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I Can’t Breathe Lyrics by Omar Esa

2016

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
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