Rain - Chad Michael

This is not the beginning

(Not the beginning)

But a continuation

(Continuation)

Run it

We always searchin' for words

Tryna explain life

The future isn’t far

It’s right now hidden in plain sight

Stain white

From the bleach she put in her hair last night

In the bathroom

On the towel

In the pic she sent to my phone last night

I’m killin' Impressions

Bury those and read ‘em their last rights

Didn’t believe it so I used inception in real life

And planted a seed in my head

In the Garden of Eden

With a vision of Eve and snakes in the trees

To make me believe that I need ‘em

That the grass is always greener

On the other side of perfection, even

Even if I find it

Almost guarantee that I end up leavin'

I need it

The push and pull, pick and roll, yeah

One more time and girl I’m gone

Give and go

This is Michael in '91 with the switch-up

I was only four months old

Ask my mama

Probably had the hiccups

Twenty-four years later and people dyin' in stick-ups

Just to get they kicks up

But half of these cats rockin' J’s have never played pick-up

That’s just facts man

Everyone wanna ball

Fame is now officially the only thing we want at all, damn

But what if I use what I make to build a bigger wall

Climb my way to the head just so I can cut it off

Find a way to the switch in my mind and shut it off

I know the problem with success gon' be how much it really cost

Analysis

Culture stuck in paralysis

A generation that’s talented

Lackin' the will to deal with challenges

Searchin' for balance when everything gotta change

We either lookin' the wrong direction

Or we lookin' the other way

Its twisted logic, ain’t it?

Just to be heard you gotta pay

A twisted lottery, it’s true

You never win if you never play

The games that been made in relation to status

And the state of relations

I pray I gain the patience

And pray I’m never complacent

I pray I’m doin' positive with the life I’m creatin'

Prayin' to God in a congregation devoted to Satan

I pray I light the city up like the ‘60s in Vegas

Grow some palms in the desert

Call that shit The Oasis

Somethin' side of the mountain

Lotta windows and spacious

‘Cause if they want me to stunt

On a regular basis

I’ll do it

To prove a point and maybe nothin' else

You think I put myself in these situations to help my health?

Heart that wants to give

Swear I wanna share the wealth

But I hate that I can’t give a fuck ‘bout no one but my fuckin' self

No other way to say it

You know it

I just can’t get involved

You tell me you ain’t trippin'

I listen and watch you fall

I’ve let ‘em in before and always had the same result

But I’d be lyin' if I told you none of that was my fault

I admit it

Step one of being committed

I should write about me in the paper

I’m my biggest critic, uh

Acidic

Analytical

Metaphoric and literal

Precisely on the cusp

But raw in general

Priceless hardest mineral but flawed

A chip off the Hope Diamond

I feel like there’s two of me

I’m only cool if they co-signin'

CM

It’s comin' down in the streets outside

(Streets outside)

I’ll be touchin' down in a little while

(Touchin' down in a little while)

I know it always feels like forever

(Forever)

And I know it’s been a while

I know it’s been a while

You know it’s been a —

(You know it’s been a —)

Its nights like this I

Get so anxious

(So anxious)

And we don’t even talk no more

(More)

So it’s none of my business

(None of my business)

But who ya got that’s down to ride these days?

(Ride these days)

Who ya fuckin' on the side these days?

(Side these days)

And why you tryna hide behind those shades?

(Behind those shades)

I bet you never look inside these days

(Bet you never look inside these days

You probably never look inside, no

You probably never look inside, no)