The Rain Lyrics - Jill Scott

(Yeah...uh, uh, uh) 

(Can't feel the rain) 

(What, what, uh... we 'bout to do it like) 

[Chorus: Repeat 2X ] 

The little rain drops fallin' down on me 

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it (can't feel the rain) 

Feel it coming over me (can't feel the rain) 

The rain gon' come through the window, pain will come 

Black, white, rich, poor, it's the same old drum 

Rainy days like the war, use wisdom as a weapon 

Hold your head up, dry your clothes and keep steppin' 

Let the children feel the rain, 'cause if they feel the rain 

From the wetness, they stand to gain 

I came into the game, it felt like the middle of June 

Music was warm, artists, like flowers, they bloom 

Then boom, I shook the room, many felt the thunder 

My time to shine, did it like summer 

I wondered if the sun would shine forever 

Pops said "rain gon' come", to him I said "never" 

Chedder in the genes, face on screens 

Got a Benz wit' the sheen, but what did it all mean 

I earned money and burned money, credit cards smokin' 

Platinum, grammys, famous, but still broke and 

Not having cash, put me in check 

Yo, the road to the riches is slippery when wet 

Amongst the fall is where you truly find yourself 

Ever since then, the rain I never felt 

Deal wit' it 

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At age seventeen, the worst pain, a hurricane 

Her first name still conjures the rain 

Vowed to never let nobody ever get me wet 

Lest we forget, love is a four season concept 

Many say the rain they can't stand 

Never let the weather determine the man 

God has a plan, from it I never ran 

Follow my heart through the storm, my umbrella in hand 

I'm Noah, life's my arc 

forty days and forty nights, still can't take my heart 

Seen the fallen man 

To dope and liquor brands 

The devil'll dance to make it rain 

Bringing the pain 

Walk through the puddles of struggle on flooded streets 

Soakin' wet, but mastered the art of peace 

Through grey skies, I grew wise, on bended knees I knelt 

Since then, the rain I never felt 

What's wit' it 

[Chorus:] 

Sometimes I sit in my room, stuff on my mind 

Stress, can't rest, so I open the blinds 

See kids in the streets, runnin' around 

It wasn't touchin' 'em, but the rain was comin' down 

I wondered how, with my mouth wide 

Reminisce of the key, said I want to go outside 

In the rain, to see if the same would happen to me 

'Bout that time, God started rappin' to me 

He said "pain is the mother of change, the rain must flow 

So the seeds of joy might grow 

Don't be afraid, find shelter in me 

The road to greatness, through the valley of adversity" 

I felt the light as He proceeded to drop the gem 

These little children, the world we must receive like them 

I just smiled, and thanked Him for the cards He dealt 

And since then, the rain I never felt 

What's wit' it 

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