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Listen: Prince's Freddie Gray protest song 'Baltimore'

"Does anybody hear us pray for Michael Brown and Freddie Gray?"

    by Dan Deluca
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The best reason so far to pay attention to Tidal is that on Mother's Day, Jay Z's new streaming music service will present a free stream of the first hour of Prince's 'Rally 4 Peace' concert in Baltimore.

The concert happens at Royal Farms Arena at 8 p.m. You can check it out here. You don't have to sign up for Tidal to do so. Tidal will match any donations made to the Baltimore Justice Fund whose mission is "to end racial discrimination, create schools that are welcoming and safe, reduce the impact of drug addiction and eliminate police brutality in Baltimore."

The centerpiece of the show - which hopefully Prince will do during the portion of the performance streamed on Tidal because, let's face it, he'll probably play for four hours - should be "Baltimore," the effectively funky.new protest jam that pairs surprisingly upbeat music with  lyrics that ask: "Does anybody hear us pray for Michael Brown and Freddie Gray?" and chants "If there ain't no justice, there ain't no peace."

Prince recorded the song last week, amid rumors of Joni Mitchell, one of his musical idols,  being near death in a coma. According to Rolling Stone, he told MyFoxTwinCities, ""With everything going on there this week, I had a lot I needed to get out."

Hear "Baltimore" below..

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