I've got a sister in Modesto that I don't ever see I guess it's alright cause she only half looks like me And I let it ride, let it ride My real dad never knew me till I turned 24 Good thing I found him because he wasn't knocking on my door I let it ride, let it ride It doesn't matter when the rain comes, as long as you get dry It ain't a question of when, it's a question of why Gonna let it ride I've buried a daughter way before her time I'd take her place a million, million times but I Let it ride, let it ride My mama used to leave me when I was just a kid Too busy selling herself to the next man's highest bid, I let it ride Let it ride It doesn't matter when the rain comes, as long as you get dry It ain't a question of when, it's a question of why, let it ride It doesn't matter when the rain comes, as long as you get dry Cause it ain't a question of when, it's a question of why Gonna let it ride Let it ride Let it ride Let it ride, let it ride