The wind blows hard across the Texas planes   Makes some people go insane   While others quietly pray for rain   That's where we came from      Two boys playing in the burning sun   One with books, one with guns   Mama calls but just one comes   The other one runs      In a crystal sense of wrong and right   We were born and raised in black and white   One learned to pray, one loved to fight   We were born and raised in black and white   We were born and raised in black and white      Brother took to the gospel road   Spent his whole live saving souls   When he looked at me his blood ran cold   He didn't even try      I had no dreams, I had no plans   But a gun felt good in my right hand   The warden asked, ?How come you killed that man?   I said, ?I don't know why?      Welcome home said the hot moonlight   We were born and raised in black and white   One lives to pray, one prays for life   We were born and raised in black and white   We were born and raised in black and white      Someone handed me a cigarette   They offered me my last request   I asked my mortal soul be blessed   By someone close to me      He came to me with trembling hands   He swore he'd never understand   I said it's just what life had planned   It's destiny      Don't waste your tears on me tonight   We were born and raised in black and white   I chose the dark, you chased the light   We were born and raised in black and white   We were born and raised in black and white      The wind blows hard across the Texas planes   Makes some people go insane   While others quietly pray for rain