Lyrics
[Intro]
August rain
Kept on coming
Sky fell down
We kept running (hm)
[Verse 1]
Gardere Lane, water to the doorknob
Jones Creek rose, whole block on a tow job
Florida Boulevard, trucks like boats
Old folks waving pillows and coats
Sherwood Forest, couches in the oak trees
Greenwell Springs, mud up to my knees
Denham Springs bridge looked like a brown sea
Everything I saved just floatin past me
[Chorus]
High water, Baton Rouge cryin
Watch my mama house drown, I’m standin there tryin
To hold on to the doorframe, hold on to my name
This that floodwater rap
Blues in my veins
Yeah, the river came in my room
Took my pictures, left my pain
High water, Baton Rouge cryin
We still here, but it ain’t the same
[Verse 2]
Hooper Road, kids on a rooftop
Burbank Drive, boat at the bus stop
Plank Road, sheetrock peel like skin
Winbourne, mold crawlin under my chin
Chef cookin gumbo on a Coleman flame
Comite Creek jumped right over them drains
Air mattress floatin down Airline Highway
Whole east side look like a lost highway
[Chorus]
High water, Baton Rouge cryin
Watch my cousin house split, I’m standin there lyin
Say, “We’ll fix it, we’ll rebuild,” just to hold her in the rain
This that floodwater rap
Blues in my veins
Yeah, the river came in my room
Took my pictures, left my pain
High water, Baton Rouge cryin
We still here, but it ain’t the same
[Bridge]
Old Hammond Highway, dark as a grave
Sherwood Middle kids askin, “We saved?”
Jones Creek Baptist packed with cots in a row
I hear a choir in the hallway, singin it low (mmm)
Broadmoor, Shenandoah, Southdowns too
Some streets dry, but the hurt ran through
If you ain’t lose a house, you lost a friend
Water mark on our hearts that’ll never bend
[Chorus]
High water, Baton Rouge cryin
Whole parish on its knees, still somehow risin
From Glen Oaks to Gardere, we carry that stain
This that floodwater rap
Blues in my veins
Yeah, the river came in my room
Took my pictures, left my pain
High water, Baton Rouge cryin
We still here, but it ain’t the same
Style
rapblues-rap hybrid over slowswampy drums and moaning bass; male vocals trade between raspy sung blues hooks and gritty rap verses. hammond organ and dirty slide guitar answer the vocal lineswith a gospel-choir style call‑and‑response in the chorus. energy starts as a lowheavy simmer and swells to a rawnear-shouted climax before collapsing to a hushed final hook with just organ and voice.bluessoul
Prompt
about flood in baton rouge la in 2016. reference areas flooded and affected. list street names and what happened to homes, rap, blues, heavy soul and pain music.
Credits
Prompt by
TechN9ne225
TechN9ne225GeneratedMar 29, 2026
ModelAria v5
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