DEAR IMMIGRATION
[Intro]
Aight, cool, I'll just read it out to you then
Yeah, I'm listening, go ahead
[Verse]
Dear immigration, I'm writing you this letter as a part of my application
My lawyer said if I give you an explanation of my situation and shed a bit of light on the shit I'm facing
It might help with my case
Sometimes, I think it was the heavens that was testing me
You took my rights and took whatever was left of me
I looked to the sky every night and looked for the recipe
While you send letters tryna threaten me about arresting me
You give me a stomachache
You made me feel like a fugitive and a runaway
I hate you for putting away my mother away in Holloway
You made me look in the mirror in horror
You took my tomorrows
You made me despise the person standing front of me
Today, my little brother said he wants to sell drugs and I hate you for that
I really blame you for that
How was he born in the country and still he need papers and that?
You made him wanna sell drugs and he's so much greater than that
I came here in 2005 when I was just nine
Just a child who really needed his mum at the time
I had no idea that she was on drugs at the time
She had no papers, so she couldn't get jobs at the time
But she wanted a better life for her son at the time
So she did whatever she could do to find funds at the time
I won't sit here and lie, some of the time
I wish it was different and it weren't how it was at the time
But I was only nine and my friends had guns at the time
And they was kidnapping children for fun at the time
I want you to know, since I was nine, I've felt like a crime
I used to imagine you coming for me every day of my life
Like a movie in my mind and play that shit on rewind
I used to argue with my teachers all of the time
Tell them, "I sit where I wanna"
But the truth is I just needed a window to climb
For my peace of mind
How do you sleep at night?
You told my mum to give me up, she took me away to hide, um
Look me in the eyes and say you won't do the same for your child
Furthermore, I'll never get the chance to look you in the eyes
You're not even real, but you wanna make me feel like I'm the lie
We used to wake up, hit the bottle and see what job we could find
Working thirty pound a day till 12 in the night
Most times, bossman would just all of the Ps and then hide
All you did was get us hooked on all these drugs to get us by
I wish you knew what it was like at the bottom of the pile
You took away my smile, I was just a fucking child
Now my tears run miles, like the River fucking Nile
Dear immigration, you are vile and you can stick that on my file
I ain't begging you for nothing, I don't know why I'm on trial
For these are my tribulations, these are my tribulations
All I needed was a SIM card and a heart to make it out the simulation
These are my tribulations, dear immigration
I hope you take all of these facts into consideration when you decide on my case
I don't mind what you say
It's been a very long ride and I'm tired
Yours sincerely, BERWYN the Great
[Outro]
Um, what you think?
Um, yeah, I mean it's good, it's powerful, I
I'm not sure if we can sent that, BERWYN
And I think we have to rewrite some of it