Runnin' Outta Options Lyrics

Seven years in the city

I got my visa coming to an end

Got questions all up in my head

Coming through and through again

I'm sayin' fuck

I'm not really not leave and

Tryna keep my head out the water

I'm tryna keep on breathin'

Deadlines coming up

Doubt starts to ease in

If you ain't seen me smile lately

That's the fuckin' reason

Sit down let me tell you

About the things you don't see

Let me talk to you like we're sitting in a room

And it's just you and me

I got a job but they won't sponsor me

Regardless it's a lottery

Unlawful stay is a lotta risk

I ain't taking chances with stop and frisk

Going back to school? Not an option

It really ain't worth the tuition plus

I gotta get paid now

Big bills big rent

That's the cost of living in NY

With 500k you can actually buy the Green Card

That's half a milli ain't that crazy

I had to say it twice

Everything in America got a price

Doesn't matter I don't have the funds

If I did I'd do something better

With the money anyway

I'm on my way to a Pulitzer Prize

I'm a young black Ernest Hemingway Goddamn

Don't wanna do no fake marriage

Can't let a girl have that leverage

Runnin' outta options

Runnin' outta time

Cold sweats in the middle of the night

My girl turn around asking

"Babe are you alright"

I'll miss her and I know

She'll miss me too

You're a lucky man if in the hard times

She sticks by you

So many people

I didn't get to say goodbye to

Every time you see someone

Well it might just be the last

At a party feelin' sad

While everyone's having a blast

I know you know the feelin'

Catching up with somebody

And they ask how you doin'

You tell 'em you're all good

Tryna keep a straight face

But inside you're down bad

Cause of the problems you face

I had very little happiness left

So I took a loan from hope

Thinking there'll be better days

To help me cope

But dammit it's getting harder

And the stress is getting higher

If I said I handle it well

Then that makes me a motherfuckin' liar

Forget about Keystone

I'm talking 'bout Kindi

I'm drowning my sorrows

In a bottle o' Bacardi

Had to break my lease

My landlord finna sue me

He can't find me overseas

Or at least that's what I'm assumin'

In the midst of the chaos

I still can't forget to be thankful

There's people out there wishin'

They could be walking a mile in my damn shoes

Immigration done put me through things that you can't understand

I can't crack under pressure got ice in my veins

Motherfucker I can't lose

Had to pack up all my shit quick

Barely celebrated my birthday

Love and hate relationship

But I'm still gonna miss the city wow

At the end of the day

That struggle wasn't in vain

Cause I know for a fact

It made me a stronger man

So I stay hopeful through the pain

The sun comes after the rain

Thinkin' while I'm on the plane

One day I'll be back again

The only thing I can do

Is try to make a way

I'm now talking to you

From 4000 miles away