Bartees Cox speaks about the song. ""A cop ran up on me one night when I was walking home - he thought I was somebody else. Things got heated and I couldn’t de-escalate the situation - we were totally alone and I thought I was going to die. I'm black, so when I'm out alone at night, I try to stay extra aware so I can avoid stuff like this, but this song is about how sometimes there's not a lot you can do and how it's terrifying. By the end, I'm begging for an apology - and moreso for people to acknowledge that the lasting impact of slavery and oppression is why these power dynamics exist."