this is headliner from arrested development and i come here tonight to give thanks to the rain so brothers and sisters please put down your umbrellas you won t be needing those today look to the clouds with the most rain coming from it for without the rain there s no me and there s no you i said a drip drop a drip drop drip drop viva bum bum bum drip drop let it rain let it rain let god s water feed me the water of life mentally rinsing me physically drenching me most are frowning upon your arrival but i need you for survival and when you fall on my community i run outside to properly greet you let it rain take my pain i m glad to meet you fill my eyes with a colorful rainbow every drop that hits me fills me with an unmeasurable amount of security knowing my god acknowledges me as if each drop of rain is aimed toward me my lord thanks for life my lord thanks for life it s raining revolution it s raining solutions it s raining revolution i struttle strut thru the ghetto the rain this time i feel is mental the goal of this rain i feel is spiritual saw thru the eyes of the inflicted people their eyes are hard as a million tombstones marked with the names of the millions of kin thrown to the dust that gave them their colored skin fade to black is the scene they re embalmed in the rain many nights have witnessed her receiving the sperm of a brother into a sister and blessed that life to guaranteed existence a conscious baby for a black resistance i feel the rain enhances the revolution and reminds us of a spiritual solution and reminds us of an unnatural supernatural solu lu lu lution lost between reality and psychology 1990 s mentality is described by the honorable truth message which is true knowledge is so priceless which is so true rain rain stay here wow love that power brothers and sisters haha raise your hands up high and let me see the colors of your beautiful skin now the ceremony begins lord let the heavenly rains cleanse run into your nearest rainbow to grab hold to ride on each color learn it the importance of each color oh yeah let it rain haha yes oh yeah