Listen to Alicia Keys’ New Song ‘A Perfect Way to Die’ and Support Her Demand for Racial Justice
On June 18th, 2020, Alicia Keys released a new song, “A Perfect Way to Die,” which demands an end to the destructive culture of police violence and seeks racial equality.
Keys released the song in honor of Juneteenth, known as Freedom Day, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. “A Perfect Way to Die” is sung from a mother’s perspective whose son was killed because of police brutality. Keys sings, “At least you’ll stay forever young / I guess you picked the perfect way to die” and she continues, “A river of blood in the streets / No love in the streets / And then came silence in the city that day, they say / Just another one gone / And they tell her move on.”
.@aliciakeys takes a stand with her powerful new single, Perfect Way To Die https://t.co/wIwW66Vb7j pic.twitter.com/X6yR16joF8
— Spotify (@Spotify) June 19, 2020
Keys originally wrote the song in 2014 in response to the unjust deaths of Sandra Bland and Mike Brown. Unfortunately, the message of the song is relevant to this day. Innocent lives are still lost, and issues such as mass incarceration and racism are on the rise.
I have felt called by music like I never have before.
I have been following its lead.
It has led me to the song “A Perfect Way to Die”.The song title is so powerful and heartbreaking because WE are heartbroken by so many who have died unjustly. pic.twitter.com/hAe94YkqJK
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) June 19, 2020
Take a listen to Alicia Keys’ new song, “A Perfect Way to Die,” and remember to do everything in your power to dismantle racism and the violation of civil rights.
I am an incoming junior at the UCLA College of Letters and Science. Through my love and appreciation for literature, social justice, feminism, public speaking, and writing, I am planning on pursuing a career in immigration and public interest law. I want to help those who are either the victims of the system or discrimination because I wholeheartedly believe that the purpose of my life is to help others and take cases that nobody else is willing to take.
