Ever heard Gil Scott-Heron’s spoken word piece about Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon? It’s called “We Beg Your Pardon America (Pardon Our Analysis)” (from the album The First Minute of a New Day). Here’s an excerpt:
We beg your pardon, America. We beg your pardon because the pardon you gave this time was not yours to give.
They call it due process and some people are overdue…
He performed and released it in ; it is almost stunning how relevant the piece is , almost half a century later.