Jesse watched as they shot King on the balcony

from Wu-Tang Clan (Ft. Isaac Hayes) – I Can't Go To Sleep Lyrics 1 on Rap Genius

Jesse Jackson, the minister/black civil rights activist, who was standing next to Martin Luther King when he was assassinated, on April 4th, 1968

…RZA has listed tragedies that have befallen black icons, evoking a lack of security

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