Drowning by Hootie and the Blowfish (1995)

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Hootie and the Blowfish

Drowning was released on July 5, 1994 [1] as the fifth and final single of the American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish from album Cracked Rear View (1994). The pop-rock song originally appeared on the cassette of the band in 1991, EP Time. [2]

Black Empowerement

The song is about racism and the hatred from it. The band voices about how people hate each other when they have to live together. In the past, blacks were mistreated, thus, many whites in the present still have prejudice against African-American. [3]

The band’s song concerns racism and questioning in their song why some people feel that racism is important and necessary in society. This helps people raise an awareness and realize the issue of racism that still happens in the United States where their people treasure freedom and equality. However, the ugly truth about the country that these two communities perhaps live in is hatred, injustice that is felt by African-Americans who do not have equality. [4]

Lines from the lyrics of Hootie's and the Blowfish's Drowning which tells about teaching, learning, and carrying racial hatred:

Drowning in a sea of tears

Hatred trying to hide your fears

Living only for yourself

Hating everybody else

Cause they don't look like you [5]

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