I Can’t Breathe

Are we drifting away
From humanity
I can't breathe

Life's been taken away
Through insanity
I can't breathe

As we stand here today
This brutality
I can't breathe

Victim of stop and search
This reality
I can't breathe no

Please Mr officer
Please don't shoot me
I'm an innocent man
I'm an innocent woman
Lord send your mercy

[Chorus]
I can not breathe
I can not breathe
I don't wanna fight
Nothing left to cry
I can not breathe

If you saw me in you
You'd feel the same
I can't breathe

Might have made some mistakes
But give me a chance
I can't breathe

Please Mr Officer
Please don't shoot me
I got my hands in the air
I'm not moving like you said
Please don't hurt me

[Chorus]
I can not breathe
I can not breathe
I don't wanna fight
Nothing left to cry
I can not breathe

Can we have redemption
Can we find a cure
For all the hate and anger
That surrounds us all

I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Mike Brown
I'm Sandra Bland
I'm Tamir Rice
I'm Sean Rigg
I'm Sarah Reed
I'm Mark Duggan
I'm Sean Bell
I'm Freddie Gray
I'm Colin Roach
I'm Gregg Gunn
I'm John Crawford
I'm Kingsley Burrell
I'm Mario Woods
I'm Cynthia Jarrett
I'm Mzee Mohammed
I'm Roger Sylvester
I'm Alton Sterling
I'm Terence Crutcher
I'm Dalian Atkinson

I'm Rocky Bennett
I'm Harry Stanley
I'm Sarah Campbell
I'm Leon Patterson
I'm everybody
We're everybody
We're Eric Garner

[Chorus]
I can not breathe (I can not breathe no no)
I can not breathe (no no no no somebody help me)
I don't wanna fight (don't wanna fight)
Nothing left to cry (nothing left to cry)
I can not breathe (said I can not breathe)

I can not breathe
I can not breathe, I can not breathe, Can't you hear me
I can not breathe
I can not breathe, I can not breathe, Can't you hear me
I don't wanna fight
Nothing left to cry
I can not breathe

Cause I can not breathe
I can not breathe
I don't wanna fight
Nothing left to cry
I can not breathe

Some will probably say
Some of the people killed were criminals
But that does not mean a life should be taken
Let me put it to you like this
Their was once a man named Malcolm Little
A drug dealing pimp
Who cleaned his life up and became Malcolm X
One of the most influential men in history
Everybody deserves a chance

Some may ask
Why did I do this track
Well I say
Because black lives matter to me
My race, colour and creed
Do not define who I should stand up for or who I should support
My humanity and religion tells me to stand up against injustice
Where ever I see it
So black lives matter to me
And they should matter to you too