Brother Ali - A Reason To Breathe lyrics

[Verse 1: YONAS] I've been searching for a reason to live And I don't wanna take, I want a reason to give There's something deep inside of me that eats at my ribs I wonder if I'll live to see me and my kids ‘cause the world's in trouble, and it's about to get a little worse It all started when I jotted down my little verse And that evolved into notebooks and notebooks of me Trying to relate to the people that will feel my hurt When I look into my soul I see the eyes of y'all When you look into my soul, you see the eyes of God So join me on this problem as I try to solve And grow with me as you witness all I evolve I'm living under the sun, and even when I'm rich I'll be at one with the slums The greatest never rush, they just run with the drums And live their life to the fullest, man, it's done when it's done [Hook] People shouldn't speak of what they don't know ‘cause everyone's got something they don't show And I'll be searching for a reason A reason to live, a reason to breathe ‘cause people shouldn't speak of what they don't know ‘cause everyone's got something they don't show And I'll be searching for a reason A reason to live, a reason to breathe [Verse 2: Brother Ali] Playing on the wet ground, wrapped up in a d**h shroud It's gone, broken, I'm scared to let the breath out Nasty pieces unsung, what is it I run from? I check home to change clothes and bury loved ones Text message saying “please call home” Scared to pick up the phone, I'm afraid someone else is gone I travel around the globe, they treat me like I'm holy Not knowing I can't save the folks closest to me I cheat ‘em, I fent ‘em, I leave ‘em , I disappoint I should be there for them, the road turns cold Suicide runs through the new man side of my family Pops master's right, I knew it was not an accident Young widow, two little guys he left behind Same ages as mine, he was married four times My parents in the ground, I'm the leader of my family They're all looking at me, but I don't have the answers I'm just knowing that I'm supposed to gain some understanding Hollering to God to try to figure what the plan is Long as I'm breathing like these, ‘til I cease and desist Me and my kids got a reason to live [Hook] [Verse 3: YONAS] I'm just looking for a reason to wake ‘cause every morning someone's got a reason to flake I'm driving off this cliff at a hundred miles an hour And my only fear is I don't have a reason to brake I'm getting lonely, Lord. This world is phoney Lord And f** a sony lord, i want my own accord These n******gs talking bout their bentleys While they're quoting Forbes Almost like they forgot about n******gs that still owning Fords I keep a shooting to d**h, I can never be shallow, I'm perusing the depth I'm using my music to improve on what's left It's sort of like I'm moving mountains when I'm moving a cliff I sing to find peace in the notes Who knew the world would find a bit of peace with my quotes? I've seen success before, it's like I'm meeting a ghost But what's confusing is I guess I never seen it this close [Hook]