Yeah, I am sending this one out to everyone who has had to wait on a money transfer
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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...
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[Repeat 4x:]
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You can pick it up today
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It's 15 minutes away
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The worst thing is the waiting, man
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It's spiritually draining
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I guess I could repaint
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But don't think I'm complaining
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I'm in my small apartment
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This month has been the hardest
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I couldn't afford some omelettes
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I'm broken like an empty promise
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Sometimes when I'm in a meeting
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and everyone else is eating
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I feel so awkward asking
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So I pretend like I am fasting
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My girl had paid my payments
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She wants to save my anus
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She says my love contagious
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But my pride is so outrageous
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She sent me Western Union
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So I can make it through'n
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It felt so bad when she said write down this 11 digits
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I go out to receive it
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I'm desperate and I need it
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Feels like an angel speaking
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I can hardly believe it
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[Repeat 4x:]
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You can pick it up today
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It's 15 minutes away
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You finally got a calla
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You met him in Sao Paula
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A tourist with a dolla
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He's some kind of a balla
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Two babies in a scrolla
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And still he wants to holla
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He likes your Pepsi cola
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But you ain't running low-la
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Brazilians make it easy
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For bellas or fo sheezy
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The sun would make him dizzy
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Working for something mezlee
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These girls will make you trust em
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Because sweetness in the custom
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But everyday they hustlin'
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Every day they hustlin'
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John calls her with the number
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Home with her local lover
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Who was it that picked up the phone?
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Oh, that was just my brother
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She goes out to receive it
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She's desperate and she needs it
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It's like an angel speaking
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She can hardly believe it
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[Repeat 4x:]
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You can pick it up today
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It's 15 minutes away
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I got my conformation
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The Western Union agent said grandma's destination
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Had violent inclination
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But now I'm proudly pacing
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And walking to the station
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Heavy perspiration
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But you can't tell me nothing
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I got my biz in order
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I made it cross the border
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Such dazzle, such a horror
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His life is like an opera
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Grandma I never forget you
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Worry, I'll never let you
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Soon as I leave the venue
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This money I will send you
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I still haven't gone astray
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Don't drink or smoke and sway
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Though sometimes I don't pray
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It feels so good to say
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Go out and receive it
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Cause I just know you need it
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Your boy has grow up decent
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Grandma, can you believe it?
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[Repeat 4x:]
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You can pick it up today
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It's 15 minutes away
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15 Minutes Away
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| K'naan |
