children in a 2 room apartment

He work all hours of the night making garments

His sons worked after school shifts at the market

Airstrikes and raids forced them out of their home

So they left to Jordan overnight prayed to get through

3 years in Jordan then they finally made it here

The older daughters had to go to Spain and disappear

Back in Philly Abdullah struggling to make the rent

Winter coming soon but the heating bill spent

His sons picked on in school, suffer from embarrassment

They been here for a year and only speak Arabic

They stayed where they was, they would be killed by Assad

But the trouble and the struggle is fulfilling to God

Can’t find work because my hair has got to be too long

Cold in Philadelphia, I tried to get along

Cold in Philadelphia

Cold in Philadelphia