On the last day of June 2020, Kanye West teams up with Travis Scott to release “Wash Us in the Blood.” The song title is a reference to “Washed in the Blood” as mentioned in the bible which means accepting the free gift of salvation. Salvation seems to be a strong point of the song as cleansing and being washed in the blood, or saved, is mentioned numerous times in the song. The song’s base message talks about how nobody can save any of us besides being “washing in the blood,” no matter what people do.
In the bridge of the song, both Kanye and Scott talk about the Holy Spirit, and ask the Spirit to come down to help those in need. Just a couple of lines over, Scott raps about how execution is still happening to the majority of the United States even though the bible mentions “Thou shall not kill, I shall not spill.” This is a crazy connection recently due to the protests that broke out over the death of George Floyd and this song being referenced and made months before the protests broke out. This connection, to a lot of people, is bizarre due to the activities and the protests that have happened since and how they can be connected to a song “made” in the past. Overall, just like Black Parade by Beyoncé, this song contains important and efficient messages about current events and will become a historic song.
On the last day of June 2020, Kanye West teams up with Travis Scott to release “Wash Us in the Blood.” The song title is a reference to “Washed in the Blood” as mentioned in the bible which means accepting the free gift of salvation. Salvation seems to be a strong point of the song as cleansing and being washed in the blood, or saved, is mentioned numerous times in the song. The song’s base message talks about how nobody can save any of us besides being “washing in the blood,” no matter what people do.
In the bridge of the song, both Kanye and Scott talk about the Holy Spirit, and ask the Spirit to come down to help those in need. Just a couple of lines over, Scott raps about how execution is still happening to the majority of the United States even though the bible mentions “Thou shall not kill, I shall not spill.” This is a crazy connection recently due to the protests that broke out over the death of George Floyd and this song being referenced and made months before the protests broke out. This connection, to a lot of people, is bizarre due to the activities and the protests that have happened since and how they can be connected to a song “made” in the past. Overall, just like Black Parade by Beyoncé, this song contains important and efficient messages about current events and will become a historic song.