This song is conceptually about noticing the ups and downs of life. It is a conscious record that reflects on how empty life can seem. Jeff reminds us here to be aware of it all but not to worry and just approach it calmly and breathe it in.
[Hook]
Life is sure to change like the color of leaves
So Imma take a moment to breathe, uh-huh
Inhale, exhale, that's all I need
I just want a moment to breathe, yeah
Life is sure to change like the color of leaves
So Imma take a moment to breathe, yeah
Inhale, exhale, that's all we need
We just want a moment to breathe
[Verse 1]
This is my spoken word, better yet, my quiet letter
This just a small ambition, better yet, it's my vendetta
You gotta be layin' it down, can't be found waitin'
What's a king without a crown?
What's a man without a foundation?
Smoke, we inhale, like we in hell
With no intel of what that entails
Human beings all about the ritual situation, gets critical
When damage or routines become habitual
So give me that
Ain't no more waiting for peace
Cause ain't no shape of her just the shape that they traced in the streets
And I've been down for too long and now I’m placing my feet
Whether I'm making tracks, making love, or making the beats
Oh lord
Yes, more questions that I ask you
Like moments in movies are special, and life treat it like they fast food
This ain't the place that the screen told me
This ain't the place on that screen homie
So you keep it real
Cause my recipes you best pay me
Boy, you know that I'm an S.A.V
The homie never passed his SAT’s
Now we shooting everybody wearing ese T’s
Used to bring out the best in me
Now I'm saying "rest in peace"
It's when I witness senseless shit like this I question destiny
But that's when I remember
That I'm here for a reason
And life comes in goes like a season
So breathe in!
[Hook]
[Bridge]
So breathe with me like
So breathe with me like
So breathe with me like
So breathe with me like
[Verse 2]
Life is good until the way you see problems subtract the blessing
You ain't equal to a man until after you add a lesson
At adolescence, pockets broke
Nervous with no insurance, waiting for the doctor's quote
At adolescence, feeling like a fucking lost remote
With no control
Mouth moves like old shoes because I got a open sole
They broke the mold when they made me
My mind is walking in a room full of A.D - H.D
-T.V's on each is a different phase of my life
Look, there's the moment I discovered freedom was priced
These days keep passing, blunts I keep ashing
Questions I'm asking, where's my passion?
Gone is it past tensed? Oh so distracted
But my recipes you best pay me
Boy you know that I'm an S.A.V
My papa never heard 'em say "yes, you free"
Cardiac arrest put his breath at ease
Used to hope the best for we
Now I'm saying "rest in peace"
It's when I witness senseless shit like this I question destiny
But that's when I remember
That I'm here for a reason
And life comes in goes like a season
So breathe in!
[Hook]
Breathe was produced by G-major.
Jeff Turner released Breathe on Wed Mar 05 2014.