Track listing: How Dare You Ignore Their Cries?
Wow. I wasn't expecting this but I'm sure as hell not mad about it. Sure we featured a video of a song about the conspiracy to murder Charlie Kirk earlier this year, but nothing "Epstein Files" has crossed my desk until now. Enter: Darrell Kelley and his new single "How Dare You Ignore Their Cries?"
Kelley is a Man of God. Raised in a home where he began a career in Gospel music. Today, it's not as if he's gone "un-Godly," he's just broadened his horizons in a manner similar to other socially conscious artists in the vein of legends like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield.
Kelley recorded "How Dare You Ignore Their Cries?" inspired by the public outrage over the non-release of the Epstein Files and his "belief that accountability has not matched the scale of harm done to victims." He puts his points (and all of ours) into each line of his song:
"The laws were written to protect the weak
Ink went quiet, protecting these creeps"
Musically speaking, the song is a slow groove. A plaintive R&B ballad, pleading to the listener. But this isn't a classic 80s and 90s anthem dedicated to love and positivity. Instead, Darrell uses the motif, the genre, and his years-practiced musical forum to present a case of United States vs. all of those responsible for the 1,000+ victims of the Epstein/Maxwell sex trafficking ring.
"Don't redact nothin' we want all of the insight
It's time to stand together y'all, let's unite."
This is a difficult review to write, to be honest. Kelley does a solid job of writing, performing, and producing this track. But that's not what any of this is about. It's about freedom in our United States. It's about the government that is compelled to protect and honor its citizens, rather than hurt and cover-up on behalf of those who break our laws.
Thank you for writing and recording this song, Darrell Kelley. This is not going to be a hit song, for a number of reasons. But it absolutely will become part of the cultural movement against the conspiratorial actions taken by our government to protect those who exploited so many underaged girls. Not women. Not "teen prostitutes." These were young girls who deserved better; and who still deserve better. Until more people are held accountable in this global ring, our government is failing everyone involved, every U.S. citizen, and those around the world who demand and deserve justice.
