Wanted to give making a rap a shot, seems like a way to say a lot of things in a song. Wrote the verse, then it just seemed like it would fit somewhere with Breathe, similar themes, so remixed it and put the rap verse on top of it.
Still seems pretty self explanatory as far as subject matter to me...
It's hard to pick out just a few instances to tag..this list seems like a good place to start, though:
http://gawker.com/unarmed-people-of-color-killed-by-police-1999-2014-1666672349
Original:
https://soundcloud.com/seanmn/breathe
Lyrics:
Verse 01
Another no knock at the door
Guess that's what the law is for
Another bullet closing in
Take em away before they sin
Refrain:
Sometimes it's like I cannot breathe
Chorus:
No child left behind, just their minds on the walls and floors
Show them what this law is for
Verse 02
Strange fruit splattered on the ground
No indictment to be found
Juries hung from the trees
Sanctioned killers running free
Refrain
Chorus
Verse 03(rap)
Sloppy is the second that passes for an hour,
put you on hold when they know they have the power
Who cares about fact, when they,
Searchin for crack, searchin for black, they just searchin for the hours that we can never get back
Microagressions in my spine, numb the feeling from my mind, there's no time
It aint slavery, but it aint savory
Aint nobody saving me,
it's plain to see, Even on my own property
Shoot you in your
House, with a mouse, in a box with a fox
Get you here, get you there, they can get you just about anywhere
Like nursery rhymes, hear this shit all the time
Just can't unwind
Refrain/Chorus
