Rain Dance - Oddisee.mp3

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Amir Mohamed
[00:21.54]I remembered when I discovered purpose
[00:24.11]I was good at something finally worth it
[00:26.57]Told my father that I'ma be an artist
[00:28.55]Foreign parents don't understand we got newer options
[00:31.04]They flee their countries, protect their families, pursuing progress
[00:33.35]They think in needs, we think of wants, the views are parted
[00:35.98]I want to be like Dr Dre, they want degrees from Harvard
[00:38.64]An engineer that slide the fader not designing rockets
[00:41.24]I'm in the lab without a beaker but the speakers knocking Making art in broken English they mistake as nonsense
[00:47.22]The only language understood as income
[00:48.49]So I got good at business plans as well as making rhythm
[00:50.91]I took this art so serious
[00:52.97]It made any girl I dated so furious
[00:56.44]And put tears in they eyes that wouldn't dry
[00:58.00]So they turned into rain
[00:58.70]So many lessons I was learning through pain
[01:00.71]Rain dance
[01:22.47]When I was younger I was all about the ladies
[01:24.49]Quick to do them wrong, even quicker to call them crazy
[01:34.38]Cause I ain't see the harm in leading on somebody daughter Who wanted my commitment but instead they get a maybe Four or five I juggled them like I'm Barnum & Bailey
[01:34.85]Until my arms got tired of hugging women and breaking
[01:37.23]The less that I was working
[01:38.38]The more that I was flirting
[01:39.85]Can't be somebody's half if you ain't a completed person Started developing myself first
[01:44.58]Ain't easy to take it for granted when it's self worth
[01:46.95]Kept promises, made money, and stayed honest
[01:49.96]In his thick accent my father said that I made progress
[01:52.13]Became the man that I was meant to be
[01:54.75]Right on time, met the women that was meant for me
[01:57.31]You know the feeling of keeping your phone face up
[01:59.82]No interference so nothing causing a break up
[02:02.28]Drama free
[02:03.89]Man, I'ma I'ma be real with you man
[02:11.69]You gon' get a lot of people out here messed up thinking that it's really cool to just leave their phone face up and they got a lot of open tabs
[02:13.07]That wrong text message will come through one day and mess up everything you was trying to do, so uh
[02:18.42]That's just a warning man, it ain't for everybody yo, but, good job for working hard to get there man, for real
[02:23.77]Nowadays I'm just trying to get paid
[02:25.83]Stay away from trouble and avoid an early grave
[02:28.44]Read a little more, speak a little less
[02:30.65]My competition listens and they quick to imitate
[02:33.21]Invited to the studio by so and so
[02:35.57]And everybody think that I'm the one that stole the flow
[02:38.20]Well here's a quotable
[02:40.10]I ain't jealous or offended
[02:40.85]I'm just glad to see reactions to a style that I invented
[02:42.82]To me be remembered means your time is finished
[02:45.72]And I'd rather be the reminder with the minor presence
[02:48.29]Not a quick rise and a long fall
[02:50.90]For the long haul I'm in it so just sit tight
[02:53.26]Things don't grow if the ground stay dry
[02:56.02]I see the good things when the clouds blown by
[02:58.64]So when the rain comes I presume my stance
[03:01.06]And if I move, it’s to do my dance
[03:02.97]Bloom
[03:04.80]I can make it rain no matter what the time
[03:09.67]But I'd do it less for some peace of mind
[03:14.34]Reach out and you will understand
[03:17.25]What God put in these hands
[03:19.66]All will be revealed in due time