Letter to the free analysis

Southern leaves, southern trees we hung from    hangings that happened with slavery
Barren souls, heroic songs unsung
Forgive them father they know this knot is undone
Tied with the rope that my grandmother died
Pride of the pilgrims affect lives of millions
Since slave days separating, fathers from children
Institution ain't just a building    they make money from it.
But a method, of having black and brown bodies fill them
We ain't seen as human beings with feelings
Will the U.S. Ever be us? Lord willing!
For now we know, the new Jim Crow
They stop, search and arrest our souls
Police and policies patrol philosophies of control
A cruel hand taking hold
We let go to free them so we can free us
America's moment to come to Jesus

Freedom (freedom)
Freedom come (freedom come)
Hold on (hold on)
Won't be long (won't be long)
Freedom (freedom)
Freedom come (freedom come)
Hold on (hold on)
Won't be long (won't be long)

The caged birds sings for freedom to bring   reference to maya angelou ( intertextuality)
Black bodies being lost in the american dream
Blood of black being, a pastoral scene
Slavery's still alive, check amendment 13
Not whips and chains, all subliminal
Instead of 'nigga' they use the word 'criminal'
Sweet land of liberty, incarcerated country
Shot me with your ray-gun
And now you want to trump me
Prison is a business, America's the company    social microcosm 
Investing in injustice, fear and long suffering
We staring in the face of hate again
The same hate they say will make america great again    reference to Donald trump's           speeches 
No consolation prize for the dehumanized
For america to rise it's a matter of black lives
And we gonna free them, so we can free us
America's moment to come to Jesus

Freedom (freedom)
Freedom come (freedom come)
Hold on (hold on)
Won't be long (won't be long)

L.O: Identify historical, social and cultural contexts of a music video.

Context;

Themes;

Representations of;

(Race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality

This is shown through;

Narrative Society sees them are the same and not by their faces collective narrative may not have a narrative as they are unable to choose their fate they are in a prison and their is a black coloured object that flats around like they would do. this is trying to shows that whether they are "criminals" or not they are still seen as objects and not human beings.

Cinematography very slow crane shots show that they are drifting through life as they don't have a purpose anymore. establishing shots show where they are and that their is nowhere to run or hide from the situation.  We don't see anyone's face clearly (no close up shots) so we don't see their emotions .The USA sees black people as faceless and not human. the more unrecognisable they are all viewed the same by whites. the use of the long shot makes the artists appear small in the frame, implying their insignificance in society

Editing The black box is so en-captivating by there just being a fully still black box in the middle, the editing is still and the background is more or less empty with it just floating around The video is quite dull and it black and white which suggests separation and their differences. they don't belong together The Black box signifies how they are treated like objects. Also, there is a Jesus Cross on it and Jesus was treated unfairly like the blacks are today.

Mise en Scene The video is completely in black and white, displaying the seriousness of the situation and shows how old and long this inequality and racism has been going on for. They need equality They are dressed in really dark clothes  Everything is dictated with the writing on the wall which says "no excessive noise". Its contradicting because a basketball court should be noisy. Restricting black people from their rights, treated differently  A lot of the framing is behind bars