[Verse 1]
You came with help in your heart, it pumped crystal;
Left with a shell in your heart from a coward punk's pistol
We miss you, but the relevant part is we still wit you
Commit to stickin through and keepin it true
But still, I haven't ceased crying, I wanna resign
How could you die by the sword when you lived by the peace sign?
Look for a silver lining, but ain't shit sweet
About dying on your back in a third-world street
Only child in a place where your mama wasn't
Though among us you had dozens of sisters, brothers and cousins
And we did what we could, we did what anybody would
Held your hand and said "keep breathing," but it did no good
All the love leaked out of your heart, staining the blacktop
And then the pitter-pat stopped
My man, I was with you when you went to meet your maker
So I got your name on my arm so you can return the favor

[Hook - Sara Green]
So we sing and we rhyme and we pray
Our memories won't take your smile away
24 ways to be that number one friend to me
Keep breathing
So we sing, we rhyme, we pray
Our memories won't take your joy away
24 years of life, 24 tears of strife
Keep breathing

[Verse 2]
I remember shootin pool and actin a fool
Crackin a brew on a Saturday, laughin bout school
I remember blowing weed, you was my bro indeed
Working hard, sowing seeds and living without knowing greed
I remember that ship sailing overseas
Every time you asked me to spit poetry
And I remember when you chose to go to sleep
When your eyes closed for keeps, and I know your soul's at peace
But a fast bullet leads to slow grief
Deep as an ocean reef. We squeezin our rosaries and
Keepin the broken pieces and fiendin for open season
On leeches who blow teachers away for no reason!
The murder rate increases, the perpetrators pray to Jesus
They expect tourist to pay to see this?
But ya people stay strong, now lemme hit mute
Let's have a moment of tribute
We love you, kid

[Hook]

[Interlude (spoken)]
We might have outlived you, but when you were here you outlived a lot of us. We leave everything we know to try to do some good, and we don't all make it back. But we gonna keep singing, keep rhyming, keep praying, keep breathing, and I'mma put your name on everything I do until the day we meet again. Bring that hook back, Sara

[Hook]