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LL Cool J delivers a rapid-fire rap about George Floyd and other high-profile cases of police abuse

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He's a legendary pioneer of the Rap/Hip-Hop genre who's never been at a loss for words when it comes to speaking up about injustices in interviews and through his music.And now, as protests wage on across the US against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, LL Cool J.

dropped a rapid-fire rap about some of the high-profile cases of police abuse and what it's like being black in America.'For 400 years you had your knees on our necks / A garden of evil with no seeds of respect / In America's mirror all she sees is regret / Instead of letting blood live they begging for blood let,' the Queens, New York native rapped in the opening verses without any backing music or beats.

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