Daniel Caesar: Tiny Desk Concert

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Lord, bless me with your blessed power Let it rain. Oh, rain down.

Let it rain. Let it rain.

Let it rain.

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Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm falling apart Why don't you answer my calls, oh boy? Is it something that I said? I'm tired of checking my telephone You're running through my head

We used to stay up for hours, many nights Fussing and fighting, fucking and lying Nights in Miami, tears at the Grammys I just wanna thank you For being my mirror, knowing me myself I just wanna thank you You help me see clearer like nobody else Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo The dolls will holler, I'll howl at the moon

I'm not who I want to be at the moment, maybe soon soon Fighters keep fighting I'll fight till I'm blue And filled up with lactic acid Fighting Purdue Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I'd rather fight for you The only way I know That ain't sustainable Who's gonna fight for me? Who will advocate?

Who's gonna be my Jesus? Pull up on a cloud Play that trumpet cloud, carry me home. Who's going to be my Jesus? Who will advocate? ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Violence is as violence does Man is but a pile of dust Why are you a weapon formed up against me Is this what you call love?

Someday I will leave your home Be a man, I'll make my own And I'll set this world on fire, you can't stop There I will fresh my bones I'll probably be a waste of your time, but who knows? Chances are I'll step out of line, but who knows? Lately you've set up in my mind Yeah girl you

And I'd like that Lately I've been thinking that perhaps I am a coward Hiding in a disguise of an ever-giving flower Incompetent steward of our love and sweet, sweet power Ooh Yesterday was feeling so good Now it's gone

I'd feel like that always if I could Is that wrong? Tell me about the city you're from. Is it hot? Does it snow there? Ooh. Lately I've been thinking about my incurious future Will you be there with me by my side, my girl, my shooter?

Who's to say who calculates, not me I'm no computer Ooh, ooh This is a crowd beyond choice And time will find If it's sustainable You're pure, you're kind, you're sure, divine

You would be too good for me, unattainable Oh Maybe we'll get married one day, but who knows? Think I'll take that thought to the grave, but who knows? I know that I'll love you always, yeah girl you, and I'd like that Oh Oh Lord, I bear this weight My mom and my daddy upon me they place me a place. I have no words to say. It's written there all over my face. I can't be at home where my father lays. In time we'll fade away. Hopefully it's to the same place. Father, you said I'm not the one. Hopefully it's to the same place

Father, you said you loved me Like my own never could How do I ever thank thee? You are good, yeah, yeah, yeah There is no one like you You gave your life so I wouldn't have to Where there is one, there's two

It's me and you Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I got all this hate in my heart but I got no place to put it Tried to leave it behind but I couldn't I need alchemical transmutation I need alchemical transmutation I got all this pain in my heart but I got no place to put it Tried to leave it behind but I couldn't I need alchemical transmutation I need alchemical transmutation Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh.

♪ Dad was forgetful, he promised a lot ♪ ♪ Thankfully he never got by Passed it to me now, I finally can see Forgetting's a gift, thank you God Oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh At least my stance remains clear I'll forget your birthday like every year Who gives a fuck anyways? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Rain down on me, rain down on me, rain down on me. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thank you.

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