Drowning lyrics

[Intro]

We gon' need some drugs for the situation

Shout out to my plug, it's a lituation

Won't win it through litigation

All we ask is ventilation

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

[Hook]

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

When the real holds you down, you supposed to drown right?

Wait, wait, that don't sound right

Just wait, one second, that don't sound right

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown right?

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown right?

Wait, wait, that don't sound right

Just wait, one second, that don't (Sound right)

[Verse 1]

I was high and I was startin' to lose focus

Then I stumbled in the water, I was trippin', I was chokin'

Saying, "I can't breathe"

Yeah, I can't breathe

Started floatin' way out in the open

'Fore I knew it I was driftin' in the middle of the ocean

Saying, "I can't breathe"

Yeah, I can't breathe

Started wailin', started flailin', I was splashing

Waves crashing all around me, felt the passion of the water

Saying, "I can't breathe"

Yeah, I can't breathe

[Hook]

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

Wait, wait, that don't sound right

Just wait, one second, that don't sound right

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

Wait, that don't sound right

Just wait, one second, that don't sound right

[Verse 2]

Dial tone on my hotline, it don't bling much

Sing songs like Tubman, young Steven Morris, I ain't seen much

Just a couple motherfuckers tryna rape the culture

Tell the vultures I don't need lunch, it's like morse code

Gotta be in touch to communicate it to the people, love heals all

Best get your immunization, that THC

So we smoking in here like we fumigating

For the fuckboys, too much truth in me

I don't trust niggas, I ain't preaching at you

I don't touch boys, brought the baggage with me

Like a bus boy, I don't need tips

You could see mines

Rap Genius, you could read mines in between lines

Yeah, they act genius but the way society is set up

Almost like they read minds

You heard Alchemy, boy I'm Magneto, they can't read mines

Niggas bark loud

Talkin' revolution, when the waves come, they turn feline

I been turnin' tricks in the coldest part

Of the deepest water like a sea lion, you could see why

[Refrain]

We gon' need some drugs for the situation

Shout out to my plug, it's a lituation

Won't win it through litigation

All we ask is ventilation

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

[Hook]

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

When the real hold you down, you supposed to drown, right?

Wait, wait, that don't sound right

Just wait one second, that don't sound right

[Bridge]

When the real, hold you down, you supposed to drown

When the real, hold you down, you supposed to drown

When the real, hold you down, you supposed to drown

When the real, hold you down, you supposed to drown

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

No no no no no no no no no no no no, oww!

I was high and I was startin' to lose focus

Then I stumbled in the water, I was trippin', I was chokin'

Saying, "I can't breathe"

Yeah, I can't breathe

(I can't breathe with this muh'fuckin' flag round my neck)

Started floatin' way out in the open

'Fore I knew it, I was driftin' in the middle of the ocean

Saying, "I can't breathe"

(I can't breathe with this muh'fuckin' flag round my neck)

Yeah, I can't breathe

Started wailin', started flailin', I was splashing

Waves crashing all around me, felt the passion of the water

Saying, "I can't breathe"

(I can't, I can't, I can't breathe with this muh'fuckin' flag round my neck)

Yeah, I can't breathe

[Outro]

We gon' need some drugs for the situation

Shout out to my plug, it's a lituation

Won't win it through litigation

All we ask is ventilation (Oww!)

We gon' need some drugs (love) for the situation

Shout out to my plug, it's a lituation

Won't win it through litigation

All we ask is ventilation

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

I can't breathe, I can't breathe

• Artist:Mick Jenkins
• Album:The Healing Component (2016)