The Rain (feat. Will Smith)

[chorus jill scott]

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But i can't seem to feel like, feel like

Feel like coming over me

[will smith]

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'

Platinumn, 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

[chorus jill scott]

[will smith]

At age seventeen, the worst pain, a hurrcaine

Her first name still conjuers 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 jill scott]

[will smith]

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 wanna 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 delt

And since then, the rain i never felt

Was wit' it