Gary Clark Jr: protesto contra racismo e Trump em novo clipe e música

O músico de blues rock Gary Clark Jr divulgou, na última quinta-feira (10), um videoclipe para a sua nova música, "This Land". A faixa fará parte do álbum de mesmo nome da canção, que será lançado em 1° de março.

De acordo com Gary Clark Jr, tanto a música quanto o clipe de "This Land" fazem um protesto contra o racismo nos Estados Unidos, especialmente na gestão do atual presidente Donald Trump. Na composição, Clark Jr diz que, "agora que tem dinheiro, 50 acres e um carro no meio de um país de Trump", seu vizinho "mal pode esperar para chamar a polícia para ele".

O refrão, de acordo com o músico, foi construído a partir de uma frase que ele já ouviu no passado: "Corra, negro; corra, negro; volte para o lugar de onde você veio".

Confira, a seguir, o clipe de "This Land" e a letra completa, em inglês:

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Paranoid and pissed off
Now that I got the money
Fifty acres and a model A
Right in the middle of Trump country
I told you, "There goes a neighborhood"
Now Mister Williams ain't so funny
I see you looking out your window
Can’t wait to call the police on me

Well I know you think I'm up to somethin'
I’m just eating, now we're still hungry
And this is mine now, legit
I ain't leavin' and you can't take it from me
I remember when you used to tell me

(Refrão)
"Nigga run, nigga run
Go back where you come from, uh
Nigga run, nigga run
Go back where you come from
We don't want, we don't want your kind
We think you's a dog born"
Fuck you, I’m America’s son
This is where I come from

This land is mine
This land is mine
This land is mine
This land is mine

Up 'til the sun comes up
No, I can’t start grindin'
And I can't let 'em break me
No, I can’t let 'em fire me
You can meet my friend the governor
Only if you wanna try me
Or you can meet my other friend, the judge
Just in case you think I'm lyin'

Well I know you think I'm up to somethin'
I'm just eating, now we're still hungry
And this is mine now, legit
I ain't leavin' and you can't take it from me
I remember when you used to tell me

"Nigga run, nigga run
Go back where you come from, uh
Nigga run, nigga run
Go back where you come from
We don't want, we don't want your kind
We think you's a dog born"
Fuck you, I'm America's son
This is where I come from

This land is mine, yeah
This land is mine
This land is mine, yeah
This land is mine, yeah

I remember, I remember when they used to tell me

"Nigga run, nigga run
Go back where you come from, uh
Nigga run, nigga run
Go back where you come from
We don't want, we don't want your kind
We think you's a dog born"
Fuck you, I'm America's son
This is where I come from

This land is mine, uh
This land is mine, uh
This land is mine, uh
This land is mine, uh
This land is mine
This land is mine, uh
This land is mine, uh
(This land is mine, yeah)