Hurray for the Riff Raff - PRECIOUS CARGO (Official Audio)

Hurray for the Riff Raff's "PRECIOUS CARGO," from the album 'LIFE ON EARTH,' out now on Nonesuch Records: https://hurrayfortheriffraff.lnk.to/L...

Alynda Segarra - Vocals 
Brad Cook - Synths, Drum Programming 
Matt McCaughan - Drums and Additional Drum Programming 
Phil Cook - Piano 
Jeremy Iylvasaker - Electric Guitar

PRECIOUS CARGO

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.

When 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 in the cold room
where I slept down on the floor,
just a foil for a blanket
for 17 days or more.

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.
I don't know he hate on me
the man from the I.C.E.

Oh I.C.E. —
me hate you I.C.E.
I.C.E.
I bring you down I.C.E.

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

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