I Can't Breathe Lyrics

I can't breathe

I can't breathe

If I couldn't breathe would you let me

If I couldn't breathe would you let me

Mama

I can't breathe

Stuck in a land I can't leave

My feelings is all on my sleeve

I'm feeling so hurt and deceived

I'm feeling so lost and so hopeless

This pain I just find ways to cope with

It's illegal for me to be outspoken

They knee on my throat got me choking

Cus all of these people is lying

My momma at home and she crying

Cus all of my brothers is dying

And no one really even trying

To find or figure a way out now

Cus what really talking bout now

Whole world heading south now

Route 66 South Bound

Whole world got us nervous

My people really hurting

Yea they don't deserve this

But now our cities burning

Slavery was null and void

Then they went and killed Floyd

Yea they really killed Floyd

But like where'd we ever wrong ya

Racism's lasting longer

It goes then comes back stronger

White people really on one

Just cus the color of my skin

Will this pain and torture every end

Living this way just ain't right

When did our life turn into a constant fight

We struggling just to survive

This no type of life

This no type of life

Cus I can't breathe

Stuck in a land I can't leave

My feelings is all on my sleeve

I'm feeling so hurt and deceived

I'm feeling so lost and so hopeless

This pain I just find ways to cope with

It's illegal for me to be outspoken

They knee on my throat got me choking

Cus all of these people is lying

My momma at home and she crying

Cus all of my brothers is dying

And no one really even trying

To find or figure a way out now

Cus what really talking bout now

Whole world heading south now

Route 66 South Bound

How can you hate someone that you ain't never seen

And why do you always want to crush every single one of my dreams

Do you like me face down bleeding on the concrete

And why does it pain you so much to just see me succeed

Do you like my position beneath you and you above me

And why could you never find in your heart just to love me

Always assume I'm out here gang banging straight thugging

Hands up don't shoot even though I'm wearing a hoodie

Hoodie on like I'm Trevon

Out here grinding on the daily just tryna be a good son

I don't know what my people ever did wrong

Ever did wrong

Cus I

I just want to breathe

Wipe these feelings off my sleeve

Someone put my mind at ease

I'm just tryna spread the peace

This violence has to cease

We standing up proud cus there ain't no backdown

We saying it loud we proud that we black now

If you ain't about it get back to the back now

Lights off its a blackout

Cus I

I just want to breathe

Wipe these feelings off my sleeve

Someone put my mind at ease

Yea I'm tryna spread the peace

Yea this violence has to cease

Cus I, I just want to breathe

Dear God, all I ever wanted to do was breathe

Never to be judged by the color of my skin

But the contents of my heart within

Even though we have these times of anger, hatred, and persecution

Lord show us that you still are God

And give us the strength to keep faith in you

Despite our current circumstances

That we may know that a change will come

It will yea good talk