Lyrical Breakdown of Rain - Commentary - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Welcome to the detailed analysis of "Rain - Commentary" on Lazyjot. Here, we unravel the lyrical complexity and artistic brilliance that define this iconic song.

• Lyric Overview: Witness how Common weaves words into powerful emotions and vivid imagery. From intricate rhyme schemes to compelling storytelling, every line in "Rain - Commentary" is a testament to masterful songwriting.
• Rhyme and Rhythm Analysis: Our Lazyjot editor highlights the ingenious use of multi-syllabic rhymes and the rhythm pattern that Common employs. Understand the construction of each verse and how it contributes to the song's overall impact.
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Rain, featuring John Legend This is a very, very special Dear to our heart song Dear to my heart This song was uhm Created by Karriem Riggins' father His father, Emmanuel Riggins Now, Karriem Riggins has produced the whole album alone With Robert Glasper His father, Emmanuel Riggins passed in May of 2015 Karriem and uhm His father was a great musician Well, you know and Karriem obviously Inherited some of that But his father left some music And this song was written by Karriem's father About Emmanuel Riggins In some way in, in 1960's And when Karriem played it for me I was like Wow, this is This is a beautiful song It-it made me just It took me away from Everything I was thinking about, this is Man, let me go somewhere else And we all was like Man, what if we got John and maybe, Karriem mention What if we got John Legend to sing it I think one of us mentioned it And I sent it to John And John was like Man, I love this song 'Cause it was very new and different for For any album that I've done And anything different than John and I done So I think John was pleasantly surprised And when I said to him Let's try to do another glory Let's do, they say, you know It was just like, no This was the fresh song he loved He said I loved the song I was like, "Yes" So he did it and I started writing my verse And I was just talking about Because the song is about Following your dreams and going through Uhm, going through with your dreams even if it rains You're talking about getting to California So I kinda was talking In my verse about Even if the rain comes down the rain is the cleanser thing It's gonna cleanse you I think we gonna deal with the rain And uhm, you know so The song definitely has the spirit on it's own It's just It makes me think of a movie or something like Let it rain