Usher Embraces Vulnerability on BLM-Inspired Song 'I Cry'

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Usher Shares Powerful New Song 'I Cry'

has shared an emotional but powerful new song, “I Cry,” which was inspired by the recent wave of Black Lives Matter protests.

The song boasts a piano-led pop-soul groove that places Usher’s voice and lyrics front and center: “I cry,” he belts during the hook, “For the sons without fathers/And the pain that their mothers/Hold deep inside/So I’ll fight/For the future we’re making/It’ll change if we face it/’Cause these tears won’t dry.”

Usher shared a note on social media to accompany the song’s release, saying he wrote it in part because he wanted to teach his sons that it’s OK for a man to “feel emotions deeply and to cry.” He admitted that he was raised to keep such feelings in check, and his desire to proffer a different way forward for his kids came about while quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic and watching the deaths of George Floyd and others — and the subsequent wave of Black Lives Matter protests.

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On everything this is REMARKABLE!!! Usher ICry 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Thanks for the heads up. As usual, he moved me. This is a song for the times. Usher BlackLivesMattters

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