His ability to conceive that many people did not want to talk about social rights issues or acknowledge the rift in the United States at the time was spot on.
The genius of Stevie Wonder is in the method in which he left a powerful note of activism layered beneath a song millions would use on their birthday for decades to come. Helado Negro is undoubtedly on point with his analysis. People get fed up with oppression and I think protest music can be fantastical and lead people to rethink, reposition and organize themselves.” “I think just because it’s a protest song it doesn’t have to have some sort of dogma attached, it can be more useful as a way to give people the energy to get out there and be heard. It’s an amazing way to make a song enlightening and fill you up with a positive feeling.”
“There’s a lyric where he asked why can’t we have a day where we just celebrate peace? That’s the biggest protest song you can ever have.
