Black Skin

Is there a price to pay for my black skin
It feels like a crime for bearing this black skin
There's hate in your DNA for my black skin

Cause I can't breathe
But you don't care
I'm tryna speak
But my lungs are caving in
It's hard to breathe
Still you don't care
I'm tryna speak
But my lungs are caving in

You take my life but not my soul
Steal my breath but not my voice
My mama cry, my daddy cry
My brother loads up the clip to ride
My sister cry while she hugs him tight
Said you ain't leaving

I can't breathe
But you don't care
I wanna scream out loud
But my lungs are caving in
It's hard to breathe
But you don't care
I wanna scream
But my lungs are caving in

Strange fruit don't hang from trees no more
No longer bound to the forest
Ooh ohh ooo
Ooh ooh ooo ooo

I wanna breathe
Can somebody help
It's hard to speak
With a knee on my neck
I can't breathe

Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe