{"id":8271,"date":"2019-04-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2024-01-01T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T02:18:52","slug":"cover-me-mary-j-blige-and-kendrick-lamar-american-skin-41-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/cover-me-mary-j-blige-and-kendrick-lamar-american-skin-41-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar: American Skin (41 Shots)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in September 2016, when the U.S. presidential election was coming down to the home stretch (wow, that seems like so long ago), Mary J. Blige debuted a new show on Apple Music called\u00a0<em>The 411 with Mary J. Blige.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The debut episode featured presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Blige&#8217;s guest, and during the episode (and in the trailer below), while discussing police brutality Blige spontaneously sings a verse from Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;American Skin (41 Shots)&#8221; to Secretary Clinton:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvDjV9cly9Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>At least, we <em>thought<\/em> it was spontaneous at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that Blige had already recorded a full cover of the song with the help of rapper Kendrick Lamar, and she released it as a single not even a month later.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard it before, trust me: you need to. It&#8217;s magnificent, even more powerful than Bruce&#8217;s original version:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8271-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mary-j-blige-American-Skin-41-Shots-feat.-Kendrick-Lamar-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mary-j-blige-American-Skin-41-Shots-feat.-Kendrick-Lamar-1.mp3\">http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mary-j-blige-American-Skin-41-Shots-feat.-Kendrick-Lamar-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Lamar&#8217;s additional lyrics add heightened resonance, and I&#8217;m sure Bruce approves&#8211;he&#8217;s always been one to adapt, reinvent, and rewrite when covering other artists.<\/p>\n<p>In case they fly by a bit too quickly to fully appreciate, here are Lamar&#8217;s lyrics:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>If I die right before I wake<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Cross my heart, then I seal my fate<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Life in the dark of the heartless<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Looking at the remedy for all this<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Everyday they look at you a target<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Falling victim, them and<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Him and her then this one, insensitivity<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Talk bad religion, skin identity<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Lack rash decision made by yours<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pack facility with the urban boy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Gun admitted he bear arm<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The entity, arm and leg and head made to destroy<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>80% of the victim was yours<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Maybe I get to relive years of war<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Look on the corner, we been here before<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Look at the momma, you seen tears before?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Pain bright and early<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Rain, sleet, hail, snow, worry<\/em><br \/>\n<em>More storm barricade the city<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Prosecution, unhung jury<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>These days murder keep &#8217;em busy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sweet blood flowed on the gurney<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Yellow tape tied around the street<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Colin Kaepernick was more than worthy<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I could reverse the day, reverse the time<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Reverse the block, reverse the gun, reverse the shot<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Reverse the law, reverse the flaw<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That made us all the versions of a danger flock<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Reverse the love, reverse the hate<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Reverse the hope, reverse the way we playing sin<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Reverse the moment, so we can live again<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Life and times of the American skin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve never heard Mary J. 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