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The tragic killing of teenager Michael Brown Jr. by Ferguson, Missouri, police launched the energetic rise of #BlackLivesMatter and a historical wave of racial justice activism. All of this directly motivated the singer\/musician\/producer to write \u201cOther Side.\u201d Blacc sings of the collective journeys we take in finding light and silver linings in the darkest of times. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been to walls we couldn&#8217;t climb \/ And we chased the light that made us blind \/ But I know we can walk this road one step at a time\u2026 When the load is heavy, we can make it to the other side.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview for <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Lens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/in-conversation-with-michael-brown-sr-and-the-filmmaker-mobolaji-olambiwonnu\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ferguson Rises<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filmmaker <\/span><b>Mobolaji Olambiwannu<\/b><\/a> told us about having the song come at the end of the film: &#8220;It basically says we&#8217;ve been through walls we couldn&#8217;t climb, and it&#8217;s talking about we can make it to the other side. That is ultimately what I want to leave people with, that none of us can come out of this life without experiencing pain and trauma, but we can make it to the other side together through community, through building relationships, through building trust, through supporting one another. 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