Lamingo Tomlin - I Can't Breathe Lyrics

They don't believe
When I say that I can't breathe

Police left over slave catchers still doing us bad
400 years of tryna take everything that we have
Life and pursuit of happiness they killing us fast
How they gone tell us stop reliving the past
Ain't changed a thing young emitt till to Rodney king
Niggas never get justice that's the way that it seem
First responders always late to the scene
Losing black lives circumstances unforeseen
None of the body cams ever catch the truth
Watching the public genocide of the black youth
Whether we comply or not they still gone shoot
This land ain't free the facts you just couldn't refute
Land of the free and home of the brave
Same land built upon the labor of slaves
My fighting spirit that's my ancestors from the grave
They want all the reparations nigga get paid

They don't believe
When I say that I can't breathe

Been tryna smother out our voice so long
If we all came together it would be more strong
Generations of ptsd really holding us back
They always wanna hold you down when you proud and you black
Young leonidus hear my battle cry
Need the answers like jadakiss still asking why
Why yo foot on a neck of an unarmed threat
Why you kill a nigga go home still collect a check
Why my life don't matter my people owed a debt
Why black lives matter make y'all so upset
We already know the answer racism a cancer
This country had too long tried cutting it out still gone
Hates woven into society way too strong
Knew it would play out like this all along
Lord forgive the way they treat yo people
Only ever wanted treatment equal