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Paul McCartney performs onstage during "The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles" on Jan. 27, 2014 in Los Angeles. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Dec 20, 2014 10:15 PM UTC Paul McCartney has not given up on writing a protest anthem for demonstrations against the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. “I was thinking recently about all these protests in New York and around the country,” he told _Rolling Stone,_ “I thought it would be great to put something down about that, just to add my voice to the thousands of people walking in the streets.” Nonetheless the former Beatle had to scrap his initial attempt to write a song, amid a struggle to find the right tone. “I’m not giving up on it,” he said. [Read more at _Rolling Stone._](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-pondering-song-about-eric-garner-protests-20141219) ## Transcript Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I am. Eric Gardner. I. Black lives matter, black lives matter. Hands up, don't shoot. Hands up, don't shoot. Indict. Convict. Send those killer cops to jail. The whole dam system is guilty as hell. [ CROSSTALK ] Justice for Eric I'm here for Eric Gardner. I'm here for Michael Brown. I'm here for I [ UNKNOWN ] here for so many black women, so many black men, so many latino women, latino men who just been neglected. I feel like when there is nothing else you can do, you have to get out. And you have to voice your opinion. It's really, I mean this is democracy at work. [ NOISE ]. I have a child that's growing up in America. And it's sad to know that my daughter, my nephew, this is, this is life for them. No peace! No Peace! No Peace! I can't breathe, I can't breathe. No Justice. No Peace. No racist police. I, I just couldn't sit still at home and just be like, you know, all of this happening. I had to be a part of it because you know, Michael, Erick Garner could of been me. Hands up, don't shoot! Hands up, don't shoot !, Hands up, don't shoot! Hands up, don't shoot! My daughter asked me why everyone is holding up the sign, what does it mean? And so I told her, you know, that means that the same thing that I want for you. It's the same thing that I want for everyone's kids and that's what everyone is saying with these signs, that they want the same thing for everyone's kids. It's also that it means that we're all like a family, all together. That's exactly what it means. No justice, no peace. No justice, no peace. 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