(2014)

Featuring DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, Fabolous, TGT, Swizz Beatz, Yo Gotti, King Pharaoh, Curren$y, Problem, Rick Ross, Wale & Diddy

Game recruits an all star cast to speak out against the recent violence and injustice in Ferguson, Mo. The song covers topics such as Injustice, Emmet Till, the relationship between people of color and the police and the increasing militarization of the officers.

2016
Featuring Scarface

Following the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police officers, Swizz Beatz and Scarface linked up to record this powerful protest song.

Although it is unclear who Swizz Beatz is referencing in the second verse, the story shares many similarities with the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, despite Martin’s death occurring in Sanford, Florida.

On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was walking back to his townhouse from a nearby convenience store. Trayvon, like the boy described in this verse, was wearing a hoodie. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch coordinator, observed Martin and, paranoid as a result of a recent increase in burglaries in the neighborhood, reported Martin to the police. The police ordered Zimmerman to remain in his vehicle, but he instead followed Martin, eventually fatally shooting him just 70 yards from the teen’s... (continuer)