In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far. As so many pointed out, I was present at Route 91-where so many lost their lives- and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy. NO ONE, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped apart. Try That In A Small Town, for me, refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences. My political views have never been something I’ve hidden from, and I know that a lot of us in this Country don’t agree on how we get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. But the desire for it to- that’s what this song is about.

Can I stop it? Pocket profit every time I push a pin But I do not push a pin, fuck a pin and the pen That imprisoned all my kin and my partners and my friends Fuck the politicians that sponsor the prisons that they in ☦️ #MICHAEL

OK IM TELLING YALL NOW I WOULD HAVE GOT SHOT!! IMAGINE IF THST WAS YOUR MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AUNT OR WIFE OR SISTER!! FUCK HOLDING A CAMERA MY KNEE JERK WENT YO DIVE ON DUDES BACK WHAT THE FUCK?! FUCK YOUR FOURTH OF JULY!! THIS MF NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WE GOT TO FIGHT BACK! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬