Breathe

“Breathe”

Chorus

I can’t breathe, the system got their knee on my neck

I can’t breathe, all I want is a little respect

I can’t breathe, I’m guilty before being found innocent

I can’t breathe, so please just take your knee off my neck

Chorus (Repeat)

I can’t breathe, the system got their knee on my neck

I can’t breathe, all I want is a little respect

I can’t breathe, I’m guilty before being found innocent

I can’t breathe, so please just take your knee off my neck

Verse 1

Sirens in the distance, mama praying on the floor

Young black man scared every time he hit the door

Hands up, heart racing, trying not to move wrong

One mistake in their eyes and your whole life gone

Judge me by my skin before they hear what I say

Tryna survive another hard American day

Broken by the pressure but I still stand tall

Cause if I lose my voice then who gon’ fight at all

Chorus

I can’t breathe, the system got their knee on my neck

I can’t breathe, all I want is a little respect

I can’t breathe, I’m guilty before being found innocent

I can’t breathe, so please just take your knee off my neck

Chorus (Repeat)

I can’t breathe, the system got their knee on my neck

I can’t breathe, all I want is a little respect

I can’t breathe, I’m guilty before being found innocent

I can’t breathe, so please just take your knee off my neck

Verse 2

Mama told me “baby keep your head real low”

Cause the world see a threat everywhere we go

Working two jobs still they look at me strange

Tryna feed my family while they calling me names

Marches in the streets, tears falling like rain

Too many black souls dying in pain

I’m more than a headline, more than a case

I’m a father, I’m a king, let me live with grace

Bridge

They fear the color of my skin before they know my name

Tired of black mothers crying from this same old pain

We bleed, we hurt, we pray, we fight just to survive

Still searching for real justice just to stay alive

Final Chorus

I can’t breathe, the system got their knee on my neck

I can’t breathe, all I want is a little respect

I can’t breathe, I’m guilty before being found innocent

I can’t breathe, so please just take your knee off my neck

Chorus (Repeat)

I can’t breathe, the system got their knee on my neck

I can’t breathe, all I want is a little respect

I can’t breathe, I’m guilty before being found innocent

I can’t breathe, so please just take your knee off my neck

Outro (spoken, soulful male voice)

Another mother crying…

Another child without a father…

How many more times we gotta say it…

“I can’t breathe…” Not only do Black lives matter but All lives matter “ Every Race and Every Color.

This song is dedicated to Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and all other victims of police brutality. Let us live! Let us live! Let us live [scream it]

By 2 Sincere