Hands up
and please don't run
They'll say your cell phone
looked like a gun

Don't give them a reason
Don't make them react
Running away
will get you shot in the back


You watched the video
You see they lied
They watched the video
and they say it was justified

I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
Please let me breathe

I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe. I can't breathe
I can't breathe
Help me, please


He was out jogging
when the father said to the son
Go get the guns while I call 911

Then they jumped in the truck
and they hunted him down
He fought for his life
before they gunned him down


You watched the video
You see they lied
They watched the video
and they say it was justified

I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
Please let me breathe

I can't breathe, I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe. I can't breathe
I can't breathe
Help me, please


You're handcuffed behind you
You lay on the ground
Knee on your neck
to make sure you stay down


You cry out for help
and you beg and you plead
Over and over
you say I can't breathe


You watched the video
You see they lied
They watched the video
and they say it was justified

You watched the video
You see they lied
They watched the video
and they say it was justified

[Breathing]