Prince released his protest song “Baltimore” on SoundCloud Saturday ahead of the Rally 4 Peace concert Sunday at the city’s Royal Farms Arena.
As a spokesperson for the pop star said earlier this week, the track is about “the unrest in Baltimore and the socio/political issues around the country in the wake of a slew of killings of young black men.”
He recorded it at his Paisley Park studio near Minneapolis.
Sample lyrics:
Does anybody hear us pray for Michael Brown and Freddie Gray?
Peace is more than the absence of war
…
Are we gonna see another bloody day?
We’re tired of crying and people dying
Let’s take all the guns away.
(h/t Billboard)
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