Rain Dance

I remembered when I discovered purpose
I was good at something finally worth it
Told my father that Ima be an artist
Foreign parents dont understand we got newer options
They flee their countries, protect their families , pursuing progress
They think in needs, we think of wants, the views are parted
I want to be like Dr Dre, they want degrees from Harvard
An engineer that slide the fader not designing rockets
Im in the lab without a beaker but the speakers knocking Making art in broken English they mistake as nonsense
The only language understood as income
So I got good at business plans as well as making rhythm
I took this art so serious
It made any girl I dated so furious
And put tears in they eyes that wouldnt dry
So they turned into rain
So many lessons I was learning through pain
Rain dance
When I was younger I was all about the ladies
Quick to do them wrong, even quicker to call them crazy
Cause I aint 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 Im Barnum & Bailey
Until my arms got tired of hugging women and breaking
The less that I was working
The more that I was flirting
Cant be somebodys half if you aint a completed person Started developing myself first
Aint easy to take it for granted when its self worth
Kept promises, made money, and stayed honest
In his thick accent my father said that I made progress
Became the man that I wasmeant to be
Right on time, met the women that was meant for me
You know the feeling of keeping your phone face up
No interference so nothing causing a break up
Drama free
Man, Ima Ima be real with you man
You gon get a lot of people out here messed up thinking that its really cool to just leave their phone face up and they got a lot of open tabs
That wrong text message will come through one day and mess up everything you was trying to do, so uh
Thats just a warning man, it aint for everybody yo, but, good job for working hard to get there man, for real
Nowadays Im just trying to get paid
Stay away from trouble and avoid an early grave
Read a little more, speak a little less
My competition listens and they quick to imitate
Invited to the studio by so and so
And everybody think that Im the one that stole the flow
Well heres a quotable
I aint jealous or offended
Im just glad to see reactions to a style that I invented
To me be remembered means your time is finished
And Id rather be the reminder with the minor presence
Not a quick rise and a long fall
For the long haul Im in it so just sit tight
Things dont grow if the ground stay dry
I see the good things when the clouds blown by
So when the rain comes I presume my stance
And if I move, it's to do my dance
Bloom
I can make it rain no matter what the time
But Id do it less for some peace of mind
Reach out and you will understand
What God put in thesehands
All will be revealed in due time