This Illusion (Kareem's Interlude)
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
We are in a state of emergency
Black people are dying
Stand up for justice
Enough is enough (Stand up for truth)
I don't give a damn if they burn down Target
Do what you say this country is supposed to be about
The land of the free for all
It has not been free for black people and we are tired
This illusion of emancipation
We don't need no validation
But we plead for reparations
So I rolled up on home evasion
I don't want no dedication
Blood and tears, it's hurtin', aching
Man gunned down, he needs sedation
Times run out, his heart stop racing
Face to the ground, he's screaming bleeding
Cops came around, they watched him pleading
Mom's at home, she's sad and grieving
Watching news, that shit's misleading
How many times are we repeating
I can't breathe
Well now I'm breathing
Yeah, now I'm breathing
Yeah (That's just how I feel)
When the opps want to kill, we're prepared to fight
I'd rather die living than living a chained life
Ain't right, how they do me like I live the gang life
Ghetto birdie in the streets so I never take flight
Pray I get to see the end of it, while I'm alive
White people thinking it ended in like 65
Crazy how they get surprised when I tell them it's a lie
They built the first prison system right around the same time
How you tell me no violence, cross the same line
Pay no mind to the swine
They give and they taking time
Keep on burning down targets
While they aiming
One eye
Closed case
Bro erase another life, pay a fine
Ain't a rhyme nor reason to describe being black
Can't deny the fact they want to see us lined like some crack
I ain't selling but they about to pay the price
Matter fact
Got a method, man
Every Klan member getting clapped
Facts
We are denied not only civil rights, but even human rights
Who taught you to hate the color of your skin
Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose
And the shape of your lips
Who taught you to hate yourself
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
Who taught you to hate your own kind
Who taught you to hate the race that you belong to
Now I'm breathing
Now I'm breathing
Now I'm breathing
If he's not ready to clean his house up, he shouldn't have a house
It should catch on fire
And burn down
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
We are in a state of emergency
Black people are dying
Stand up for justice
Enough is enough (Stand up for truth)
I don't give a damn if they burn down Target
Do what you say this country is supposed to be about
The land of the free for all
It has not been free for black people and we are tired
This illusion of emancipation
We don't need no validation
But we plead for reparations
So I rolled up on home evasion
I don't want no dedication
Blood and tears, it's hurtin', aching
Man gunned down, he needs sedation
Times run out, his heart stop racing
Face to the ground, he's screaming bleeding
Cops came around, they watched him pleading
Mom's at home, she's sad and grieving
Watching news, that shit's misleading
How many times are we repeating
I can't breathe
Well now I'm breathing
Yeah, now I'm breathing
Yeah (That's just how I feel)
When the opps want to kill, we're prepared to fight
I'd rather die living than living a chained life
Ain't right, how they do me like I live the gang life
Ghetto birdie in the streets so I never take flight
Pray I get to see the end of it, while I'm alive
White people thinking it ended in like 65
Crazy how they get surprised when I tell them it's a lie
They built the first prison system right around the same time
How you tell me no violence, cross the same line
Pay no mind to the swine
They give and they taking time
Keep on burning down targets
While they aiming
One eye
Closed case
Bro erase another life, pay a fine
Ain't a rhyme nor reason to describe being black
Can't deny the fact they want to see us lined like some crack
I ain't selling but they about to pay the price
Matter fact
Got a method, man
Every Klan member getting clapped
Facts
We are denied not only civil rights, but even human rights
Who taught you to hate the color of your skin
Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose
And the shape of your lips
Who taught you to hate yourself
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
Who taught you to hate your own kind
Who taught you to hate the race that you belong to
Now I'm breathing
Now I'm breathing
Now I'm breathing
If he's not ready to clean his house up, he shouldn't have a house
It should catch on fire
And burn down
Credits
Writer(s): Babou Gaye
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