1. “This Land” by Gary Clark Jr.
By Mr. Scholtz

2. Gary Clark Jr. Born and raised in Austin. Texas
Started playing the guitar at age 12
Started playing in local clubs in his teens
Released his first independent album in 2005 titled Tribute (Leggett)
“getting dogsh*t in the mailbox, people writing ‘nigger’ on my fence outside my parent’s house, riding around in trucks [putting] Confederate flags over my fence. That was a regular occurrence.”

3. (NPR)

4. “This Land” off his new album by the same name will be released March 1, 2019(

5. Song is about his experiences growing up in Austin, Texas and America:
He wrote the song as a response to his frustration to racism he faced going up and continues to face.
Childhood experiences (fence, mailbox, flag)
Adult experiences (neighbors)
Did not write song down initially, he recorded it while freestyling. (NPR)

6. Gary Clark Jr. recently performed his “This Land”, on Saturday Night Live.
Clean version of the song
Album version contains explicit lyrics.

7. Lyrics: “Go back where you come from”
“Now that I got the money
Fifty acres and a model A'
Right in the middle of Trump country”
“Go back where you come from”
“You can meet my friend the governor
Only if you wanna try me
Or you can meet my other friend the judge
Just in case you think I'm lyin'
And I know you think I'm upto somethin” ( (

8. Work Cited
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Live, Saturday Night. "Gary Clark Jr.: This Land (Live) - SNL." YouTube. 16 Feb YouTube. 25 Feb <
Martin, Michel, Dustin DeSoto, and Amanda Morris. "Racism In American South Inspired Gary Clark Jr.'s 'This Land'." NPR. 23 Feb NPR. 25 Feb <