![]() ![]() The song's title was inspired by Black Like Me, a book exposing racial inequality in the Southern United States in the 1960s written by John Howard Griffin. It is a piano ballad that details Guyton's experiences as a black woman navigating life and a career in country music (she is the only black female artist signed to a major country music label), highlighting racial inequality with the song's chorus ("If you think we live in the land of the free/You should try to be black like me"). Guyton wrote "Black Like Me" with Fraser Churchill, Emma Davidson Dillon, and Nathan Chapman, the latter of whom also co-produced the song with Forest Whitehead. ![]() The title of the song is taken from the 1961 novel of the same name by John Howard Griffin. It was included on her third EP Bridges, and her debut studio album Remember Her Name. It was released on June 2, 2020, amidst the George Floyd protests. " Black Like Me" is a song by American country music artist Mickey Guyton. 2020 single by Mickey Guyton "Black Like Me"įrom the album Remember Her Name and the EP Bridges ![]()
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