Last year, some of you studied this song in class… I also like the new version…
After listening to this song last night (Ben Harper’s new album), I thought it would fit perfectly well with the lesson “Voices of protest” and how artists use their work to protest against a situation (The death of black people killed by the police , here)
Call It What It Is
they shot him in the back
now it’s a crime to be black
so don’t act surprised
when it gets vandalized
there’s good cops
bad cops
white cops
black cops
Trevon Martin
Ezel Ford
Michael Brown
and so many more
government, policing, hard times,
oppression, racism, fear, suffering
ain’t easy
gun control
mind control
self-control
we’ve dug ourselves a hole
call it what it is
murder