15 Minutes Away - K'NAAN

Yeah, I am sendin' 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 good it feels when they say

You can pick it up today

It’s just fifteen minutes away

The worst thing is the waitin', man

It’s spiritually drainin', I guess I could repaint

But don’t think I’m complainin'

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 askin', so I pretend like I am fastin'

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 good when she said write down this eleven digits

I go out to receive it, I’m desperate and I need it

Feels like an angel speakin', I can hardly believe it

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 runnin' 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

I got my conformation

The Western Union agent said grandma’s destination

Had violent inclination, but now I’m proudly pacin'

And walking to the station, heavy perspiration

But you can’t tell me nothin'

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