Slumdog Millionaire
Wyclef Jean Lyrics

It seems like the only way you gon' hear me
The only way people seem to want to listen to me is if I use autotune.

So rep yo city rep yo city
Show pride for your city!

I'm a young Haitian slumdog millionaire
I'm rich, but I came from humble beginnings in Haiti.

Ain't nothing you gon' tell me that I can't hear
I won't let anyone else's opinion stop me from doing what I want.

Go on tell me that my mama use to be on welfare
Even if people try to hold my past against me, I won't let it bring me down.

Sticks and stones may break my bones
Physical harm may hurt me, but words won't.

but names could neva hurt me Mr. Hater Hater Hater
I won't let the haters bring me down with their insults.

how does it feel when you u see me countin' paper paper ?
How does it feel for the haters to see me making money and being successful?

Some don't like me cause I left the block
Some people don't like me because I moved on from my old neighborhood.

I can't be about 40 still on the block
I can't spend my whole life staying in one place doing the same thing.

Look at you bout 50 still on the block
I see other people who are still in the same situation they were in years ago.

Talkin' bout you got swag doin' same ol' gwap
They claim to have style, but are still doing the same things they always have.

When I was young it was you I watched
I used to look up to these people when I was younger.

I said I wouldn't make the same mistakes I got off the block
I didn't want to keep making the same mistakes they did, so I moved on from my old neighborhood.

You know the life of the refugee
I know what it's like to be a refugee, to have nowhere to go and feel lost.

In any second I can become a deportee
There's always a chance that I could get sent back to Haiti.

So when you talk about you got checks
When people brag about how much money they have,

Boy you must be in a club high off a x
They must be lying, because they don't have as much money as they claim.

Cause cash that we got it ain't even in the states
We have so much money that we don't even keep it in the US.

And the cars that we drop they got diplomatic plates
Our cars have special license plates because we are important and wealthy.

This ain't a rap song it's the truth
This isn't just a song meant to brag about my success. It's the truth about my life.

Google Wyclef Jean if you lookin for the proof
If you want to learn more about my background and success story, just search for it online.

And if you want me to sign you you got to be tri langual
If you want me to sign you to my record label, you have to be able to speak three languages fluently like me.

Ask IMPOSS he got the tri langual lingo
IMPOSS is another rapper signed to my label who is also fluent in three languages.

Came from dirt, now my polo shirt; not a rinkle
I came from nothing but now I have nice things like a polo shirt that is not wrinkled.

Y'all didn't know my lingo's tri langual
Most people don't realize that I can speak three languages fluently.

My single; achete li..., achete le...
The lyrics of my song include words in multiple languages.

Swo hot you can't cop ...UN... gotta cop ...deux...
I have fancy things that are so hot or rare that you can't just buy one, you have to buy two.

All dem dudez from my block be screamin ... rouge et blue ...
The guys from my old neighborhood are proud and scream about their red and blue colors.

And dem cops on the block be aimin' ... ouvre les yeux...
Even the police in my old neighborhood are biased and only target certain people.

Oh if you don't want anotha riot
Police need to stop targeting and killing innocent people to prevent more riots.

Stop firin at the innocent Mr. Sergeant!
We need to stop the police brutality that is happening every day.

Girls who didn't like us now they call us Pouchon
People who used to bully us now want to be friends because of our success.

Slow motion: now they wanna wine slow
Our success has made people slow down and pay attention to us.

All cause my flow's sick you could call it the swine flow
People like our music because it's so good, you could say it's contagious like a flu.

Box hataz, on my coner got Wyclef
People who talk bad about us are on our corner, hoping to bring us down. They won't succeed because we have Wyclef on our side.

I push your mind right cause I don't throw no weak left
I inspire people to think and grow because I am not weak and always stay strong.

Every hit is a knock out punch
Every time we release a new song, it's so great it feels like it's hard to match its success.

came from nothing now you see me pop out the brunch hen..
We went from being poor to popping up on people's screens as famous, successful musicians.

surpass everybody by a landslide
We have surpassed others in our field and have become one of the greatest and most successful musicians out there.

fly first class now I'm up in N.Y
Our success has allowed us to travel in style and fly first class to places like New York.

and I was sent by Wyclef
Wyclef is our leader and mentor who helped us get to where we are.

to be the champ I'm not by my self
I had help from Wyclef and others to become a champion, I didn't get here alone.

I got all young Haitian slumdog millionaire
I am part of a community of young, successful Haitian musicians who came from humble beginnings.

rep yo city rep yo city
Show pride for your city!

Lil Haiti we here Montreal, Brooklyn, Queens
We represent Little Haiti in Miami, and have fans and supporters in cities all over the world like Montreal, Brooklyn, and Queens.

Sa Pase records
The name of our record label.

If IMPOSS can do it..so can you
If we can be successful with our record label, anyone can achieve their dreams.

Wyclef Commander and chief
Wyclef is the leader of our record label and we trust him to guide us to success.

N'ale Jerry Wonda on the cooka
We have Jerry Wonda, a talented musician, on our team who is helping us cook up something great.

wwOouuhh..gad sent di riz sauce pois Kalalou sa mezanmi
An excited, celebratory phrase about our success as a record label and as musicians.