🎵 Drowning // by Mick Jenkins

78 ContributorsDrowning Lyrics On Aug. 25th, 2016, Mick Jenkins released a song with visuals for “Drowning” in which he plays a runaway slave. In this song Mick enlist Toronto band BBNG on a sparse and slow instrumental while Mick sings… Read More  [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 holds 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 holds 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