movement Music. The language of the people. It’s morethanloudbassrumblingsthroughelectronic speakers running off of a generator in front of the Capitol. It’s a set of emotions strategically placed within a musical composition that gives listeners a reference on how to deal with their own emotions at this time of civil unrest.
2. “Fuck The Police” by NWA. For those that get nervous when hearing protestors yell “Fuck 12”, don’t worry, it’s nothing new. While NWA recorded the song in the late 80’s, people in the African American community had that feeling for years as a response to decades of police brutality. 3. “I Need You To” by Tobe Nwigwe. Arrest. The cops. That killed. Breonna Taylor. This track is less than a minute long. But it touches the soul from beginning to end, making it a song that stays on repeat. 4. “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar. This song is superdope all the way through, but in terms of it being a theme song for the movement look no further than the first ten seconds, when Lamarr quotes from Oprah in The Color Purple when he paraphrases, “All my life I has to fight…”
With the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery and countless others, the people have taken to the streets. Emotions have run high yet the protests have been peaceful. And during it all has come many soundtracks within the quest of justice for all. Here are a few selections that will more than likely be heard, whether in its entirety or as part of chants as words a music to build a movement on. In no particular order: 1. “A Change Gonna Come” by Sam Cook. This particular song was released in the 1960’s but still resonates loudly today. To hear young protesters today sing this song with the same sentiment as folks from the civil rights era prove two things: First, a great song is timeless and secondly, almost sixty years after its release we are still believing that the change is going to come.
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