The song will appear on “2042”
, which will drop November 8th via his own KOLA Records. The upbeat, pointed track tackles issues of race and responsibility.
“There is a history of black entertainers feeling that after they have achieved a certain level of success that they are above discussions of race but that idea is a delusion,” Okereke said in a statement. “As a person of color living in the Western world, it does not matter how much wealth one accumulates, race will follow you wherever you go.
Okereke doesn’t pull any punches in the lyrics, which confront modern anxieties about being black. He sings: “He’s trying to run/ He’s trying to run to outrun a gun/ He’s got full ‘Ye, and he’s starting to feel like shit might pop off.” He seems to be taking aim at Kanye West as he adds, “You go back to your home in Calabasas/ With your wife and your kids/ Safe in the knowledge/ On a gated street/ Where life is sweet/ But no one looks like you.
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