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Bon Jovi’s new song ‘American Reckoning’ hears band reflect on George Floyd’s death

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Bon Jovi have shared a new song called ‘American Reckoning’ that hears them reflect on the recent death of George Floyd.Also discussing the protests that followed Floyd’s death and this moment in US history, Jon Bon Jovi said he was “moved to write ‘American Reckoning’ as a witness to history.”“I believe the greatest gift of an artist is the ability to use their voice to speak to issues that move us,” he added in a statement.Floyd, an African American man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May after a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes as he laid on the ground during an arrest.One moment in the song hears Bon Jovi sing: “God damn those eight long minutes/ Laying face down in cuff on the ground/ Bystanders.

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