My faith journey after college was complex: I joined a Quaker community after undergrad, just four years after swearing allegiance to atheism. I don't know if my relationship to “God” changed, so much as I began understanding “God” as community, and “faith” as the trust I had in them.

The singer-songwriter has rarely spoken about his personal life, but in a new social media post, he opened up about his relationship with Richardson, calling him "my beloved partner and best friend." Richardson was the chief of staff at the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York and died in April at the age of 43.

Background. The title and lyrics of the song refer to the anti-Vietnam War protests that took place during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the subsequent trial of the Chicago Eight, where protest leaders were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot.

The track was sampled by Chiddy Bang on their single "All Things Go" as well as featuring a shortened version as the opening theme for the Netflix show The Politician. The demo version of the song is featured in The Bear episode "Review".