i just want to do my part. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this month, jeff tweedy who sold millions records with hisy rock band, will begin giving away some of his song writing income to social justice causes. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's 5% of your songwriter's royalties that you are contributing. >> right, and in all honesty, it's not a whole lot of money. the point would be that would be multiplied by thousands of people at my level. >> reporter: the money will go at first to i grow chicago. a nonprofit in his native city that serves the englewood neighborhood on the south side, with food assistance, education and job skills training. >> we are par t of the communit, we are giving support and directly impacting the lives of community members that we serve and work hand in hand with. >> their mission statement quotes cornell west, justice is what love looks like in public. that is something that we believe in deeply in our family. >> reporter: do you consider it a form of reparations? >> yeah, it's a tricky word to use. we have a large segment of this population that worked to build the country andwere n