Written by Saphyre

"...Black man down let's man up! I wanna know the reason Sandra Bland was handcuffed..."

I don't hear music of substance often so when I come across a track that delivers a message I get excited lol. Harlem's own Sciryl Cooper & !llumiN@te released a visual for their forthcoming mixtape Mankind: The Fall. The lyrically driven ode "Sweet Chin Music (Sandra Bland)" talks about the wrongful death of Sandra Bland, a Black woman who was found hung in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, on July 13, 2015.

"...didn't try to quit cuz he knew he'd get tried and acquitted
Stopped her, should've given her a fine or a ticket
Forced her, out her car when she wouldn't put her cigarette out
And now she's no longer living to vouch...." truth stated with conviction and in one line Sciryl sums up Black peoples issue with today's justice system... "Raw pain this ain't Black rage this is heartbreak!"

I bet they dropped the mic on this one!

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Scriyl - Facebook.com/jbharlem
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