Your Ghost

Would it be convenient if he just rests in peace? I saw his cousin crying Wondering how you call the cops on the police With a bootprint on your shoulder, face down in the street Another precinct that's been rotted out Another song of "I can't breathe" I can't breathe He said "I can't breathe" Oh, what a privilege to hide behind a screen Like biteless barking dogs We yelp on an ever-tightening leash Another public execution under a greedy, would be, king Another desperate bloody anthem a crying family has to sing I can't breathe (I can't breathe) He said "I can't breathe" (I can't breathe) I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene I hope it burns clean How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"? (I can't breathe) I can't breathe (I can't breathe) He said "I can't breathe" (I can't breathe) Oh, what a privilege to pretend that we can't see The chain, the whip, the badge, the gun And now the ever-pressing knee The knee we hired to protect us The same knee he used to pray The knee that bares the bruise From being used to choke his life away He said "I can't breathe" (I can't breathe) "Mama, I can't breathe" (I can't breathe) I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene I hope it burns clean I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine When they say "Make it great again" is this what they mean? Then let it burn clean How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"? (I can't breathe) "I can't breathe" (I can't breathe) "Mama, I can't breathe" (I can't breathe) I can't