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Audio: Cody ChestnuTT "Zimmerman 2012" [Trayvon Martin Tribute]

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.Cody_ChestNuTT_army_helmet

Okayplayer for life Cody ChestnuTT pulls no punches on this raw acoustic track which is a Trayvon Martin tribute but not the politically correct kind we've come to expect in this media age. It's really more of an angry protest song, lit by a fire we don't see much in the current generation. Alternating between the opening stanza of "Zimmerman...you're a murder" and the mantra of "Trayvon, Trayvon" repeated over and over the simple, almost freestyle performance--that ChestnuTT apparently recorded within 24 hours of the Million Hoodie March--still manages to express both the anger and the sense of loss Trayvon Martin's death has brought to the surface of the national consciousness. Stream or download below and sign the petition to prosecute Zimmerman at change.org.

spotted at SB