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The song itself was initially written and released in April 2015 in response to the death of 25-year-old African-American man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] in Baltimore, Maryland, and the resulting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_riots riots] taking place over the days prior to the song’s recording. | The song itself was initially written and released in April 2015 in response to the death of 25-year-old African-American man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] in Baltimore, Maryland, and the resulting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_riots riots] taking place over the days prior to the song’s recording. | ||
The video compiles footage of protests and newspaper articles about the deaths of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown Michael Brown]. It also contains | The video compiles footage of protests and newspaper articles about the deaths of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown Michael Brown]. It also contains photographs taken by [https://ralstonsmith.com/about/ Ralston Smith] (the director of this video) of the ''Rally 4 Peace'' concert [[Prince]] gave on [[10 May 2015]] in Baltimore. | ||
The video ends with a quote by Prince: ''"The system is broken. It's going to take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life..."'' | The video ends with a quote by Prince: ''"The system is broken. It's going to take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life..."'' |
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