Saba feat. theMIND: SIRENS
“SIRENS,” the second half of the track “BUSY/SIRENS” from Saba’s album Care for Me, is a poignant portrayal of misaccused black men. “Riding through the city / I’m young, I’m black, I’m guilty / I know one time wanna kill / They don’t know me but they fear me,” he begins his first verse. With cutting cadence, Saba tackles topics ranging from police brutality to racial profiling by providing examples of daily injustices. The video treatment, directed by Reed Jackson, sees Saba inside, with sirens outside, unsafe in his own home.
