Forty Days and Nights

Gunshots pop, crack the still of the night
Down on the corner another young man dies
I hold my family real tight, keep them real close around
Forty days and nights
Rain coming on down
Forty days and nights
Keeps coming down

Gang bangers gone wild, they ruling the street
Downtown hears about us, downtown don’t bleed
Way uptown feels like we’re surely going to drown
Forty days and nights
Rain coming on down
Forty days and nights
Keeps coming on down

Wish I had a man here to take a stand with me
More cops in blue to deal with all the heat
Seems like today there’s less and less of both around
Forty days and nights
Rain coming on down
Forty days and nights
Keeps coming on down