Please Breathe – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Durk, Esparo, Booka600
• Album: Lil Durk Presents: Loyal Bros 2

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the raw emotion and poignant storytelling in Lil Durk's 'Please Breathe.' This track offers a glimpse into the artist's personal struggles and resilience, providing listeners with an opportunity to connect with themes of loss, loyalty, and the power of music as a means of survival.

[English]

(K Hendrix cold as a motherfucker)

(Ayy, pull up, Lam)

...

Ain't never take cancer serious 'til my auntie died from it

Ain't never take rappin' serious 'til LA died from it

I tried to shoot out the roof like, "Bro, can you drive for me?"

You said we was growin' old, but you had died, you lied to me

I put all my pain in music, I survived from it

If I ever take my last breath, get high for me

Get high, don't grieve

Shots fired, please breathe

Please breathe, please breathe

Please breathe, please breathe

Please breathe

Please breathe

My nigga dyin', I tell him, "Don't sleep"

I asked the grim reaper, "Please leave"

You gotta try, I know you can't breathe

I pray to God that his soul he keep

Before I purchase all these Cuban links

I gotta X out all of my enemies

When Steve died, it was not a dream

We opp shoppin', we seein' blood before we even reach

I popped a pill C3 gave me, now I'm in my feelings

I seen blood up on the wall, I had to fuckin' witness

Then Maly died from the stroke and I ain't have a reason

I lost myself with you in love, now I'm 'bout my business

Feel like I need a tutor

Mama said I'ma go and learn the hard way, I had to screw up

Got up out of my feelings, jumped off the porch, I had to boot up

And before you go away, tell me you love me to my face

It's a nightmare reality, I can't believe it

Somebody lied, I think you told me that death was easy

You showed me how to feel alive and now you got me grievin'

Music helpin' me survive, the air's filled with feelings 'cause I

I put all my pain in music, I survived from it

If I ever take my last breath, get high for me

Get high, don't grieve

Shots fired, please breathe

Please breathe, please breathe

Please breathe, please breathe

Please breathe

Please breathe

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
breathe /briːð/ A1	verb - to inhale and exhale air
grieve /ɡriːv/ B1	verb - to feel and show great sadness, especially at a death
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ A2	verb - to continue to live or exist, especially after a difficult or dangerous situation
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - a strongly unpleasant physical sensation
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living; not dead or inanimate
death /dɛθ/ A1	noun - the permanent end of all functions of life
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction
witness /ˈwɪtnəs/ B1	verb - to see or know by personal presence noun - a person who sees an event happening
enemy /ˈɛnəmi/ A2	noun - a person who feels hatred towards, intends to harm, or opposes the interests of another
stroke /stroʊk/ B1	noun - a serious medical condition caused by the cut-off of blood flow to the brain
tutor /ˈtuːtər/ B1	noun - a person who teaches a particular subject to an individual or small group
nightmare /ˈnaɪtˌmɛər/ A2	noun - a frightening or unpleasant dream
reality /riˈælɪti/ A2	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
purchase /ˈpɜːrʧəs/ B1	verb - to buy something
business /ˈbɪznəs/ A1	noun - a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade

Key Grammar Structures

• Ain't never take cancer serious 'til my auntie died from it

  ➔ Present perfect with 'never'

  ➔ The phrase 'Ain't never take' is a colloquial form of 'Have never taken', emphasizing a lifelong lack of action until a specific event.

• You said we was growin' old, but you had died, you lied to me

  ➔ Past continuous and past perfect

  ➔ 'Was growin' old' is past continuous, describing an ongoing action in the past. 'Had died' is past perfect, indicating an action completed before another past action.

• I put all my pain in music, I survived from it

  ➔ Simple past and past tense of 'survive'

  ➔ 'Put' and 'survived' are both in the simple past, indicating completed actions. 'Survived from it' shows the result of the action.

• If I ever take my last breath, get high for me

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional sentence, used for likely or real situations. 'If I ever take my last breath' is the condition, and 'get high for me' is the result.

• I pray to God that his soul he keep

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used in 'that his soul he keep' to express a wish or desire. It is less common in modern English but still used in formal or poetic contexts.