A Lament from Side A by Reverend James Elmore Jenkins

Ahmaud Arbery was jogging down the street
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McMichael and son shot him 1,2,3
Then they turned to the rain and the wind

Breonna Taylor was lying at home
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8 bullets later and she was gone
They just turned to the rain and the wind

George Floyd face to the ground
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A knee to the neck and they put him down
They just turned to the rain and the wind

Can you hear the voice of woe?
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It comes from the one whose blood that did flow
While we turned to the rain and the wind

Many questions of right and wrong
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I sat by the moon and I wrote this song
I just turned to the rain and the wind

You ask for justice whatever that means
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Will you take up arms and will you go to extremes?
Will you turn to the rain and the wind?

We all seek to know the truth
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Should we take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?
Should we turn to the rain and the wind?

These are filmed for all the world to see
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What does that mean for such a one as me?
Should I turn to the rain and the wind?

Before God we must one day stand
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Until that time I'll trust in His guiding hand
I'll just turn to the cruel rain and the wind

Lord, when will such a madness ever cease?
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For in a land without justice there can be no peace
So we'll turn to the rain and the wind

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