Lady GaGa has revealed that one of the songs on her new LP was written to honour the short but impactful life of Trayvon Martin.
Slain by the serial criminal George Zimmerman, the teenager and his story stand as one of the many foundations of the Black Lives Matter movement which seeks to reshape America’s view of black people.
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Doesn’t everyone belong/ In the arms of the sacred/ Why do we pretend we’re wrong?/ Has our young courage faded?/ Shots were fired down the street/ By the church where we used to meet. Angel down, angel down. Why do people just stand around?
In an interview with Zane Lowe, Gaga revealed that the song ‘Angel Down’ on her new LP ‘Joanne’ was written about Martin.
I was overwhelmed by the fact that people just stood around and didn’t do anything about it and that the justice system continues to over and over again not seek justice for these families.
She then went on to explain why she stands with those seeking change in society.
They tell me they drive in their cars and if they hear a siren there is a paranoia that rushes through their body that they freeze up, that they can’t think. This is a tremendous anxiety; this is something that I care about. This is something that has to stop, something that we all need to heal from.