R&B singer Jill Scott butchered the National Anthem at the 2023 Essence Culture Festival in New Orleans, singing, ‘the home of the slaves’ along with many other creative changes to our beloved anthem.
Referring to the black experience in America, Scott sang, ‘Oh, say, can you see, by the blood in the streets, this place doesn’t smile on you, colored child.’ She also added, ‘Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands. But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased.’
She goes on: ‘Oh say, does this truth hold any weight? This is not the land of the free but the home of the slaves.’
Pointing out Jill Scott’s net worth of approximately $12 million, GOP Committeewoman and Florida congressional candidate, Laverne Spicer, tweeted out:
R&B singer Jill Scott (@missjillscott) did a WOKE rendition of the National Anthem where she changed the lyrics to speak about how oppressed Black people are.
She says “This is not the land of the free, but the home of the slave…”
For reference, Jill Scott’s net worth is… pic.twitter.com/0dX40I2A8N
— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) July 5, 2023
The responses to Scott’s rendition of the National Anthem were swift:
I love Jill Scott. She is the pride of Philadelphia and an icon. This is so heartbreaking for me to see. I could name you every song she’s ever done. This might be a bridge too far for me though. So sad to see her go this route. She is so talented. She doesn’t need to go this…
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) July 5, 2023
You can take a tour of her slave quarters on YouTube. pic.twitter.com/gCXeWoSmsz
— 🅶🅷🅾🆂🆃 🅾🅵 🅲🅾🅱🆈 🇺🇸 (@GhostofCoby) July 6, 2023
She should move to Cuba or North Korea to live her dream life. This is shameful beyond words.
— Starseed Astrology 🇺🇸 (@starseedastro) July 5, 2023
I admired her.. she has a beautiful voice, loved her acting and her seemingly genuinely kind personality…. This display has shown us who she truly is.. ugly inside and out.. a sell out to divide. Sickening
— Cheryl Riley (@Cheryl4moco) July 6, 2023
I’m sorry, is she a singer? She sounds really bad here lol.
— LeoGoneSavage (@LeoGoneSavage) July 5, 2023
A portion of Scott’s version of the anthem was posted online by Essence magazine, proudly. ‘Everyone please rise for the only National Anthem we will be recognizing from this day forward,’ they posted on July 5th.
Maybe if people stopped paying attention and giving oxygen to the endless America bashing complaint department, they would stop doing it.
