Story Behind The Song

Based upon a friend's struggle with predicaments in his life and his attempt to take his own life.

Song Description

Its a plea to people to actually consider their actions before they react to certain situations. Things might not be looking good at first glance, but there's always a light at the end of tunnel. There's always something to going wrong in life - but before you freak out and do something dumb - take a deep breath and breathe. It'll be alright...

Lyrics

Breathe


Verse 1 (Prone5)
There was this man in a hot situation/
You see, he was facin the threat of a permanent vacation/
Jus waitin and pacin, makin more stress for himself/
Hatin the circumstances n only trustin himself/
He knew the code- and you can?t talk-it-out/
You get chalked-out faster if you open-ya-mouth/
He didn?t see a way out-
and didn?t wanna get anybody twisted up in it/
he thought he was finished-
so he thought he would jus quit on his own/
took ninety seven pills to the dome and said he gone/
but he didn?t die There-
said it wouldn?t be long before they get me, so jus leave me alone-
or get God on the phone and let him know I?m comin home/
then God said ?Yo, its not ya time to go ?
Breathe in ?Breathe out slow, let it go-
Give it to me now- its in my control-
Along with ya soul, maaan its time for you to grow? Like Whoa!
He began to breathe-
Then he began to see-
the road he chose only put him in a choke hold-
(Maaan) -it only put him in a choke hold
(Ugh) -it only put him in a choke hold

(Hook)
If your life?s on the line and you?re running out of time
Breathe man, Breathe; Just Breathe man, Breathe?
Bought to have another seed and you low on the cheese
Breathe man, Breathe; Just Breathe man, Breathe?
Life?s being a hoe and you can?t take no more
Breathe man, Breathe; Just Breathe man, Breathe?
Situations got you stuck on you?re low on your luck
Breathe man, Breathe; C?mon just Breathe?

Verse 2 (shunDi)
Some don?t take life serious, got me all curious
Party till they broke and penniless, fast and furious
Life?s like Nascar, you need sway bars to stabilize
But you can?t avoid bumps and curves
Not careful you?ll swerve whether city or burbs
Where fools got the nerve to cut you off and make you stirred
Pull up, exchange words, now you?re all perturbed
Wanna fight cause you feel the surge
But is it worth somebody getting hurt or worse up in the hearse
Don?t rehearse the ill cycle let?s break the curse
Immersed in grace, love undeserved unearned
Preserved from sin that?s hot, it burns
I learned in this life I sojourned, mixed and churned
Like parkay - its butter, though times get rougher
Through repetition I?m buffer, so it?s nothing to suffer
The bigger the tougher now then the fatter my crown
I?ll be exalted later but for now I?ll stay on the ground
Until my day comes, it?s the rise of the sun
I got the world held up like I was holding a gun
They travailed waiting for a prototype to come
Many came and many passed but now here comes Shun
Represent a generation of future sons
Liberating creation from the damage done
Reversing the curse, (it?s hard and it hurts)
Twisted and jerked,
Now washed from dirt, no longer serving in spurts
But first release ? bad air like a man when he burps
I?ll smack your back like a nurse to a child at birth
Son, resuscitation expands your lungs
You breathe what I exhale this makes us one
See my words are a breath of fresh air if you receive
But he that don?t believe is like he that don?t breathe
He that don?t believe is like he that don?t breathe?


(Hook)
If your life?s on the line and you?re running out of time
Breathe man, Breathe; Just Breathe man, Breathe?
Bought to have another seed and you low on the cheese
Breathe man, Breathe; Just Breathe man, Breathe?
Life?s being a hoe and you can?t take no more
Breathe man, Breathe; Just Breathe man, Breathe?
Situations got you stuck on you?re low on your luck
Breathe man, Breathe; C?mon just Breathe?