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I Can't Breathe

by Eldraco

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I Cant Breathe is the powerful combined effort of award winning music collaborators Jettison Bloom and Eldraco Price. A poignant song written in response to the murder of George Floyd and so many other men and women of color; in a nation deemed the land of the free there is a entire community of people marginalized and suffocating under oppression and racism. We Cannot Breathe.

lyrics

VERSE:
Threw my hands up to the sky
Drop to my knees don’t wanna die
Heed direction, I complied
You’re crushing me please tell me why?

You prostate my body so?
Cleave my neck and won’t let go?
Mindful evil takes its toll
But you care not for my soul

CHORUS:
You won’t Let me be
Can’t you Try to see
In the land of the free
In this land of the free
I can’t breathe

Bring me to me feet
You are Killing me
In the land of the free
In the land of the free
I can’t breathe

VERSE:
Onyx fractals buried in
Black pavement rapes my skin
Stench of bile start to blend
As I lay chained down by him

Fodder dusted in the wind
Just wanna make it home again
To my loved ones and my friends
Don’t let this asphalt be the end


CHORUS:
You won’t Let me be
Can’t you Try to see
In the land of the free
In this land of the free
I can’t breathe

Bring me to me feet
You are Killing me
In the land of the free
In the land of the free
I can’t breathe

BRIDGE:
Systematic
Demonizing

Automatic
Race profiling

Bureaucratic
Ostracizing

Suffocating
All for nothing

CHORUS:
You won’t Let me be
Can’t you Try to see
In the land of the free
In this land of the free
I can’t breathe

Bring me to me feet
(Automatic Demonizing)
You are Killing me
(Systematic Race Profiling)
In the land of the free
(Bureaucratic Ostracizing)
In the land of the free
(Suffocating all for nothing)
I can’t breath

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released June 1, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Eldraco

Vocals: Eldraco Price
Background Vocals: Eldraco Price

Keyboards: Eldraco Price
String Arrangement: Eldraco Price
Drum Programming: Daniel Mehrmann and Eldraco Price

Mixed and Mastered by Daniel Mehrmann at Jettison Studios, New Athens, iL

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Eldraco St. Louis, Missouri

Born in Chicago, IL and raised in Saint Louis, MO, Eldraco employs music, dance, and artistic visuals to create dynamic experiences.
His music mixes Pop and Rock elements with a funk/soul framework that combine to form a feel-good dance-centric aura.
When he hits the stage Eldraco and his FreeNation Ensemble a high energy stage show is made that must be seen! ... more

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