Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMuch as we love having music as an escape, like last week’s stellar socially relevant song from Maren Morris, we’re starting this Fri 5 with a song that couldn’t be more important: Jhene Aiko’s “Vote,” from last and this weekend’s voting-themed episode of “Black-ish.” Like the show, the song’s lyrics deal with real-life issues affecting people’s ability to find time to vote in a country where — we’ll say it — THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND PARTY are making it as difficult as possible for the average person, and particularly minorities.“I just wanna focus on my vote/ I ain’t got no time, I gotta work,” she sings. “Gotta ask my bosses for a day off/ But if I do, I know might get laid off … ‘Cause now I’m old.
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