K'NAAN LYRICS - 15 Minutes Away

"15 Minutes Away"



Yeah, I am sending this one out to everyone who has had to wait on a money transfer

Yeah, it's kinda whack when they charge you like ten percent on the dollar, but you know how go it feels when they say...



[Repeat 4x:]

You can pick it up today

It's 15 minutes away



The worst thing is the waiting, man

It's spiritually draining

I guess I could repaint

But don't think I'm complaining



I'm in my small apartment

This month has been the hardest

I couldn't afford some omelettes

I'm broken like an empty promise



Sometimes when I'm in a meeting

and everyone else is eating

I feel so awkward asking

So I pretend like I am fasting



My girl had paid my payments

She wants to save my anus

She says my love's contagious

But my pride is so outrageous



She sent me Western Union

So I can make it through'n

It felt so bad when she said write down this 11 digits



I go out to receive it

I'm desperate and I need it

Feels like an angel speaking

I can hardly believe it



[Repeat 4x:]

You can pick it up today

It's 15 minutes away



You finally got a caller

You met him in Sao Paula

A tourist with a dollar

He's some kind of a balla

Two babies in a scroller

And still he wants to holla

He likes your Pepsi cola

But you ain't running low-la



Brazilians make it easy

For bellas or fo sheezy

The sun would make him dizzy

Working for something mezlee

These girls will make you trust em

Because sweetness in the custom

But everyday they hustlin'

Every day they hustlin'



John calls her with the number

Home with her local lover

Who was it that picked up the phone?

Oh, that was just my brother



She goes out to receive it

She's desperate and she needs it

It's like an angel speaking

She can hardly believe it



[Repeat 4x:]

You can pick it up today

It's 15 minutes away



I got my conformation

The Western Union agent said grandma's destination

Had violent inclination

But now I'm proudly pacing

And walking to the station

Heavy perspiration

But you can't tell me nothing



I got my biz in order

I made it cross the border

Such dazzle, such a horror

His life is like an opera



Grandma I never forget you

Worry, I'll never let you

Soon as I leave the venue

This money I will send you



I still haven't gone astray

Don't drink or smoke and sway

Though sometimes I don't pray

It feels so good to say



Go out and receive it

Cause I just know you need it

Your boy has grow up decent

Grandma, can you believe it?



[Repeat 4x:]

You can pick it up today

It's 15 minutes away