I Can’t Breathe

[Verse 1]
Welcome to Black boy boulevard, it's far from amazin'
Where there chalk-sketched silhouettes of brothers on pavement
Where that white boy's raised and the Black boy erased
Disguised in shackles, we cuffs, it's that modern day slavery
Where my nose is wide and my lips is swole
And so this whip I'm drivin', that must be stolen, I mean

[Pre-Chorus]
What's he hidin'?
What's he holdin'?
If that be a 9 then
Do-do-do-do-do-do

[Chorus]
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
With your knee in my neck, I'm just needin' a breath, oh please
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I know that freedom is living with no fear in my chest
Lord, I cross my heart but don't hope to die (Don't hope to die)
Pray I make it home tonight (Pray I made it home alive)
I can't breathe, I can't breathe (Can't breathe, can't breathe)

[Verse 2]
My mama place Zimbabwe, blood inside of my D.N.A
So the history of my pigment's been written all on my face
So I won't accommodate to that shit that I can't relate
Like yelling "All life matters" with privilege in your veins
It's hella hard to be an optimist, when we optionless
Documents say we in danger if them cops exist
Life is like a box of chocolates and no, I'm not convinced
When chocolate kids spend their life in a box
For the same crime the white kid did

[Pre-Chorus]
What's he hidin'?
What's he holdin'?
If that be a 9 then
Do-do-do-do-do-do

[Chorus]
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
With your knee in my neck I'm just needing a breath (Oh, please)
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
Just know that freedom is living with no fear in our chests, ayy
Lord, I cross my heart but don't hope to die (Hope I do not die)
Pray I make it home tonight (I pray I made it home alive)
I can't breathe, I can't breathe (Can't breathe)

[Bridge]
We just left another mother mortified
'Nother daughter growing up without a father
Please, Lordy
I can't wait no longer. no
I know my skin ain't fair so the way they treat us just ain't fair
I know my skin ain't fair so the way they treat us just—

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on
(Mhm, mm-mm-mm)
Hey, hey
(Mhm)
Won't you wake up
(Mhm, mm-mm-mm)
Huh
Hey, hey
(Mhm)
We just lost a black king and a black queen
Black Martin keep the cemetery grass green
She didn't wanna slide for no Mary-Kate & Ashley
Make a nigga wanna grab the gat and go do-do-do-do-do-do