Now I know only I can stop the rain Now I know only I can stop the rain It's not that we gotta do what we do It's what we know, so to me it ain't nuttin' but bein' true but Now I know only I can stop the rain It doesn't have to be the way it is, you say it is Just because for the past twenty years, every day it is Now I know only I can stop the rain I wanna be able to walk out my front door Without worryin' about comin' in conflict with the law, 'cause Now I know only I can stop the rain If I follow him, they'll follow me And I'll speak life into the word that you can see, 'cause Now I know only I can stop the rain We get away with everyday shit but everyday shit Catches up to you and when it does you can't say shit Now I know only I can stop the rain If I don't, you will, when I won't, you steal What makes it feel like we gots to kill? Now I know only I can stop the rain How many more lives must we lose? How many more times must we choose to trust these fools? Now I know only I can stop the rain If it ain't broke, don't fix it I gave it to you straight don't mix it, twist it up on some slick shit Now I know only I can stop the rain I don't have to talk to it any more I don't have to walk to it any more, I'm out the door Now I know only I can stop the rain I wanna find peace with the Lord I don't wanna find a beast with the sword, I can't afford to Now I know only I can stop the rain When every day of my life Is a constant fight between wrong and right Now I know only I can stop the rain I thank you Lord for my life Thank you Lord for keepin' it loose when things got tight Now I know only I can stop the rain Only I can stop the rain Only I can stop the pain, yea Now I know only I can stop the rain Only I can stop the rain, stop the rain, yea Only I can stop the rain, 'cause the rain falls on me Now I know only I can stop the rain Only I can stop the rain