I lost my innocence when I was thirteen
Itu0027s hard to say; but Trayvon was seventeen
on the day that he died
I lost my faith when I was just fifteen
Not in God, but in people saying hateful things
about a guy named Michael Brown

Do I really belong?
He was shot for not looking the part;
killed in the dark
Whereu0027s the probable cause?
Do I make you feel afraid?
Skin color and size, a baby died
and I look the same
and I feel the same
and I bleed the same
and my skinu0027s the same
What if the headlines had shown my name?

I was jaded with a system called justice
Whatu0027s not just is getting judged
for the shade of my hue
I was afraid of a system called justice
Pulled over, seventeen,
forgot everything my daddy said to do

Will I survive the night?
Now that my lifeu0027s in the hands of a cop,
who thinks that I'm nothing more than a threat?
Or will I be another held down tragedy
under attack, knee to the back,
tryin' to take a breath?

Man this makes me wanna scream
I thought I was a child of God
made in His image
What the Hell do they see?

All we wanna do is be
in this beautiful skin
Why can't these racist brothas
just see me?

In all of His Glory
Fearfully, wonderfully made
just like them
thatu0027s what makes us the same

You call us all Yours
Equal chance, love, rest
Is all Iu0027m asking for

Do I really belong?
Do I really belong?

Do I really belong?
He was shot for not looking the part;
killed in the dark
Whereu0027s the probable cause?
Do I make you feel afraid?
Skin color and size, a baby died
and I look the same
and I feel the same
and I bleed the same
and my skinu0027s the same
What if the headlines had shown my name?

I just wanna be seen
but with all of this pain, Iu0027m strugglin'
to really know what that means

All we wanna do is breathe
All I wanna do is breathe