Prompt / Lyrics
Everybody wanna reign, nobody wanna feel the pain Everybody want the crown, nobody holding it down You can’t serve two gods, can’t walk both lanes Either soaked in the storm, or dry in the chains Rain or reign, homie—choose your name Rain or reign—ain’t a damn thing changed VERSE 1 They told me early: work hard, pray strong, wait Someday gon’ come if I carry this weight But the storm kept fallin’, never missed my street Same cracked shoes, same hunger to eat Rain in my lungs, rain in my spine They said, “That’s character, boy, you’ll be fine” Call it discipline, call it faith Call it crops growin’ off my pain But upstairs dry, balcony view Sippin’ on necessity, sayin’ “this how we do” They don’t feel drops, they don’t feel doubt ‘Cause feelin’ slow the hand when the orders go out HOOK Everybody wanna reign, nobody wanna feel the pain Everybody want the crown, nobody holding it down You can’t serve two gods, can’t walk both lanes Either soaked in the storm, or dry in the chains Rain or reign, homie—choose your name Rain or reign—ain’t a damn thing changed VERSE 2 You don’t hold a buildin’ up with hope and dreams You hold it with beams they don’t never see Belief ain’t jewelry, belief that steel Load-bearing lies keep the whole thing real Thin walls, thin floors, hear a baby cry Hear a man upstairs countin’ dollars, not lives If he felt this rain, he’d freeze in place If I thought like him, I’d swing in his face So they split the mind, not the money stack Give you morals that never punch back Tell the bottom “serve,” tell the top “win” Call it nature, call it realism HOOK Everybody wanna reign, nobody wanna feel the pain Everybody want the crown, nobody holding it down You can’t serve two gods, can’t walk both lanes Either soaked in the storm, or dry in the chains Rain or reign, homie—choose your name Rain or reign—ain’t a damn thing changed BRIDGE (spoken / half-sung) They choose for you before you write your name Teach you rain… or teach you reign Never ask what you want Just tell you who you are VERSE 3 Top learn early: don’t serve nobody Care is a weakness, guilt too costly Blood get filtered through time and space Committees, distance, clean-handed fate Bottom learn quick: smile through hurt Turn pain holy, make dirt church Serve real quiet, serve real long Call survival love, call silence strong Say “later” like it’s promised land But later always slippin’ through your hands And that’s the balance—ain’t heaven or hell Just who stay dry and who catch hell HOOK (final) Everybody wanna reign, nobody wanna feel the pain Everybody want the crown, nobody holding it down You can’t serve two gods, can’t walk both lanes Either soaked in the storm, or dry in the chains Rain or reign, homie—choose your name Rain or reign—ain’t a damn thing changed OUTRO You can reign… You can serve… You might switch if you ruthless or lucky enough But the moment you try to do both That whole damn roof start creakin’ And once you hear that sound… You stop asking. Peace
Tags
rap Rain-soaked truth over West Coast bass—choice, power, piano. 92bpm West Coast boom-bap with a modern bounce, male
Duration
3:47
Instrumental
No
Created
2/6/2026