Lyrics PRECIOUS CARGO - Hurray for the Riff Raff

Precious cargo at the river
Me swimming just to get across
With the babies on my shoulder
Grab my neck so they don't get lost

We made it through the jungle
No water there for two weeks
Many dead that we walked by
And thugs hiding in the trees

We made it to the border
I jumped and I was detained
They split me from my family
Now the light begins to fade

They took me to the cold room
Where I slept down on the floor
Just a foil for a blanket
For 17 days or more

M sleep on the floor for 17 days
Me sleep on the floor like a dog
Me sleep on the floor for 17 days
Foil blanket shivering hard

Me sleep on the floor for 17 days
Me sleep on the floor like a dog
Me sleep on the floor for 17 days
Foil blanket shivering hard

(Inshallah)
(Inshallah)

Once I was a little boy
Out in the cassava fields
I dream of it sometimes at night
And none of this seems real

I been in here for 13 months
I walked all of this way
But me no never see no handcuffs
'Til I get to the USA
No me, no never see no handcuffs
'Til I get to the USA

I don't know why he would lie on me
The man from the I.C.E.
And I don't know why he hate on me
The man from the I.C.E.

Oh, I.C.E., I.C.E.
Me hate you, I.C.E.
Oh, I.C.E., I.C.E.
Me hate you, I.C.E.

And I don't know why he would lie on me
The man from the I.C.E.
And I don't know why he hate on me
The man from the I.C.E.

Oh, I.C.E., I.C.E.
I hate you, oh, I.C.E.
Oh, I.C.E., I.C.E.
I bring you down, oh, I.C.E.

Precious
Precious
Precious
Precious

Mississippi, Louisiana
River, Pine Prairie, Jena, Lasalle
Mississippi, Louisiana
Richwood, Adams, Catahoula
Mississippi, Louisiana
River, Pine Prairie, Jena, Lasalle
Mississippi, Louisiana
Richwood, Adams, Catahoula

We came here to save our lives
We know where we come from
I mean, one week in the forest sleeping and woke up
No food, drinking bad water
For the animals, snakes, everything
Seeing dead bodies and at past two hours
And I come for another state to save my life
I still found that it's good way too, at the same time in the dungeon

I'm there for almost one year, three months
For bad situation in my life
But everything have at the end of the day
I just wanna say this should keep helping people
Because immigrants are suffering
This is the song, it's my life
And my sister pray to me
It's the reality, it's that cruel
Thank you