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  "description": "Do protest songs matter? Does anything help?",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T16:26:18.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Dave Matthews performs \"Don't Drink the Water\" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:\n\nDirect link to the video\n\nMatthews released the song in 1998 as commentary on the history of North America and the genocide that happened from his perspective as a South African moving here:\n\n> \"I have nothing to apologize for that,\" he told GQ. \"I was as clear as I could be. Why am I mad at the history of North America? The thing I'm maddest about is all of the knowledge and all of the culture and all of the perspective that we erased for greed and to steal the future away from our children. The idea of conquering people is deeply misguided, arrogant, and stupid.\"\n\nHe also performed \"Peace on Earth\" and \"Making it Great Again\".\n\nSongs of protest may seem trite and trivial, but I genuinely believe they have the power to change hearts and minds and inspire people to do better.",
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