9 Months

I can't breathe I can't breathe I can't breathe I can't breathe I can't breathe I can't breathe I can't breathe Black lives matter Black lives matter Black lives matter Black lives matter We can hear the crowd There starting to get ready here Going with the chant We in a state of emergency we need some urgency Cuz currently things got me living nervously Certainly, we can get rid of all this uncertainty I shouldn't have to worry bout somebody hurting me This police brutality is truly disturbing me Seems like every other day somebody's killed wrongfully People with authority ain't living morally They targeting minorities like it's a normalcy Growing up black your taught to live cautiously Just so you can make it back home in one piece All these unnecessary hate crimes really need to cease We're all Gods children so why can't we all live in peace It takes 9 months for ya to breathe And just one second for ya to leave Ya gotta make wise choices out here in these streets Ya make the wrong move ya end up deceased It takes 9 months for ya to breathe And just one second for ya to leave Ya gotta make wise choices out here in these streets Ya make the wrong move ya end up deceased All lives can't matter until black lives matter It's sad that race is such a huge factor Got rid of slave masters but we still in shackles Racism is a learned behavior God says that you should love thy neighbor Even though we are different colors We're supposed to love each other Turn on the news and it give you the blues So much hate I don't know what to do I'm tired of seeing my people suffer What makes it worse we still killing each other Dear sisters and brothers please listen to me It's time for there be unity We need to fix our communities I'm tired of hearing eulogies Equal opportunities are worth fighting for Systematic injustice don't need to happen no more It's hard enough already trying to survive of in these streets It's sad now I gotta worry bout dying by the hands of the police It takes 9 months for ya to breathe And just one second for ya to leave Ya gotta make wise choices out here in these streets Ya make the wrong move ya end up deceased It takes 9 months for ya to breathe And just one second for ya to leave Ya gotta make wise choices out here in these streets Ya make the wrong move ya end up deceased