Prince’s New Protest Song “Baltimore” Now Streaming Online

As the protests in Bal­ti­more unfold­ed, Prince sat at his key­board at Pais­ley Park’s sound­stage in Min­neso­ta and start­ed pen­ning a peace­ful protest song, which just hit the web this morn­ing. Click play and pon­der the lyrics below. Then get the back­sto­ry on the writ­ing of “Bal­ti­more” at MyFox­TwinCi­ties.

BALTIMORE
lyrics by Prince
NPG RECORDS, copy­right 2015

NOBODY GOT IN NOBODY’S WAY
SO EYE GUESS U COULD SAY
IT WAS A GOOD DAY
AT LEAST A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE DAY IN BALTIMORE

DOES ANYBODY HEAR US PRAY?
4 MICHAEL BROWN OR FREDDIE GRAY PEACE IS MORE THAN THE ABSENCE OF WAR
ABSENCE OF WAR

R WE GONNA C ANOTHER BLOODY DAY?
WE’RE TIRED OF CRYIN’ & PEOPLE DYIN’
LET’S TAKE ALL THE GUNS AWAY

ABSENCE OF WAR- U AND ME
MAYBE WE CAN FINALLY SAY
ENUFF IS ENUFF IT’S TIME 4 LOVE

IT’S TIME 2 HEAR,
IT’S TIME 2 HEAR

THE GUITAR PLAY! (gui­tar solo)

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