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I CAN'T BREATHE

by The Bruce Smith Band

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I CAN’T BREATHE

Put me in the bottom of a boat
Crossed a raging sea
Stacked up like cordwood
I can’t breathe

Shackles on my shoulders
Chains for sleeves
Goin’ to the highest bidder
I can’t breathe

Put me down officialized
A 5 under a 3
Compromised
I can’t breathe

Miss Harriet she got me
All the way to Tennessee
Never made Ohio
I can’t breathe

Everything wasn’t OK in Tulsa
on Black Wall Street
Tinderbox set afire
I can’t breathe

There’s a tomb for the unknown soldier
Washington D.C.
Make a heart grow colder
Thinkin’ ‘bout souls lost to history

Wasn’t all just fun and games when #42
Played in the major leagues
Vile, vituperative venom spewed
I can’t breathe

What kind of world demands a young lady
Give up her rightful seat
She sat and stood for all of us
I can’t breathe

Mr. Lincoln sat transfixed
As a young man shared his dream
Then he cried when he heard the news
I can’t breathe

Wednesday night Bible Study
Mother Emanuel AME
There but for the Grace of God go I
I can’t breathe

George Floyd, knee on neck
Lyin’ helpless in the street
Cryin’ to his Mother in heaven
I can’t breathe

Names and stories endless
Like drops of water in the sea
Rendering us defenseless
I can’t breathe

To catch that answer in the wind
It’s up to you and me
To let justice roll down as waters
Righteousness as a mighty stream

I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
I can’t

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released June 18, 2020
Written by Bruce Smith

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The Bruce Smith Band Austin, Texas

With music praised by The Washington Post as “powerful folk songs with a conscience” and Performing Songwriter Magazine describing the “lyrics with a unique point of view articulated in a way that’s intelligent and accessible,” Bruce Smith has been rockin’ the Austin music scene for nearly 20 years!


His latest album, 1000 Horses was produced by Grammy winner Randy Caballero.
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