Wu-Tang Clan dropped a video for the title track off their new album A Better Tomorrow, and it is one powerful, political visual. The group used footage from protests revolving around the recent decisions to not indict police officers who killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Both grand jury verdicts have caused unrest throughout the country and political debates among friends, family and famous personalities.
The video opens with a snippet of an address by President Barack Obama, who says the incidents are part of larger issues that have been in the public eye for four decades. Scenes from protests follow, with police sporting riot gear and citizens chanting "Hands up, don't shoot."
"We want justice," Raekwon raps. "Police are supposed to protect and serve / And then they shoot us down like wild animals, the nerve / Of them cold-hearted killers with blue suits / Slaying our black youth."
Check out the video below.
"This visual was created by Wu-Tang Clan in the hopes of inspiring change and promoting unity throughout the world," the description reads.
RZA talked to Rolling Stone last month about the new album. He said there were some problems among the group with some of the more political tunes on the album, but everyone was game for the title track.
"Listen to how [Method Man] goes in and talks about politics. It sounds light, it sounds warm," he said. "And then Masta Killa comes and it sounds like, woah, militant! Then Cappa comes in the middle. But [Raekwon], who we don't hear rhyme like this, comes in with today's politics, today's problems. And when he did that, I said, 'Yo, I know we had a hard time doing this record, but just by you having this verse right there, it was all worth it for me.'"
