A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement
Finding himself deeply affected by the death of Freddie Gray (April 19, 2015 – Baltimore, Maryland), Prince wrote this tribute song. Mentioning both Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, the piece is a reflection on the violence that spread through the country in the past few years from unjust killings. The piece ends with a direct quote from Prince: “The system is broken. It’s going to take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life…”
“Are we gonna see another bloody day/We’re tired of the cryin’ and people dyin’/Let’s take all the guns away”
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