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    "song": "The Charade (Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2015)",
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    "comment": "This socially conscious track finds D'Angelo singing about America's treatment of black people throughout its history and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Black Messiah's political nature was clearly stated at the album's listening party. The LP cover features a photo of outstretched arms from a demonstration, and the back of a lyric booklet that was distributed during the session states, \"All we wanted was a chance to talk 'stead we only got outlined in chalk\" - a lyric from this song.\n\n\"Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood,\" D'Angelo explained at the listening session. \"For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.\"\n\n\"It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community had enough and decides to make change happen,\" he continued. \"It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them.\"\n\n\"Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader,\" D'Angelo concluded.",
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