The song isn't really about "wife beating" it's about the violence blacks faced from whites in the Jim Crow south. In essence it's a protest song in disguise. Black singers couldn't sing about the abuse they faced from whites without getting arrested or more likely beaten and lynched so they cove...
The song isn't really about "wife beating" it's about the violence blacks faced from whites in the Jim Crow south. In essence it's a protest song in disguise. Black singers couldn't sing about the abuse they faced from whites without getting arrested or more likely beaten and lynched so they cove...
The song isn't really about "wife beating" it's about the violence blacks faced from whites in the Jim Crow south. In essence it's a protest song in disguise. Black singers couldn't sing about the abuse they faced from whites without getting arrested or more likely beaten and lynched so they cove...