Girls Dreams

<p>​<span>Last Friday on Charlie Rose, Lauryn Hill performed a new version of  "I Find it Hard​ to Say (Rebel)", a poignant beauty off her 2002 album MTV Unplugged 2. And, no word of a lie, this performance will make you want to stand in front of your computer and clap at the screen.</span></p><p>The new version of the track first emerged last week, after Hill's appearance at the Tidal X benefit concert in Brooklyn. The release was accompanied by a statement from Hill who described it as an "Old tune, new version, same context, even more relevant now: sick and tired of being sick and tired."</p><p>Written by Hill in response to the 1999 shooting of black 22-year-old Amadou Diallo by New York police, it's just as impactful in 2016 as it was upon its original 2002 release – lyrics include "You think our lives are cheap, and easy to be wasted / As history repeats, so foul you can taste it."</p><p>Surrounded by a full band, the performance sees a defiant Hill get to her feet to deliver the song's rousing final chorus. You can watch it all below:</p><div data-keep=""><div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;" class="article__embed article__embed--youtube"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kS5bdWW8OqQ?wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div><p><i>Lead Image via <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5bdWW8OqQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a>​.</i>​<br></p>

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