George Floyd’s murder in May, the clip became a rally cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.“I never thought it was gonna go viral,” said Bryant, who was a contestant on NBC’s “Little Big Shots” last season. “But it was really sad that I had to sing those type of words.
There were a lot of emotions going on in my mind at the time I was singing it . . . I asked God to give me power and strength and anointing to deliver the message right.”“I Just Wanna Live” was written by the singer’s mother, Johnnetta Bryant, who, like his father, is a minister. “Right after we watched [Floyd’s murder], my mom went into prayer and asked God to give her something to pass down to me,” said Bryant. “So that’s what God gave her — ‘I Just Wanna Live.’ ”Bryant.
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