American Military News
By Elizabeth Lawrence
July 6, 2023
Grammy award-winning singer Jill Scott changed the lyrics to the “Star Spangled Banner” to criticize the United States during a recent performance at Essence Fest. The move sparked backlash on social media.
Scott changed the lyrics of the beloved National Anthem from “O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light / What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,” to “Oh, say can you see, by the blood in the streets / That this place doesn’t smile on you, colored child.”