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\n\tResponding to tragedy in song is an age-old American tradition. From slave spirituals to civil rights-era protest songs<\/a> to the YG and Kendrick Lamar songs that soundtracked the last decade of Black Lives Matter protests, musicians across genres tend to react to our country\u2019s horrors with music.<\/p>\n \n\tIn the 48 hours since Renee Good was killed by ICE agent<\/a> Jonathan Ross earlier this week, a number of musicians have written and released songs struggling to make sense of the cruelty and heinous display of state violence. All of them so far are folk-based and in alignment with social media attention spans: None are more than two minutes long. But each mourns for Good\u2019s life and decries the American tragedy that is her killing.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe following list is not exhaustive, and there are surely more songs to come, but here are five songs songs that have caught our attention:<\/p>\n \n\tWelles has become famous for his quickly turned-around topical tunes. And even if he\u2019s not a fan<\/a> of stating his partisan politics, \u201cGood vs. Ice<\/a>\u201d expresses the outrage and hurt many Americans are feeling after watching footage of Good\u2019s killing. \u201cYou probably don\u2019t need to shoot someone in the face,\u201d Welles sings, \u201cto do the thing that you\u2019re calling a job.\u201d This is not the first time Welles has called out<\/a> ICE in song.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\tJesse Welles, \u201cGood vs. Ice\u201d\t<\/h2>\n