Last Man Breathin – English Lyrics

• By: Pooh Shiesty
• Album: All Eyes On Shiest

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic flow and unique slang of Memphis rap through 'Last Man Breathin.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning modern African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and the specific linguistic nuances used in Southern hip-hop culture.

[English]

Blrrrd, big blrrrd, nigga

Yeah, don't get shot in South Memphis 'cause ain't no trauma unit, mane

Whatever Durk said, mane, yo' ass better play downtown somewhere, man

Let me put y'all down on how my city go, mane, in a way a rapper couldn't do, man

Firsthand, man, you gotta know somethin' firsthand 'fore anything, mane

Blrrrd (gotta be the last motherfucker breathin')

I jumped up out my dream, sweatin', got hit it my back with a pump

I swear to God, a nigga snuck up ju' like Scarface got done

I went to sleep watchin' that movie, drinkin' Ju', so I was drunk

I might as well stay up now, we got commissary in the mornin'

I feel the walls gettin' closer, my release day slowly comin'

They gave the homie 75, he get out when we turn a hunnid

I beat so many niggas up, I clutch e'ry time I feel funny

Only one step away from freedom, but I still can't go for nothin'

At the rate my millions goin', I might get a billion quick

Police keep runnin' up in my cell, talmbout he smell a wick

But I don't smoke, he tryna find my cell phone, he ain't sleek

Niggas don't wanna sell me a knife, I'm cuttin' my locker then

You can't relate to that last bar 'less you been to the pen

See I got men on security and security on my mans

You can't never be too sure when you done did the shit I did

Back on the town, full of clowns, a lotta shit need to be fixed

Toss and turn, sweatin', shakin' in my sleep, scarin' my bitch

It seem like all the gangstas gone and all the fuck niggas got rich

The snitches got a voice now, the gang watered down to shit

All my niggas locked up, doin' calendars, yeen missin' shit, nigga

Bein' a rapper and a killer at the same time ain't easy

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin'

E'er since I got my first button, spankin' shit been easy

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin'

Shoulda shot - ass again, thought he was dead, he still was breathin'

I bet he ain't the last motherfucker breathin'

30 said niggas want me dead, some don't e'en know the reason

Bet I be the last motherfucker breathin'

Bein' a rapper and a killer at the same time ain't easy

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin'

E'er since I got my first button, spankin' shit been easy

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin'

Shoulda shot - ass again, thought he was dead, he still was breathin'

I bet he ain't the last motherfucker breathin'

30 said niggas want me dead, some don't e'en know the reason

Bet I be the last motherfucker breathin'

In my city, you get burned out by yo' opps, nigga

I say in my city, you get killed outside the hospital

Pimp C told us commissary necessary

While yo' lil' home ain't got nothin' and he kept it real, nigga

Made it out, but my attitude got me one kill, nigga

Still'll jack some shit like who went up the hill with Jill, nigga

I know firsthand what that Drac' do, niggas tried to gun me down

Still breathin', pussy nigga, because almost don't count

Deep in 'em South Memphis trenches, we was strugglin' to get out

Mama house filled up with roaches, daddy's full of rats and mouse

Grandma had a million bedbugs, even on the chairs and couch

Now we jump from different mansions, ain't no more Section 8 vouchers

We ain't gotta worry no more if eviction notice comin'

But my cousin keep walkin' The Blade tryna get some money

My lil' brother keep sellin' store loads for a couple hunnid

I'm ridin' with five dollar work gas to burn a car when somethin' get punished, nigga

Bein' a rapper and a killer at the same time ain't easy (no)

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin' (yup)

E'er since I got my first button, spankin' shit been easy (blrrrd)

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin' (blrrrd, blrrrd)

Shoulda shot - ass again, thought he was dead, he still was breathin'

I bet he ain't the last motherfucker breathin'

30 said niggas want me dead, some don't e'en know the reason

Bet I be the last motherfucker breathin'

Bein' a rapper and a killer at the same time ain't easy

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin'

E'er since I got my first button, spankin' shit been easy

Gotta be the last motherfucker breathin'

Shoulda shot - ass again, thought he was dead, he still was breathin'

I bet he ain't the last motherfucker breathin'

30 said niggas want me dead, some don't e'en know the reason

Bet I be the last motherfucker breathin'

In my city, it ain't safe, in my city, it ain't safe

In my city, niggas killed front the hospital

In my city, it ain't safe, in my city, it ain't safe

In my city, you get burned out by yo' opps, nigga

In my city, it ain't safe, in my city, it ain't safe

In my city, niggas killed front the hospital

In my city, it ain't safe, in my city, it ain't safe

In my city, you get burned out by yo' opps, nigga

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