🎵 Rainy Dayz // by Mary J. Blige

18 Contributors Rainy Dayz Lyrics Ja Rule wrote this song after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Shortly after it, Ja Rule spoke to MTV’s TRL about the upcoming song and explained how it related to what the country was going through.… Read More  [Intro: Ja] Huh, yeah Rule baby, huh Mary J. Blige Murda INC Smile [Chorus: Mary, Ja Rule] It's just those rainy days Spend a lifetime tryna wash away Until the sun come out and shines again Smile for me, smile for me All of those rainy days Spend your lifetime tryna wash away Until the sun shines and I see your face Smile at me, smile at me [Verse 1: Mary] We’re always livin' so crazy and sexy and cool And we begin to love it (Begin to love it) Watchin' all of the heartache and pain of the world And thinkin' nothin' of it (Thinkin' nothin' of it) And baby, I got love for you And I know that you got me, baby (Got me, baby) But every time the sun shines bright It gets so cloudy, yeah [Chorus: Mary, Ja Rule] It's just those rainy days Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Tryna wash 'em away) Until the sun come out and shines again (Until the sun shines) Smile for me, smile for me (Smile, smile, smile) All of those rainy days (All of those rainy days) Spend your lifetime tryna wash away (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Until the sun shines and I see your face (Oh yeah, yeah) Smile at me, smile at me [Refrain: Mary, Ja Rule] Nobody loves the rain Can't stand it It always seems to fall Baby, handle it Baby, didn't we tell you before About chasin' those waterfalls? Yeah Nobody loves the rain Can't stand it It always seems to fall Baby, handle it Baby, didn't we tell you before About chasin' those waterfalls? Yeah [Verse 2: Ja Rule] Yeah, baby, sometimes the Rule don't mind the rain It kinda feels like I'm drownin' in the Lord's pain Until the sun comes out and shines again Smile, give me reason to keep believin' That everything ain't misleadin' And I kiss the clouds on them rainy days And smile for you when your skies are gray, bae 'Cause I'm a teardrop away from cryin' And a few shots away from dyin' Dear Lord, would you shower my pain? Let it rain, let it rain on me While I cherish the air I breathe I'm an angel that can't soar, can't fly And I mastered it, Lord knows why [Chorus: Mary, Ja Rule] It's just those rainy days Spend a lifetime tryna wash away Until the sun come out and shines again (Ooh, just spend a lifetime) Smile for me, smile for me (Tryna wash them away, away, away, away, away, away) All of those rainy days (Away) Spend your lifetime tryna wash away (Spend your lifetime) Until the sun shines and I see your face ('Til the sun shines) Smile at me, smile at me (Ooh, smile) [Bridge: Mary] I feel like an angel with my broken wings So I can soar again, Lord, let me in Baby, through all the passion, the pain and the hurt I feel like I'm fallin', yeah Makin' clothes for all of those that spread love And for those who can't take it, stand up Baby, we gon' make it In the words of Marvin Gaye War is not the answer [Refrain: Mary, Ja Rule] Nobody loves the rain Can't stand it It always seems to fall Baby, handle it Baby, didn't we tell you before About chasin' those waterfalls? (Don't go chasin' waterfalls) Nobody loves the rain Can't stand it It always seems to fall Baby, handle it Baby, didn't we tell you before About chasin' those waterfalls? Yeah [Chorus: Mary, Ja Rule] It's just those rainy days Spend a lifetime tryna wash away Until the sun come out and shines again (Oh, might just spend a lifetime) Smile for me, smile for me (Tryna wash them away, away, away, away, away, away) All of those rainy days (Oh, no, oh, no) Spend your lifetime tryna wash away (Oh, no, no) Until the sun shines and I see your face Smile at me, smile at me [Outro: Mary] Smile, smile, smile, smile, smile, smile, smile, smile, smile 'Til the sun shines Just smile for me Just smile for me, just smile at me Know in your heart that we are free Free to believe whatever we feel So feel somethin' real, baby Hey-ayy