[Verso 1]
  
         E  
	The wind blows hard across the Texas planes  
  
	Makes some people go insane  
                               A   
	While others quietly pray for rain  
          E                    B   
	That's where we came from  
  
  

[Verso 2]

         E   
	Two boys playing in the burning sun  
  
	One with books,one with guns  
                        A  
	Mama calls but just one comes  
         E  
	The other one runs  


[Refrão]
               A                E   
	In a crystal sense of wrong and right  
                 A                   B         E   
	We were born and raised in black and white  
              A                  E   
	One learned to pray,one loved to fight  
                 A                   B         E  
	We were born and raised in black and white  
                 A                   B         E   
	We were born and raised in black and white  
  
  

[Verso 3]

         E   
	Brother took to the gospel road  
  
	Spent his whole live saving souls  
                                   A   
	When he looked at me his blood ran cold  
            E  
	He didn't even try  
  
  

[Verso 4]

          E  
	I had no dreams,i had no plans  
  
	But a gun felt good in my right hand   
                                       A  
	The warden asked how come you killed that man  
                  E  
	I said i don't know why  
  
  

[Refrão]

            A                  E   
	Welcome home said the hot moonlight  
                 A                   B         E    
	We were born and raised in black and white  
             A                  E  
	One lives to pray,one prays for life  
                 A                   B         E    
	We were born and raised in black and white  
                 A                   B         E  
	We were born and raised in black and white  
  
  

[Verso 5]
  
         E  
	Someone handed me a cigarette  
  
	They offered me my last request  
	                   A               
	I asked my mortal soul be blessed  
            E                B  
	By someone close to me  
  
  

[Verso 6]
 
         E  
	He came to me with trembling hands  
  
	He swore he'd never understand  
                               A   
	I said it's just what life had planned  
              E  
	It's destiny  
  
  

[Refrão]

               A                   E   
	Don't waste your tears on me tonight  
                 A                   B         E   
	We were born and raised in black and white  
            A                  E  
	I chose the dark,you chased the light  
                 A                   B         E   
	We were born and raised in black and white  
                 A                   B         E    
	We were born and raised in black and white  
  
  

[Verso 1]
  
         E  
	The wind blows hard across the Texas planes  
  
	Makes some people go insane  
                               A   
	While others quietly pray for rain  
          E                    B   
	That's where we came from  .