Rain Dance

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Oddisee

Amir Mohamed el Khalifa, better known by his stage name Oddisee, is a rapper and producer currently recording for Mello Music Group and splitting his time between Brooklyn; Washington, DC; and London. He was born in Washington, DC, and raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, and his love for this area is clear in his work. As a member of the Low Budget Crew, Diamond District, and as solo artist, he has released more than ten records with various labels. more »

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2017

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I remembered when I discovered purpose
I was good at something finally worth it
Told my father that I'ma be an artist
Foreign parents don't 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 doctor Dre, they want degrees from Harvard 
An engineer that slide the fader not designing rockets
I'm 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 wouldn't 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 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
Until my arms got tired of hugging women and breaking
The less that I was working
The more that I was flirting
Can't be somebody's half if you ain't a completed person
 Started developing myself first
Ain't easy to take it for granted when it's 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 was meant 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, I'ma I'ma be real with you man
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
That wrong text message will come through one day 
And mess up everything you was trying to do, so uh
That's just a warning man, it ain't for everybody yo
But, good job for working hard to get there man, for real

Nowadays I'm 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 I'm the one that stole the flow
Well here's a quotable
I ain't jealous or offended
I'm just glad to see reactions to a style that I invented
To me be remembered means your time is finished
And I'd rather be the reminder with the minor presence
Not a quick rise and a long fall
For the long haul I'm in it so just sit tight
Things don't 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 I'd do it less for some peace of mind
Reach out and you will understand
What God put in these hands
All will be revealed in due time

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