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“For those defending the current anthem, do you really truly love that song? I don’t and I’m very good at singing it.

Star spangled banner is a weak song anyway. And then you read this,” the Grammy winning singer tweeted, linking to an article in the Intercept titled “Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem Is a Celebration of Slavery.”

The star spangled banner song sung at sports