Michael Brown killed, new rap song


This music video from the USA is the song by J. Cole – Be Free.

From TIME magazine in the USA today:

J. Cole Responds to Michael Brown Shooting With an Emotional New Song

Samantha Grossman

“All we wanna do is break the chains off / All we wanna do is be free”

“That coulda been me, easily. It could have been my best friend,” he wrote in a blog post. “I’m tired of being desensitized to the murder of black men. I don’t give a f–k if it’s by police or peers. This s–t is not normal.”

Cole’s sentiment comes through on his new tribute to Brown, titled “Be Free.” He sounds like he’s on the verge of tears as he sings over a simple, grave piano loop. “And now I’m in denial,” the song begins. “And it don’t take no X-ray to see through my smile.” Later in the track, he repeats the following lyrics: “All we wanna do is break the chains off / All we wanna do is be free.”

It’s one of Cole’s rawest, most emotional recordings to date.

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