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Alicia Keys' 'Perfect Way to Die' is a Heartbreaking, Moving Tale of a Mother's Grief

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For every moment there is a song and for this moment, Alicia Keys has given us a moving anthem of grief and love that tells the tale of heartbreak too many mothers and fathers know all too well. "Simple walk to the corner store/ Mama never thought she would be gettin' a call from the coroner/ Said her son's been gunned down, been gunned down/ "Can you come now?"/ Tears in her eyes, "Can you calm down?/ Please, ma'am, can you calm down?," begins the hushed piano ballad "Perfect Way to Die," which dropped on Friday (June 19).

The story of a mother's unimaginable grief at the loss of her son -- the latest in a long line of young black and brown men and women who've died at the hands of police -- unfolds as Keys sings about a hopeful life

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