Ghanaians Struggling In Diaspora

My brother just graduated from College

But he doesn't want to stay in Ghana


He says that he has got money to make


And who am I to blame him


He sees the hustlers with their fat rides


He sees the imported luxuries inviting him to have


He says that he dreams of coming to Europe


He heard that America is paradise on earth


Well I would like to tell him the truth


But I am afraid that his heart would break

My sister teaches for a living


And she has been doing this 4 ages


She tells me that it doesn't pay that much


But she owns a house and a car


Her husband counts himself lucky


Because he has got a woman with her own money


My sister calls me every now and then


Asking me to bring her to Europe

Well I would like to tell her the truth


But I am afraid that her heart would break





My father would be 64 this year


An old man with gray hair


He has worked hard all his life


Never begged a pesewa from anybody


His friends respect him for his sincerity


His pastor adores him

Because his tithes and offerings never come in coins


He tells me that America over flows with milk and honey


Well I would like to tell him the truth


But I am afraid that his heart would break





My mother worries herself sick about me


But I tell her not 2


I tell her that I am happy


Even though when I am not

I tell her that everything is fine


When I know is a lie


Living in a strange country makes you feel strange


Especially when you are a stranger


Well I would like to tell her the truth


But I am afraid that her heart would break