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WATCH: J'Something's touching song in memory of Uyinene

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The song is a moving ode to the slain student whose death made worldwide headlines and sparked a movement in South Africa. Picture: Supplied The song is a moving ode to the slain student whose death made worldwide headlines and sparked a movement in South Africa. Picture: Supplied

Mi Casa member J'Something has written a touching and poignant song as a tribute to Uyinene Mrwetyana, a 19-year-old UCT student who was raped and murdered in August last year.

The song is a moving ode to the slain student whose death made worldwide headlines and sparked a movement in South Africa, highlighting SA's problem of gender-based violence and femicide.

Posting a clip of the song to Twitter, the music producer and guitarist wrote: "A song I wrote for #UyineneMrwetyana last year ... I hope it lands with the sincerity and love in which it was made."

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/UyineneMrwetyana?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UyineneMrwetyanalast year ... I hope it lands with the sincerity and love in which it was made. ❤️ (full song on my Instagram) pic.twitter.com/6LXKunLTzp

— J'Something™ (@jsomethingmusic)

Starting off the song with the lyrics "those are our daughters, our brothers. Those are our sisters, our mothers", J'Something sings his haunting melody accompanied by a guitar.

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Last year I wrote this song when a girl whom I didn’t know tragically passed away and left all of us in shock and filled the nation with sadness. I had no idea what to do that day and the days following ... then there was the xenophobic attacks around the same time and I felt so useless not knowing how to get involved and we tried to speak about it and post things etc which I knew wouldn’t really help the situation. One night out of frustration and deep sadness I got into the studio to express myself and did this song. I never released it last year out of fear of sharing ... unsure of how it would land and worried about people’s opinions. Today I would like to present to you with this song and pay tribute not only Uyinene, but so many others that are being killed daily. I know this song too doesn’t solve anything but I would like to use my gifts to shine light on something I believe should’ve never happened and something that as a South African really shattered my heart ... #ripuyinenemrwetyana I would also like to thank my goodness friend @tabzunderground for mixing and mastering this song and also to my friend @mot_micasa for playing trumpet.

A post shared by J'Something™(@jsomethingmusic) on Feb 12, 2020 at 3:21am PST

The song features a montage of photos, showing the daily struggles ordinary South African women have to contend with on a daily basis, pictures of Mrwetyana, and of the countrywide protests which took place after her death.

The video has already clocked over 9.4K views with no doubt that it's struck a chord with many.

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/UyineneMrwetyana?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UyineneMrwetyanawas light to many victims and key the open wound and tell truth ❤ https://t.co/aipHmGCAgu

— #EmbraceYourUniqueness & #BeAImpact (@MfekaLondiwe)

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