Was there a deeper meaning to “I can’t stand the rain” by Missy Elliott?

[rbksNgirbauds]

Still love this song the same as wen it dropped. But Is there a deeper meaning I’m missing? Is there a message that’s goin over my head?

 

[MikelArteta]

Yes!!! metaphorically speaking the rain is white supremacy. The white man been raining down trials and tribulations on black folks for centuries.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Yes!!! metaphorically speaking the rain is white supremacy. The white man been raining down trials and tribulations on black folks for centuries.

I thought the rain was a metaphor for her being in the closet

 

[L2014]

If you cold get a trash bag

 

[Trey0'5Blue2Gz]

She’s a lesbian, she didn’t like being nutted on

 

[rbksNgirbauds]

Yes!!! metaphorically speaking the rain is white supremacy. The white man been raining down trials and tribulations on black folks for centuries.

Yea right

 

[Black Bolt]

Rain = nut as I understood it

 

[Asicz]

Metaphor for the horrors of capitalism

 

[invalid]

Since it was sampled from Ann Peebles original song, which was about a man she was no longer with and how she hated the rain because it reminded her of memories of him, I figured Missy's song was along the same vein?



However, Missy's song was more about how she was trying to get over him by being "fly" (flexing), smoking, cruising around in her droptop, listening to music, going to the beach to hang w/friends.

But the rain still kept reminding her of their relationship hence the line "Oh Missy, try to maintain.."

You know it was about a relationship because she ends the song by "Chumpy, I break up with him before he dump me, To have me yes you lucky (I can't stand the rain!)

 

[King Poetic]

Ain’t no deep meaning

She just couldn’t stand the rain

 

[ORDER_66]

I thought she hated when dudes wanted to bukkke her face... j/k

 

[Luke Cage]

She just said that because that is what was said in the sample.

 

[El Guapo]

She was using wordplay. She really meant she couldn’t stand the “Reign”. It was a diss song to Shawn Kemp because she was mad at him for trash talking, taunting, showing off by dunking, and not playing the game the right way

 

[ImmaGetJoeClarkArrested]

Um she was clearly in R Kelly’s circle...

 

[UserNameless]

Missy was so ahead of her time...