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Prince releases protest song for Baltimore
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 11 May 2015
Prince has released a protest song following the death in Baltimore of Freddie Gray, the man who died while in police custody last month.
Gray’s death, the latest in a number of incidents involving police brutality against young African-American men, has resulted in six Baltimore police officers facing charges including murder and manslaughter. Subsequent protests led to rioting in the city.
Titled ‘Baltimore’, Prince’s track opens with the lyrics, “Nobody got in nobody’s way. So I guess you could say it was a good day. At least a little better than the day in Baltimore. Does anybody hear us pray for Michael Brown or Freddie Gray? Peace is more than the absence of war”.
A reporter for Fox News was invited to watch the recording of the original demo version of the song with ThirdEyeGirl, before Prince re-recorded the track from scratch. Guest vocals on the final version are provided by singer Eryn Allen Kane.
Listen to ‘Baltimore’ here:
