{"id":25325,"date":"2015-12-30T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25325"},"modified":"2015-12-30T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:17:15","slug":"watchlisten-to-blood-oranges-soulful-requiem-sandras-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-12\/watchlisten-to-blood-oranges-soulful-requiem-sandras-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch\/Listen to Blood Orange&#8217;s Soulful Requiem &#8220;Sandra&#8217;s Smile&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwsa6fmOQm1qdmc5po1_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We glossed over so much in this year&#8217;s mix. \u00a0Apologies especially to multi-talented artist\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bloodorange.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blood Orange<\/a> <\/strong>(<strong>Devonte Hynes<\/strong>), whose song <em><strong>Sandra&#8217;s Smile<\/strong> <\/em>and video still mattered much at year&#8217;s end. \u00a0The song is a moving requiem to, among way too many others, <strong>Sandra Bland<\/strong> (the 28-year-old woman found dead in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas after being detained for a minor traffic violation in mid-July).<\/p>\n<p>Musically, <em><strong>Sandra\u2019s Smile<\/strong><\/em> is flawless, appropriately-moody R&amp;B, with the heart of the matter found (for us) in the saxophone moments. \u00a0Lyrically, devastation, inquiry and resolve (lyrics at bottom). \u00a0That&#8217;s all.<\/p>\n<p>The black and white video is superb. \u00a0Bravo!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLPsk89aUKw\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sandra&#8217;s Smile<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who taught you to breathe, then took away your speech,<br \/>\nMade you feel so loved, then shook your hand with gloves?<br \/>\nYou watched her pass away, the words she said weren\u2019t faint.<br \/>\nClosed our eyes for a while, but I still see Sandra\u2019s smile.<\/p>\n<p>Can you see it in my face?<br \/>\nHad enough for today.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s hard for me to to stay in place unless I force myself awake.<\/p>\n<p>Look, an hour ago, I read Sybrina\u2019s quote.<br \/>\nI mean, why should she forgive?<br \/>\nD\u2019we lose you if, we don\u2019t?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We glossed over so much in this year&#8217;s mix. \u00a0Apologies especially to multi-talented artist\u00a0Blood Orange (Devonte Hynes), whose song Sandra&#8217;s Smile and video still mattered much at year&#8217;s end. \u00a0The song is a moving requiem to, among way too many others, Sandra Bland (the 28-year-old woman found dead in a jail cell in Waller County, 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