What If It Was Me

Album: The Storm (2016)
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  • Tech N9ne raps here about police killings of black citizens, wondering what would happen if what his life that was ended. He takes the perspective of Alton Sterling, who was shot outside of a gas station where he was selling CD's. Tech explained to Billboard magazine:

    "When he died, he was wearing our gang colors - red T-shirt, khaki shorts like my hood wears in the summertime. That's the connection I made. I fit that description. I wear that all the time. I sell CDs too. What if it was me? Y'all love me. Y'all wrote him off because they said he had a bad past. What if it was me though? It could be me. Be aware. Don't write people off because you think they're bad or because of what they've done."
  • Tech N9ne's longtime collaborator and fellow Kansas City native, Krizz Kaliko, raps the third verse.

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