<P> Kendrick Lamar's song "Alright" has become an anthem for Black Lives Matter . The lyrics include "Wanna kill us dead in the street of sho"' and "My knees getting' weak and my gun might blow / But we gon' be alright ." "We gon' be alright" has become a protest chant during the movements of Black Lives Matter . Lamar discusses his song's relation with the movement during a New York Times interview in 2015 . When asked if he knew it was becoming an anthem for Black Lives Matter he says, "When I'd go in certain parts of the world, and they were singing it in the streets . When it's outside of the concerts, then you know it's a little bit more deep - rooted than just a song . It's more than just a piece of a record . It's something that people live by - your words ." He also says that it is a "chant of hope and feeling ." At a rally in Ohio, "Alright" became an anthem for the protestors . A 14 - year - old boy got in a confrontation with police over an opened alcohol container . Protestors noticed the altercation and surrounded the police and boy . Once the boy was released into his mother's custody, the crowd began chanting the refrain, "We gon' be alright!" </P> <P> After the death of Michael Brown, J Cole went to Ferguson, MO to speak with the protestors . In response to the shooting, Cole released "Be, Free". Cole wrote that "We become distracted . We become numb . I became numb . But not anymore . That coulda been me, easily . It could have been my best friend...I made a song . This is how we feel ." The lyrics of the song include "I'm letting' you know / That there ain't no gun they make that can kill my soul / Oh, no ." Cole performed "Be, Free" on the David Letterman's late show in 2014 . </P> <P> On November 28, 2014, Richard Rossi was in the news regarding the controversy over the shooting of Michael Brown . Rossi wrote and recorded a Protest song expressing his feelings about a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer in the death of the unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri . "I wrote the song in five minutes as a way to express my emotions about the danger of trigger - happy police," Rossi said . "I filmed it on my laptop at my kitchen table and uploaded it to YouTube ." Rossi uploaded the video on Nov 26, and provided the song's lyrics in the video description . Here is a sample from the song's beginning, printed in the Los Angeles Daily News: "Down at the courthouse on a Monday afternoon / Justice was thrown right out the window when a young white cop entered the room ." </P> <P> Janelle Monáe and Wondaland Records also recorded their own song in protest of the extrajudicial killings of African American men and women titled "Hell You Talmbout". </P>

Songs by stevie wonder often addressed social issues