H.E.R. - I cant breathe

^{C#m7 G#m7} Oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, ^Gmoh, ^F#m7oh

^C#m7 Starting a war^G#m7, screaming "Peace" at the sam^C#m7e time All the corrup^G#m7tion, injustice, the sam^C#m7e crimes Always a pro^G#m7blem if we do or ^Gm7don't ^F#m7fight

^C#m7 What is a gu^G#m7n to a man that sur^C#m7renders? What's it gonna tak^G#m7e for someone to defen^C#m7d her? If we all agre^G#m7e that we're equal ^Gm7as peo^F#m7ple

^C#m7 I can't ^G#m7breathe ^C#m7 You're taking my ^G#m7life from me ^C#m7 I can't ^G#m7breathe ^{Gm7 F#m7} Will anyone fight for me?

^{C#m7 G#m7} Oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, ^Gmoh, ^F#m7oh

^C#m7 How do we co^G#m7pe when we don't love each o^C#m7ther? Where is the ho^G#m7pe and the empath^C#m7y? (Yeah) How do we ju^G#m7dge off the color? ^Gm7The struc^F#m7ture was made to make us the enemy (Yeah) ^C#m7 Prayin' for chan^G#m7ge 'cause the pain makes you ^C#m7tender All of the ^G#m7names you refuse to re^C#m7member Was somebody's ^G#m7brother, friend ^Gm7Or a ^F#m7son to a mother that's crying, singing

^C#m7 I can't ^G#m7breathe ^C#m7 You're taking my ^G#m7life from me ^C#m7 I can't ^G#m7breathe ^{Gm7 F#m7} Will anyone fight for me? (Yeah)

^{C#m7 G#m7}Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, ^Gmoh, ^F#m7oh

^{C#m7 G#m7}Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh (Oh, oh, oh) ^G#m7Oh, ^Gmoh, ^F#m7oh (For me)

^C#m7Trying times all the time ^G#m7 Destruction of minds^C#m7, bodies, and human rights ^G#m7 Stripped of bloodlines^C#m7, whipped and confined This is the ^G#m7American pride ^Gm7 It's ^F#m7justifying a genocide Romanticizing the theft^C#m7 and bloodshed That made Ameri^G#m7ca the land of the free ^C#m7 To take a black life,^G#m7 land of the free To bring a gun^C#m7 to a peaceful fight ^G#m7for civil rights^Gm7 You are ^F#m7desensitized to pulling triggers on innocent lives Because ^C#m7that's how we got here in the first ^G#m7place These wounds^C#m7 sink deeper than the bullet ^G#m7Your entitled hands could ^C#m7ever reach Genera^G#m7tions and generations ^Gm7of pain,^F#m7 fear, and anxiety Equality is walking without ^C#m7intuition Saying the pro^G#m7tector and the killer is wearing the ^C#m7same uniform ^G#m7 The revolution is not ^C#m7televised Media per^G#m7ception is forced ^Gm7down the ^F#m7throats of closed minds

And ^C#m7generations of supremacy ^G#m7resulting in your ignorant, ^C#m7privileged eyes ^G#m7 We breathe the same and we ^C#m7bleed the same But still,^G#m7 we don't see the same ^Gm7Be ^F#m7thankful we are God-fearing Because we do not seek re^C#m7venge We seek justice,^G#m7 we are past fear We ^C#m7are fed up eating your ^G#m7shit Because you think your ^C#m7so-called "black friend" ^C#m7Validates your wokeness and ^Gm7erases your ^F#m7racism That kind of uncomfortable conver^C#m7sation is too hard for your trust-^G#m7fund pockets to swallow To ^C#m7swallow the strange fruit hangin^G#m7g from my family tree ^C#m7 Because of your audacity ^G#m7 To say all men are ^Gm7created ^F#m7equal in the eyes of God But disparage a man ^C#m7based on the color of his skin ^G#m7 Do not say ^C#m7you do not see color ^G#m7 When you see us, ^C#m7see us ^G#m7 We can't breathe^{Gm7 F#m7}

^{C#m7 G#m7}Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, ^Gmoh, ^F#m7oh ^{C#m7 G#m7}Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, oh, ^C#m7oh ^G#m7Oh, ^Gmoh, ^F#m7oh