Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka pays homage to leaders and important figures of the Civil Rights movement in America, particularly the Black Panthers and Black Power movement.
A music video for the song contains references to Fred Hampton, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, JFK, Sam Cooke, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, T...
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Yeah
Please don't shoot me down
I loved you like a brother
It's on the news again
I guess they killed another
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Oh, we all get told to go along
Oh, we know it's all for show
We know, we know
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Yeah
(Ooh, yeah)
(Ooh, yeah)
Am I a hero?
A fallen hero now?
Hear my sin, Lord
Speak no evil now
My amigo
No gun to reload now
A broken people
There go a negro now
Hero was written by Michael Kiwanuka & Inflo & Danger Mouse.
Hero was produced by Inflo & Danger Mouse.
Michael Kiwanuka released Hero on Fri Oct 11 2019.
Talking about the song in an interview with The Rolling Stone, Kiwanuka said:
“Hero” is a song about how the gems of this world always seem to die young, and how those who are oppressed often seem to have the most to offer us.