Let's Hope a New York Sports Team Never Succeeds Again Because the Owner of the Knicks Just Released the Stupidest Song Ever About Trayvon Martin

Well, happy fucking Friday everyone. Earlier today, billionaire Cablevision CEO James Dolan—who runs Madison Square Garden, its TV network, and owns the New York Knicks, Rangers, and Liberty—announced that he'd be opening for the Eagles tomorrow night at MSG. That's right. He and his band, JD & The Straight Shot, a seven-piece group of hootin' 'n' holla-ers, will stand tall before thousands of fans preparing themselves mentally to hear and sing along to a live rendition of "Hotel California."

That sucks, yeah, because it further proves that people with money can pretty much do whatever they want. But what's even more lame is that this dude also released a couple of tracks. One gets political and addresses Eliot Spitzer, but the major controversy is this nice little ditty he's released called "Under That Hood," which is about Trayvon Martin. Yeah, that's right. A billionaire white man decided to take his banjo and use his shitty country band to weigh in on the controversial death of a young black male. And, again, the name of it is "Under That Hood."

"I'm entitled to my opinion," Dolan told the New York Post. "I am not the chairman, CEO, etc., standing up there on that stage. I am the singer-songwriter."

For your convenience, we've transcribed the lyrics for you.

Hot Florida night out on patrol
Keeping the bad boys under control
It's all good in the neighborhood
Who's that walking shadow in the street
Looks like trouble from a judgement seat
There's no good under that hood
There's no good under that hood
He's no good under that hood
So misunderstood
Out for a walk on a hot Florida night
Couldn't sit home just didn't feel right
It's all good under my hood
Headlights cut through the dark summer night
You can't stop me what gives you the right
Let me by, don't even try
But it's all good under my hood
It's all good under my hood
So misunderstood
Nothing in his pocket but candy and a pop
Made him different and why'd he get stopped
Color of his skin or the hoodie on his head
Ain't no reason for the boy to be dead
On a hot Florida night comes an ugly sound
Shots are fired under Hold my Ground
Runs red
The boy lies dead
In comes a call on a hot Florida night
Fired his gun 'cause he lost the fight
It's no good in the neighborhood
He's no good under that hood
There's no good under that hood
So misunderstood

As you can see, Dolan tries to play both sides, and does a really bad job doing so. He tries to be even-handed, telling the story of what happened, but then ends the song with "there's no good under that hood," so, that's a bit problematic.

Listen to it over at the New York Times. Take it fuckin' easy, everyone.

(h/t to our beautiful sports desk, VICE Sports)

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