You left them swimming for their lives Down in new orleans Can't afford a gallon of gasoline With your useless degrees And your contrary statistics This government business Is straight up sadistic It's a black rain, it's a black rain Is gonna fall You don't fight for us But expect us to die for you You have no sympathy for us Still i cry for you You may kill the revolutionary But the revolution you can never bury It won't be long till the people flood the streets And take you down One and all It's a black rain, it's a black rain Is gonna fall Don't you dare speak to us Like we work for you Selling false hope like some new dope We're addicted to I'm not a desperate man But these are desperate times at hand This generation is beyond your command It won't be long till the people flood the streets And take you down One and all It's a black rain, it's a black rain Is gonna fall