Rain on the Pavement

Intro

Build

Instrumental

Intro

Rain on the pavement,

City in slow motion,

Yeah... let's go.

Hook

Rain on the pavement, reflections of the lights,

I was down but I learned how to turn the dark to bright,

They want a story with a ending, I just write through the night,

Every scar on my shoulder made my shoulders sit right.

Rain on the pavement, cold hands, warm dreams,

Nothing came for free, so I built my own team,

From the corner shop queue to a stage and a beam,

Still the same kid, just a bigger self-esteem.

Verse 1

I remember empty pockets and a full heart,

Mum working double shifts, trying to play her part,

I was drawing on the margins, making art from the start,

Now the margins got a mic and a message in the dark.

They said "stay in your lane," so I paved a new one,

Turned the "no"s into notes, turned the lows into drums,

I don't need a co-sign when the work speaks blunt,

Every closed door taught me where the pressure comes from.

Rain on the pavement, yeah, it washes off the doubt,

But it never washed the hunger, that's the reason I'm out,

I was quiet in the back, now the back row shouts,

"Tell 'em where you're from"—I just point at my mouth.

Hook

Rain on the pavement, reflections of the lights,

I was down but I learned how to turn the dark to bright,

They want a story with a ending, I just write through the night,

Every scar on my shoulder made my shoulders sit right.

Rain on the pavement, cold hands, warm dreams,

Nothing came for free, so I built my own team,

From the corner shop queue to a stage and a beam,

Still the same kid, just a bigger self-esteem.

Verse 2

No gimmicks, no masks, just a man with a plan,

Turned a bedroom full of silence to a beat and a stand,

I don't envy what they've got, I respect how they ran,

But my race ain't yours, so I move how I am.

I've seen friends become strangers, strangers become kin,

Seen the same streets change faces but the struggle stay in,

So I write for the ones holding hope by a thread,

For the ones still smiling with a storm in their head.

If the sun never comes, we can still make a way,

If the beat never drops, we can still find the words to say,

Rain on the pavement—let it fall where it may,

I'm still walking forward at the end of the day.

instrumental break

Build

Hook

Rain on the pavement, reflections of the lights,

I was down but I learned how to turn the dark to bright,

They want a story with a ending, I just write through the night,

Every scar on my shoulder made my shoulders sit right.

Rain on the pavement, cold hands, warm dreams,

Nothing came for free, so I built my own team,

From the corner shop queue to a stage and a beam,

Still the same kid, just a bigger self-esteem.

Outro

Rain on the pavement...

Still here.

Still standing.