When I was a little girl I had this cd
of Jill Scott
Love Rain Down on Me, on me Down on Me
Jill Scott
and she was not
like anything I'd ever heard
not like Spice Girls
but she had spice, girl
she was blue
bluer than nypd
smoother than summer breeze cooler than ice cream
I wanted to be
her.
Love Rain Down
Rain.
I always loved the rain.
It was dark, not like night time dark but like concrete dark
like earthy ground
dark
like smokey bars
smokin smooth cigars
feeling mystery in every cell
Rain.
Everything looked better in the rain magical
ethereal
high contrast
dramatic pigments
and moss that looked
so green (sung)
against the dark tree bark it was so green (sung)
and when I fell in love, I was
so green (sung)
Love Rain Down
I always loved the rain.
I wanted to be like the rain falling down
down
down
down and I loved to fall
I found every reason I could to fall
like an addiction
Love Rain Down
I was caught caught in love affair after love affair after love affair
Love Rain Down
like an addiction
didn't need help
didn't want help because down was fun down was hot

down was easy down was dirty and I felt too clean
Love Rain Down
Down down I was too down I forgot who I was
I forgot what I loved
I forgot
Jill Scott
I got caught
falling
cycles of victim
cycles of poor me
cycles of excuses
no excuses anymore
I still want to be
like Jill Scott
like sounds and words music and poetry
together
music and poetry
together
like music and poetry (sung) together (repeat) (sung)