The song "Chocolate Rain" by Tay Zonday is a true internet phenomena with over 53 million hits, no doubt due to the unusual performance by the songwriter. But it is a much better song lyrically than most people probably imagine, as these samples prove:
Chocolate Rain
The school books say it can't be here again
The prisons make you wonder where it went
Made me cross the street the other day
Made you turn your head the other way
History quickly crashing through your veins
Using you to fall back down again
Seldom mentioned on the radio
It's the fear your leaders can't control
Makes the best of friends begin to fight
But did they know each other in the light?
Dirty secrets of economy
Turns that body into GDP
The bell curve blames the baby's DNA
But test scores are how much the parents made
More than marchin' more than passing law
Remake how we got to where we are
Chocolate Rain
Also the cover by YouTube star The Bathroom Girl brings out the poignancy of the song.
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