Taxi Driver
Driving Through Life's Storm: A Tribute to Resilience and Gratitude
Lyrics
See him driving round all around this town
Describing a person driving around the town.
And you’re wondering how you ever gonna find a way, find a way not to have to live for tomorrow just enjoy the day, day
Expressing a desire to find a way to live in the present, avoiding worrying about the future.
Not to have to strive for a dollar struggle for the pay, pay
Not wanting to struggle for money and preferring to enjoy life without constant financial striving.
And enjoy the rain
Finding joy in the rain, possibly appreciating life's simple pleasures.
Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
Expressing gratitude for the rain, which may symbolize a source of comfort or relief.
Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
-From AdMo to Georgetown and maybe Barry Farms
Mentioning various locations and expressing a desire to be thankful for the rain.
Life is short to be driving this long
-From DuPont to Fairfax back to nat’s mall
-Pray I can say thank God for the rain
-The unexamined life is not worth living
Quoting the philosophical idea that an unexamined life is not worth living.
12 hours of work and he just want to sleep
Describing the struggles of a taxi driver who works long hours to support his family.
No poets here speaking we don’t follow Socrates
-Sticker on the dash of my father’s taxi as he drives
-Every night and every day
-Damn! every night racks his brain
-Fuck! he has no time to complain
-Who he got a slap just to get some better pay
-He comes home to aches in his back feeling sore
-He really hates the idea of living so poor
-But he gotta keep it up 'cause he’s a father of four
-He wonders when God picked his life, was he sure?
Reflecting on life's uncertainties and questioning if God chose this path.
From PG to uptown and maybe Southeast
Listing different locations the taxi driver serves and emphasizing the variety of routes.
He drives his passengers to spots that they need
-From Southwest to Trinidad more routes than a train
-Any destination less the sky turns gray
-Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
Repeating gratitude for the rain and expressing a wish to be thankful for life.
Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
-From AdMo to Georgetown and maybe Barry Farms
-Life is short to be driving this long
-From DuPont to Fairfax back to nat’s mall
-Pray I can say thank God for the rain
-He drives hookers hustlers kids and dumb teens
Detailing the diverse passengers the taxi driver encounters, including personal reflections on family.
Bammas brokers lawyers and immigrants G
-Fresh off the boat, he came here with a dream
-To earn millions but this life won't squeeze
-A simple c-note his slot machine, uh
-Got no casino he honks and he screams
-When he stuck on I-95 in a traffic jam
-I couldn’t feel his anger till I turn 23
-So I write this shit for my pops (Pops!)
-On his lunch break eating in that parking lot (Lot!)
-When I was 17 he made my life a living hell (Hell!)
-But little did I know the same tales would help me sell (Oh!)
-My pain down the block of NorthWest U St
-Brooklyn, Chinatown, and spots in NYC
Reflecting on the hope that the singer's success will make the father proud.
I wonder if he knows how determined I’m to blow
-Till he hears his son’s song playing on the radio singing
-Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
Reiterating gratitude for the rain and expressing a desire to be thankful for life's journey.
Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
-From AdMo to Georgetown and maybe Barry Farms
-Life is short to be driving this long
-From DuPont to Fairfax back to nat’s mall
-Pray I can say thank God for the rain
-Ugh! thank god for the rain, thank God for the rain
-Thank God for the rain, thank God for the rain
-From AdMo to Georgetown and maybe Barry Farms
-Life is short to be driving this long
-From DuPont to Fairfax back to nat’s mall
-Pray I can say thank God for the rain
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