[Verse 1]
We arrived at my uncle's apartment four
After we crossed the river from Reynosa
The whites look at us with cold eyes
If we don't want trouble
They just gave us jobs
Washing Toyotas
(I'm gonna need you to wash all these here Toyotas)

[Verse 2]
You have to start with something
But don't let Uncle Sam hold you back
Here you don't count the same
And they always come to fuck with us
With papers that they want to check
I'm fed up
Are you not also fed up?

[Chorus]
We came to study
We want to work
Even though they want to deny it
We are all Americans
We came to study
We want to work
And even though they want to break us
We already have green cards

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Dancing to the chavón
A bidi bidi bom bom
Mexican until '94
(Now is everyone in the car an American citizen?)
Then they said, "You got to learn to dance at their tempo
Order fries with your combo
And learn to speak in English from HBO"
(How do you say "Larry Sanders"?)

[Verse 4]
For all of the effort you give
Even though you tough it out, it's a scam
Here they don't look at you equally
You will have to deal with it
Until they can't deport you
That's right
In this party in the USA

[Chorus]
We came to study
We want to work
Even though they want to deny it
We are all Americans
We came to study
We want to work
And even though they want to break us
We already have green cards

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Bridge]
(And remember, kids, the way to build an economy on a disposable work force is to invite them to do the work and then kick 'em out when the work is done)
(That way they can't unionize?)
(Now you're catching on)

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
We came to study
We want to work
Even though they want to deny it
We are all Americans
We came to study
We want to work
And even though they want to break us
They will know we exist
We came to study
We want to work
(Don't give up because of the fucking wall)