A roaring lion, walketh about, seekin' whom he may devour (Ronny J, please turn me up)
Take some, rain, nonstop, rain don't want war Rain come, rain come Come shine, come rain, come up Southside, let it bang Outside, let it rain Rain down on a pain Rain down on the slain Rain down for my mom (Ooh) Rain down on the farm (Ah) Shower us with your love (Huh) Wash us in the blood (Ooh) Drop this for the thugs (Ah) Know I grew up in the mud (Huh) The top is not enough Wash us in the blood (Ah)
Is there anybody here? Huh Is there anybody here? Ooh That can save no matter how much he player-hate? Hahaha It was the blood that, ooh It was the blood that, God It was the blood that cleansed me, ha It was the, ooh
Shower down on us (Ah) Wash us in the blood (Huh) Wash us in the blood (Ooh) Whole life bein' thugs (Hah) No choice, sellin' drugs (Huh) Southside, what it does? (God) Rain down on us (Ah) Genocide what it does (Huh) Slavery what it does (Ooh) Rain down on us (Ah) Whole life sellin' drugs (Huh)
Wash us in the blood (Ooh) Wash us in Your blood (Ah) Wash us in the blood (And as we live in this evil and crooked and jezebelic world) Wash us in the blood Wash us in the blood
Holy Spirit, come down (Come take) Holy Spirit, come down (Come down) Holy Spirit, help now (Way down) Holy Spirit, help now (Uh, uh) Holy Spirit, come down (Spirit) Holy Spirit, come down (Ayy) Holy Spirit, help now (Come down) Holy Spirit, help now (Yeah)
Wash us in the blood (Blood) Whole life bein' thugs (Hah) No choice, sellin' drugs (Ooh) Genocide what it does (Ah) Mass incarc' what it does (Huh) Cost a cause what it does (Ooh) 'Nother life bein' lost (Woah) Let it off, set it off Execution, thirty states (That's right) Thirty states still execute (Ah) Thou shall not kill, I shall not spill, Nextels at the rendezvous (Ooh) We dodgin' time in the federal (Get 'em) Squad box you in like a sectional We walk through the glass and the residue (Ooh) Now look what we headed to (Ah)
Rain down on us (Huh) Rain down on us (Ooh) Wash us in the blood (Hah) Wash us in the blood (Huh) Holy Spirit, come down (Ooh) Holy Spirit, come down (Hah) And they tryna control Ye (Huh) They want me to calm down (Ooh)
They don't want me to Kanye They don't want Kanye to be Kanye They wanna sign a fake Kanye They tryna sign a calm Ye That's right, I call 'em Calm-Ye But don't take me the wrong way (God) But don't take me the wrong way (Hah) 'Cause God took me a long way (Huh) They wanna edit the interviews (We) They wanna take it to interludes (Me) Cut a whole sentence to interlude (Together) You know that it's fake if it's in the news (Ooh) So I let it fly when I'm in the booth (Ah) The devil a liar and I been the truth Livin' 'cause nobody livin' And nobody gettin' it, doin' it different (Ah)
Rain down on us (Huh) Holy Spirit, come down (Ooh) Holy Spirit, come down (Ah) We need You now Wash us in the blood (Ooh) Whole life bein' thugs (Ah) No choice, sellin' drugs (God) Genocide what it does Slavery what it does