Released on November 16, 1999

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[Intro: Will Smith]

Yeah, uh, uh, uh

I can't feel the rain, what, what?

Uh, we 'bout to do it like

[Chorus: Jill Scott & Will Smith]

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it (Uh, can't feel the rain)

Feel it comin' over me


[Verse 1: Will Smith]

The rain gon' come through the window, pain gon' come

Black, white, rich, poor, it's the same old drum

Rainy days like the war, use wisdom as a weapon

Hold your head up, dry your clothes and keep steppin'

Let the children feel the rain, 'cause if they feel the rain

From the wetness, they stand to gain

I came into the game, it felt like the middle of June

Music was warm, artists, like flowers, they bloom

Then boom, I shook the room, many felt the thunder

My time to shine, did it like summer

I wondered if the sun would shine forever

Pops said, "Rain gon' come," to him I said, "Never"

Cheddar in the genes, face on screens

Got a Benz with a sheen, but what did it all mean?

I earned money and burned money, credit cards smokin'

Platinum, Grammys, famous, but still broken

Not havin' cash put me in check, yo

The road to the riches is slippery when wet

Amongst the fog is where you truly find yourself

Ever since then, the rain I never felt, deal with it

[Chorus: Jill Scott & Will Smith]

The little rain drops fallin' down on me (Uh)

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it (Can't feel the rain)

Feel it comin' over me (Uh-uh, can't feel the rain)

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me (What, what, what?)


[Verse 2: Will Smith]

At age seventeen, the worst pain, a hurricane

Her first name still kind as the rain

Vowed to never let nobody ever get me wet

Lest we forget, love is a four season concept

Many say the rain they can't stand

Never let the weather determine the man

God has a plan, from it I never ran

Follow my heart through the storm, my umbrella in hand

I'm Noah, life's my ark

Forty days and forty nights, still can't take my heart

Seen the fallen man to dope and liquor brands

The devil'll dance to make it rain, bringin' the pain

Walk through the puddles of struggle on flooded streets

Soakin' wet, but mastered the art of peace

Through grey skies, I grew wise, on bended knee I knelt

Since then, the rain I never felt, what's with it?

[Chorus: Jill Scott & Will Smith]

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it (Uh, can't feel the rain)

Feel it comin' over me (Uh-uh, can't feel the rain)

The little rain drops fallin' down on me (Woo)

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it (Uh-uh, uh-uh)

Feel it comin' over me


[Verse 3: Will Smith]

Sometimes I sit in my room, stuff on my mind, stress

Can't rest, so I open the blinds

See kids in the streets, runnin' around

It wasn't touchin' 'em, but the rain was comin' down

I wondered how, with my mouth wide

Reminisce of the key, I said I wanna go outside

In the rain, to see if the same would happen to me

'Bout that time, God started rappin' to me

He said "Pain is the mother of change

The rain must flow so the seeds of joy might grow

Don't be afraid, find shelter in me

The road to greatness, through the valley of adversity"

I felt a light as He proceeded to drop the gem

"These little children, the world we must receive like them"

I just smiled, and thanked Him for the cards He dealt

And since then, the rain I never felt, what's with it?

[Chorus: Jill Scott, Jill Scott & Kids, Kids]

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me (The rain)

The little rain drops fallin' down on me (Fallin' down on me)

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it, feel it

Feel it comin' over me

The little rain drops fallin' down on me

But I can't seem to feel it