FellowMan - Keep Breathing lyrics

[Verse 1] You came with help in your heart, it pumped crystal; Left with a shell in your heart from a coward punk's pistol We miss you, but the relevant part is we still wit you Commit to stickin through and keepin it true But still, I haven't ceased crying, I wanna resign How could you die by the sword when you lived by the peace sign? Look for a silver lining, but ain't sh** sweet About dying on your back in a third-world street Only child in a place where your mama wasn't Though among us you had dozens of sisters, brothers and cousins And we did what we could, we did what anybody would Held your hand and said "keep breathing," but it did no good All the love leaked out of your heart, staining the blacktop And then the pitter-pat stopped My man, I was with you when you went to meet your maker So I got your name on my arm so you can return the favor [Hook - Sara Green] So we sing and we rhyme and we pray Our memories won't take your smile away 24 ways to be that number one friend to me Keep breathing So we sing, we rhyme, we pray Our memories won't take your joy away 24 years of life, 24 tears of strife Keep breathing [Verse 2] I remember shootin pool and actin a fool Crackin a brew on a Saturday, laughin bout school I remember blowing weed, you was my bro indeed Working hard, sowing seeds and living without knowing greed I remember that ship sailing overseas Every time you asked me to spit poetry And I remember when you chose to go to sleep When your eyes closed for keeps, and I know your soul's at peace But a fast bullet leads to slow grief Deep as an ocean reef. We squeezin our rosaries and Keepin the broken pieces and fiendin for open season On leeches who blow teachers away for no reason! The murder rate increases, the perpetrators pray to Jesus They expect tourist to pay to see this? But ya people stay strong, now lemme hit mute Let's have a moment of tribute We love you, kid [Hook] [Interlude (spoken)] We might have outlived you, but when you were here you outlived a lot of us. We leave everything we know to try to do some good, and we don't all make it back. But we gonna keep singing, keep rhyming, keep praying, keep breathing, and I'mma put your name on everything I do until the day we meet again. Bring that hook back, Sara [Hook]