Conclusion

Through the lyrics and musical elements of these black lives matter songs we can see a perspective that often isn't portrayed by popular media. This music is complicated as it deals with the past problems of racism, current problems and problems within the black society itself. It is easy to ignore the black voice with so much media being run by privileged white individuals. In order to really understand many of the issues it takes thoughts and analysis of what blacks are saying (listening to music and them talk about their struggles) and thinking of their experiences with empathy. Perhaps, the people who know what they need best are the very blacks who are influenced by institutionalized racism.