THE RAIN

We used to play out in the rain
Your mother scolded us
She said, that we were bad (she said that we were bad)

Yeah, yeah
I awoke from a dream last night
I woke up and it seems that's right
My lil' younger self really could never just tell what it meant to be in that light
And I'm sitting here now and it seems like I finally figured it out
I feel like I wasted my youth try'na be something else
That I really was never about
It's no more whatever it's time to be clever
And innovative
Ultimatum says I have been imitative
And I'm looking back like I've been in my native state
My younger self really knows he was way more creative
I think
And I'm wondering what momma thinks
Missing days where she washing my hair in the sink
I wonder what point that I lost all the youthful exuberance
Truthful it's knowing my days left are numerous
Ain't nothing humorous
An illuminance now that I'm looking out to all these cumulus clouds
As I'm looking around I can see that that future is bright
But behind me I see those I'm leaving behind
Walk with me in this world as we climb

We used to play out in the rain (Yeah)
Your mother scolded us
She said, that we were bad (She said that we were bad)
I picked you up when you fell, you were good to me
I told you not to cry and nestle close to me

And I'm trying to speak so coherently
'Cause apparently
I like to ramble an ample amount
If there's doubt then I struggle to think with some clarity
Spin it around
What you found?
Just something I never knew I was without
But I get it right now
I just wanna go back to the rain on that old playground
I miss when momma would yell I was playing too rough
No ball in the house like "Okay that's enough!"
And I can't get enough
Of everything in my childhood I missed
The storm it is fleeting, I'm feeling a shift
Shoutout D'Andre 'cause this moving Swift
And I can't help but feel like I live in the midst
I miss my innocent sense of abliss
I miss my homies you know how it is
I miss my shawty I couldn't dismiss
I miss my my old life I gotta persist
Now I'm just one that'll go reminisce
And I'm not gonna act like I'm struggling strife
But it's more of just coping with this new life
I just need maybe ten, you can make it like five
And I need some visine to put right in my eyes
Know that I love all my people to death
Got a few homies I'll never forget
I know my shawty be taking my breath
To this day I ain't never ever gon' regret
I miss the rain, yeah I miss all the playing
But I'm moving on now, yeah I'm leaving today
Classes start next week, it's 'bout to change
Just know that the rain cannot erase the pain

We used to play out in the rain (Yeah)
Your mother scolded us
She said, that we were bad (She said that we were bad)
I picked you up when you fell, you were good to me
I told you not to cry and nestle close to me