Hero

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About Hero

This acoustic, reverb-drenched track was the hardest song on Kiwanuka to write lyrics for. Michael Kiwanuka had had the music and melody, written with Danger Mouse and UK producer Inflo, for a couple of years; he just couldn't come up with any words that felt right. Then one day he was flicking through pictures on his phone of civil rights activist Fred Hampton. The 21-year-old chairman of the Black Panthers' Illinois chapter was shot and killed in .

From the album: Beers On The Balcony

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Soaked by BENEE ,
We Are The People by Empire Of The Sun ,
The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala ,
Heat Waves by Glass Animals ,
Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival ,
Hero by Michael Kiwanuka ,
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The Walk by Mayer Hawthorne ,
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Do It Again by Steely Dan ,
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Slow Burn by Kacey Musgraves ,
Turnin' Me Up by BJ The Chicago Kid ,
Howling At Nothing by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats ,
Wish I Knew You by The Revivalists ,
Rock'n Me by Steve Miller Band ,
Love You For A Long Time by Maggie Rogers ,
Money by Michael Kiwanuka , Tom Misch ,
Way With Words by Bahamas ,
Holding On by Gregory Porter , Kem ,
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Good Dancers by The Sleepy Jackson ,
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