Rain Dance-Oddisee

[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