My sister showed me this song I was 7 years old my sister and i were laying watching Music Choice on On Demand but we heard songs of hers a long time ago before Un-thinkable. I really liked it because I like R&B a lot and sorta like old school music. And I really like Alicia Keys voice. It didn’t really affect me but now i really love her music even though she doesn’t make music often.
Alicia Augello Cook she was born on January 25,1981(age 35) also born in New York City. At the age of 7 she began to take piano lessons she graduated from a Professional Performance Arts School. Alicia keys influences are Nina Simone,Barbara Streisand,Willa Cather,Terri Augello,Alice Walker,Quincey Jones. She has won 9 grammys and she mostly sings R&B
Alicia Keys uses symbolism twice to convey the theme that you should take the risk for love. She shows this in her bridge and the hook.
Alicia keys uses symbol of deserve it to represent that she is ready to start the relationship all over and they should try again.In the bridge Alicia says “You give a feeling that i never felt before/And i deserve it,i think i deserve it/its becoming impossible to ignore/And i cant take it”. This reveals the theme that you should take the risk for love because you always can get 2nd chances and re start all over.
Alicia Keys uses the symbol wings to represent freedom and that they can love whoever they want. In the hook Alicia says “why give up before you try/feel the lows before the highs/Clip our wings before we fly away” this reveals the theme that you should take the risk for love, freedom is important because you can choose whoever you want to love. I think is worth to take a risk in love because you can explore love because you can find your true love.
A particular strength of the song is that it has a lot of powerful lyrics for example in one of her lyrics she says wings and the listeners really don't pay attention. This strengthens the song because a lot of people don’t really pay attention to the lyrics but this really caught my attention.
In conclusion, Alicia Keys conveys the theme that you should take the risk for love. This topic is important you should take the risk for love and you have the freedom to love whoever you want. I recommend that you should follow your heart.
It was a hot summer night. I was in my room listening to music to clear my thoughts. I was on Pandora, and I came upon a song that was called “Poetic Justice”. I really liked the song so I went on You-Tube and started to listen to more of his songs. Also my older brother likes his music too so that's one thing my brother and I have in common. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born on June-17-1987 (age 28), and was born in Chicago. Then he moved to Compton California. After he started to write stories as a child he added some lyrics about the rough streets he grew up in. At the age of 16 he dropped a mix-tape called “Youngest Head Nigga In Charge,” that drew a lot of attention in his Native Southern California community. He’s also a christian. His top 5 favorite artist are Tupac Shakur, Jay z, Notorious B.I.G, and Eminem. Also Tupac has not only affected him as a rapper, but he impacted him on an everyday way of life. His album To Pimp A Butterfly is about life as an African American person, and also how Compton shaped him into the person he is today. Kendrick Lamar uses allusion throughout the song to convey the message that people should get/have justice for past racial injustice.
By using allusion. Kendrick helps the listeners understand that you should not let society become racist, and that browns and blacks will be alright. In the third verse Kendrick uses “Behind my side we looking at you from the face down,” in this line. Kendrick Lamar alludes to “Behind my side we looking at you from the face down,” which means to the countless killings of black,brown people by police officers.The killings he's referring to are to the previous killings that the police did in the past.(ex. Trayvon Martin,Alex Nieto, Mike Brown,etc) This reveals the theme that people should get justice for past racial injustice, by the government, and that their not doing anything to change the problem.
He uses allusion again. Kendrick says “What do you want, a house,or a car 40 acres and a mule.”(verse 7 in the song “Alright”) Which is about that the government did not hold up to their promises and also about former enslaved African Americans freedman. This reveals the theme that people should get justice for past racial injustice, because the government did not hold up to their promises. For example, it's like the government was going to do something but they didn't. Also that history is going to repeat itself again. Its really sad to think that we still have discrimination in our society to be honest.
The greatest significant strength of “Alright” would be the music video, which deliberately combines the verse with tragic visuals. For example Kendrick relies on heavy symbolism-police killing blacks and browns, police officers, cop cars, and also Compton the streets he grew up in to tell his overall message. One specific image is the police cars, and officers are shown killing innocent black individuals. In the video the police cars and officers shows about police brutality is still going on in our society,also that their is still discrimination. The visual presentation left me thinking that history is repeating. Also to keep calm,because as a black,brown individuals that we will fight together to end discrimination, and we will be alright. This strengthens the song,because it shows how police are messed up, and that their supposed to make us feel safe, but they're killing us slowly one by one. While the song has a power-full message, I am troubled by the way Kendrick he used the shot, by how a random boy got shot in the beginning of the video, then at the end he gets shot. I think they should've made it clear to what that part meant to make the song better.
It is clear that people should get justice for past racial injustice. This topic is relevant to the world,because there is still discrimination, and police brutality. For example, police officers killed innocent blacks, and brown individuals for the past years. Also the police officers didn't even serve jail time for the innocent lives they took. I recommend this song to people who like songs that has a message to it, and also about things that are happening in our society.Also this is a good song to get turnt too and also vibe to.
The first time I was introduced to Nicki Minaj I was 7 or 8. My cousin was listening to “Your love” that came out 2010. Then the first time I heard , “I lied” I was in the car with my auntie and she put the volume to the max and we started getting in our feelings. The lyrics that stuck to me the most were, “ You said you thought you was ready and I said let’s see”. I think these lyrics stuck to me because I can relate to it.
Nicki Minaj’s, “Your Love “, song is influenced by Annie Lennox, “no more I love you’s”, and her Pink Print album is influenced by Enya, “Sail away”. Nicki Minaj is 33 years old born december 8th, 1982. Her Pink Print album came out 2014. She is a singer and song writing. She sings R&B and Hip Hop. Her home town is Saint James, Trinidad. Nicki was raised in South Jamaica.
The theme of the song,”I Lied”, by Nicki Minaj is to not fall in love too fast and with the wrong person because you will regret it and boys ain’t worth your time. The theme is that you will regret dating the wrong person.
By using rhyme Nicki helps her listeners understand her song more clearly. “You just a heartbreaker won’t let you break mine cause i be smashing windows and cutting them break lines” from, “I lied”. This line shows that Nicki dont play games she will go crazy on a guy if she gets cheated on. This also shows a lot about her personality. It also shows that he hurt her really bad.
Nicki uses metaphor in,”This sh*t wasn’t real it was magic, If it was a record it would have been classic” form , “I lied”.This means their love felt so real. By saying,”It would have been classic,” she means the love was unique and strong. This also shows the theme that you will get hurt if you fall in love with just anyone. This also shows she was really into him.
There is a lot of ups and downs in this song. She talks a lot about how he broke her heart. Most of the song talks about how he broke her heart. Also she says in other words that his love was unique. I lied is based on her love story with ex boyfriend.
In conclusion Nicki sings,”I lied”. This song came out with the album,”pink print”, in 2014. Also it is based on a lesson learned. The theme of this song is to not fall in love too quick. Nicki singer and she writes her own songs. She sings hip hop and r&b.
My Dad and I were on our way to the library. I followed my Dad mumbling complaints onwhy I had to come with him. “ Don’t worry,” he said. “ we’ll be in and out. We’re just picking up some books.” When the door to the library opened, everything went silent. I couldn’t even hear my own breath when I first took a step inside. It was like walking through a tomb. I trailed closely behind my Dad, afraid of getting lost. ‘Okay,’ I thought. ‘we’re only picking up a few books.’ I took no time to reach the reserved section. My eyes darted around, looking for the books under our name. When I saw them, I scooped up the books and examined them carefully. Some comics for me and my sister, one large one for my Mom, but one thing in the stack caught my eye. It was a music case.
Confused, I asked “Is this ours? I thought we were just getting books.”
“Oh, I’m getting music, too. Do you want to get some?” He replied.
“Sure.” I said. I made my way to the music section. When I returned, I brought back a handful of discs and listened to them at home. Since I liked them, I decided to go look up more songs like the ones I found in the library. I ended up listening to tons of music in the span of a weekend. While some artists were good, one band I liked in particular was a band called ‘The Offspring’.
Their music really hit near home with me and carried important messages.
The offspring inspired many others along with me when they broke new ground with one of their most popular songs, “You’re gonna go far, kid.” The song was released in 2008 and fits in the genre of rock. In 1985, the band was formed as a couple of high schoolers who were raised in working class households. Once the entire band was formed, a lot of their music went unnoticed as other bands with more popularity buried the music of more popular bands at the time, such as Nirvana. They have learned through experience that things in life do not come for granted, and that there are challenges that prevent you from achieving your goals. In ‘You’re gonna go far, kid’, the message the band shows is about lying: how you think it may benefit you, and how it has unavoidable negative consequences.
From The Offspring’s use of verbal irony, rhyme, and loaded language, the message is revealed that if you lie to get what you want, you distance yourself from your peers and are trusted less.
One way The Offspring is able to convey their messages with loaded language. Throughout the song, there are many examples that show the negative aspects of lying, but one with a greater impact is in the first verse, where they sing “Show me how to lie/You're getting better all the time / And turning all against one/ Is an art that's hard to teach”(1-4). Here, The Offspring is displaying their aggressive attitude towards being lied to. They also suggest that someone they trust lied to them many times before in the phrase “you're getting better all the time”. This helps reveal the artists’ negative tone towards being lied to . In all, the theme that when you deceive others for your own needs, you hurt others and they will trust you less is revealed by showing that people who are lied to will feel betrayed or vengeful, and that lying only weakens your credibility and creates unhealthy relationships.
Another way The offspring is able to convey their message is through rhyme. Their use of rhyme helps compare the act of lying to its negative impact. In the 17th verse, they sing
“With a thousand lies
And a good disguise
Hit ‘em right between the eyes
Hit ‘em right between the eyes
When you walk away
Nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See them running for their lives”(17-25).
By rhyming “a thousand lies” with “ hit ‘em right between the eyes” and “see them running for their lives”, The Offspring compares the idea of getting what you want from lying with the idea that people will fear you and feel betrayed by your actions. This helps reveal the theme that lying to get what you want distances yourself from your friends and leads to unhealthy relationships because if you only use deception for your needs, you will achieve less because there will be less people who trust you.
One last way The Offspring demonstrates their theme is through verbal irony. Throughout the song, there are many examples of the band expressing negative emotions towards lying and being lied to, such as their use of loaded language. But unlike before, the band uses a sarcastic, angered tone when they sing
“And now you’ll lead the way/Show the light of day/Nice work you did/ you're gonna go far, kid/ Trust, deceived!” (45-49). Although the band is saying that whoever lied to them will go far, what they really mean is that nothing good will come to that person from deception, and they even go out of their way to add the phrase ‘trust, deceived!’ to demonstrate their sense of betrayal. This reveals the theme that your peers will feel betrayed if you try to deceive them.
The song has many intriguing aspects that help display the theme, but the most powerful aspect is The Offspring’s use of tone and mood. Throughout the song, the band uses a vengeful and aggressive tone that helps create an intense, fast-paced mood. For example, when The offspring sings “Now dance, f***er, dance/ Man, he never had a chance/ And no one really knew/ it was really only you”(9-13). By the use of explicit language and rapid guitar music, the song is strengthened by the bands’ angered attitude which encourages and empowers the listener to speak up if they know they are being lied to.
There are many interesting and powerful components of this song, which are so powerful, the weakest part of this song doesn't even reside within the lyrics or the music, but rather the music video. It's representation of the song falls short in multiple ways. The way the video is paced is slow and awkward compared to the intensity of the music. Secondly, the visuals depicted in the video show little effort into translating the lyrics meaning into compelling images. Finally, despite the video showing some aspects of deception, those visuals don't add on to what is already expressed in the music and sang in the lyrics.
Though rhyme, loaded language, and verbal irony, the message delivered in “You're gonna go far, kid” is that lying has an impact on those around you, and those who trust you will distance themselves from you because of your actions, and only to get what you want. I can connect this to my own life experiences, because there are people I know who I would still be friends with if they didn't lie to me about how they felt towards me. This also relates to issues in the media. One of the most recent and most prominent example is with Beyoncé and Jay Z, with lies and affairs damaging and eventually ending their relationship. I would recommend this song to people who like classic rock, songs about lying , and songs about revenge.
One day I come to school and and all my friends are listening to super bass by Nicki Minaj and they are just talking about how catchy the song is .So what I did as act like i knew the song since I didn’t wanna seem stupid and that was something I always did most of the time. So as soon as I got home I searched the song up and listened to the song a couple times and I really enjoyed it so I just started listening to more of her music .
The theme of all things go by Nicki Minaj is that time passes quick and we have to take the chances. Nicki also wrote about all the challenges she had to face.Nicki Minaj uses a lot of symbolism through her song to convey her message . NIcki Minaj was born on December 8,1982 but her actual name she was given when she was born was Onika Tanya Maraj. Her music is hip hop and pop.
When Nicki Minaj used symbolism Nicki Minaj help us understand that time passes fast and we have to take the aprotunities in life and that no matter what challenges u have to got through you still have to keep your head up.In the chorus when it said,”We wake up and do it all again”(20). Nicki uses the symbol of waking up and doing it all again to represent That you start all over again and you just continue with your life because life only lasts for a amont of time not forever. This reavels the theme that you have to stay strong and face the challenges no matter how much you’re struggleing in life and that we have to take the chances you are given because then its gone and you might regret it.
Nicki Minaj also used metaphors to compare life to a movie together explaining that's is worth it but “never a sequel”.When the song said,”life is a movie but there never be a sequal”(6). Nicki is talking about how you have to enjoy and be appreciative of what life has been giveing you because it’s the only life you are gonna be given and just try to enjoy life. Because after life you die it’s over you aren’t gonna have another life their isn’t gonna be “sequal”
In the song All thing go by Nicki Minaj one strength is when she said,”rock with people for how they make me feel not what they give me”(49). This is a strength of the song because she is sending you a message that surround yourself with people that actually care about you and if u just surround yourself with people that don't care about you but give lots of things they might not be there when you actually need them. Nicki talks about 2 things in the song she talks about the things she had to face and also about how life has its amount of time and there isn’t another chance afterlife is over so you have to enjoy it because it goes quick. And this part of the song is a strength because it talks about how she is as a person and how that probably affected her in her life at some point and it also is talking about time in a way because she talking about how she’s not gonna waste her time with people that don’t care.
A part that is weakening is when Nicki said,”I had to reinvent ,I put the v in vent I put the heat in vents” (1-2) his is weakening because it has nothing to do with the topic of what she is writing about like her struggles or about life passing by fast. Nicki didn’t say anything about her 2 topics she was singing about something that doesn’t really support anything.
All things go is a song that makes you think about your life and how you have to keep on going and also remember that things happen for a reason.This song reminds me of how sometimes I have those days that are just not as good as others and I might be going through some rough times and I just have to move on forward. recommend this song to people that like songs that help them through their hard times instead of music that makes you feel bad this song motivates you in a way.
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Jealous
Jealousy can take over your happiness if you let it by constantly being and feeling that way…
When i first heard this “Jealous” by Labrinth, i was at home with me sister (preet), we were at the table eating while we watched “ The X Factor” on tv.
The show was about to end and there was just one audition left for the judges to judge and decide whether they would make it to the next round or not.
The audition walked onto the stage, my sister and I were like, “Ohh i don't think he'll make it, he looks a little to nervous..”
They judges were asking him about himself, what song he was going to sing and why he chose to sing that song. His name was Josh Daniel. He is 21, a car macanicand and was from Building-a-mente-side. And chose to sing Jealous by Labrinth. They asked him why he chose to sing that song and he replied with his sweet charming accent, “ummm.. I lost my best friend a couple of years ago… i kind of interpreted the lyrics kind of say ‘im jealous that you're happy with me’ ann I kind of see it in a sense that he now happy and moved on to a best place and that i can still be with him.” Then suddenly he began to sing his heart away, i was like ohhhhh gosh…
When he was singing I had just felt so many emotions at once and I could not stop replaying his audition. His voice, singing and song choice when perfectly with what he had gone thought which was really similar to what I had gone through, and I believe, his audition touched everyone in the heart. Which is a great thing for him because he MADE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND!!!!
Timothy Lee McKenzie is Labrinth’s real name this 27 year old pop and R&B singer whose african american, whose voice is amazing and whos lyrics cooperate greatly with other. He goes by Labrinth and that is his stage name. Labrinth was born on January 4, 1989 he's from London, England and Hackney. Labrinth got famous from the songwriter Simon Cowell. Simon was a song producer who worked with Labrinth, he helped him put his music together, get him known and helped him actually put him music out there. Simon cowell helped Labrinth put out “jealous” in 2008. He made it a single, because he was originally thinking of buttoning it in one of his mixtape but he though it didn't go right with the other songs. He thought it would also have a bigger meaning to it if he made it a single, so he did. He sang this song because of the lose of his father, when his father left him and his family as he was just a toddler. He sings this song and hides the real reason of why he wrote and sang this song by singing about a girl.
In this song Labrinth sends a deep message that everyone leaves eventually but you shall always learn to make yourself happy, independently and love yourself do you. He does this by talking about the same issue in a different perspective. Also by considering and accepting the consequences and emotions that come with the situation.
However, as Labrinth sings this song and sends this deep that's tells his audience that others can't take away your happiness unless you let them and that self love is all you need.
I have a whole different interpretation of the song and every lyric, verse and the curious Labrinth sings speaks to me in a way I could never fully explain. When I listen to his music, all his songs tend to get me hooked and very emotional, especially “Jealous.”
When I listen to this song, it says “it's hard for me to say/ I'm jealous of the way you're happy without me,” every time I listen to that verse I tell get emotional for many reasons. Anyways my interpretation of this song and the way labrinth puts it into actual lyrics, is every loss is a strength gained, that you shall never be jealous of someone else's happiness because it's not going to do you any good.
This is my interpretation because as i said there are many reasons but I feel the biggest is being jealous of my fathers happiness without me, he seems as if he doesn't need me. My grandfather as well, he means the world to me even though i never met him but now that he's gone and in a better place it's hard on me because i wish he could be with me and i wish he were my father…
Labrinth uses his tone to convey his message that not everyone is meant to stay, everyone leaves but you just have to leave to make yourself happy independently and learn to love yourself for you. When he says “I wished you the best of all this world could give” in verse # one in the chorus, his tone in the song changes. He first does from a low and soft tone to a hard and meaningful tone, as if he's angry or something. He also pauses before he sings the next verse. This tells me that Labrinth is trying to make that verse clear before he goes onto the next. I think he pauses and his voice changes because he connects it to the theme.
One thing he also uses his personal perspective, to show the way he feels about the situation, he and to convey his theme that not everyone is meant to stay, everyone leaves but you just have to accept the loss and make yourself happy independently and love yourself for you. He conveys his theme when he says “It’s hard for me to say I’m jealous of the way you’re happy without me”. (In verse # 7 & 8) He doesn't say exactly how he feels about it all but he repeats himself many times with the same line. That shows that he really means the way he feels and it is hard for him to express his jealousy because that's not the same way she may feel about him if she were in his shoes.
Labrinth includes a video to the song that is 4 minutes and 47 seconds and in that music video he includes nothing but himself playing the piano which weakens the song a bit because, he doesn't show or do anything to express the way he actually feels. He also doesn't do anything but play the pianoforte I said before, he plays it for a couple seconds in the video. This oh ink is the only thing that weakens the song since a piano can't explain the way you feel, you need actions that go with your lyrics to express your feelings and fuke the audience to both the music video and the song itself.
However, Labrinth’s lyrics he sings amazingly go great with each and every word he sings. He doesn't just wounded off and get off topic and strangely starts singing about something random like food. He sticks to the one situation and he sticks to one theme, convincing his audience that it is completely okay to feel a certain way about something as long as your create happiness for yourself on your own and love yourself for you instead of depending on others to do that for you.
In conclusion, “Jealous” by Labrinth, speaks to me and I'm sure it does to others as well. But not only others but the world because there are many people nowadays who are insecure, who don't think of the themselves but others instead, who are very unhappy with themselves because they don't have someone to be happy with or for… And Labrinth sends a message that it's okay to feel a certain way about something or someone as long as you create happiness on your own and learn to love yourself for you/ no one stays, everyone leaves eventually but when that time comes you shall learn to keep yourself happy independently and learn to love yourself for you. I recommend this song and artist to any and everyone who likes R&B and to those who just like music that will speak to you in a way not all music can.
A friendly reminder, everything will be okay as long as you continue to forgive and forget and constantly do what makes you happy no matter what it is… ❤️✨
Life is stressful
INTRO : How i first found out about twentyonepilots.
One day me and my friend Glendy were at our friend Samantha’s house, listening to music on youtube and talking about our favorite shows.We had the song setting on autoplay, so it plays the next song automatically. Next thing you know my friend screams “oh my god this is my favorite band! ”. Me and Glendy never heard the song or the band before so i ask “what song is it and what’s the band name” ? Samantha says “oh sorry it’s stressed out by twenty one pilots ”.
Originally 21 pilots were a group of three. 21 Pilots were formed in 2009 by high school friends Tyler Joseph , Nick Thomas, andChris Salih . The pop trio built an enormous regional across Ohio and the Midwest, their shows were always very energetic, and they loved connecting with fans. 21 Pilots self-released an album of their rap-infused high-tech pop in 2010 before Thomas and Salih left the band in 2011 due to their “busy schedules”. Tyler Joseph carried on with a new memberJosh Dun. You are probably wondering how did Tyler and Josh meet but before i tell you that i need to give you background information on both of them.Tyler Joseph (the lead singer) was born on December 1st ,1988 (he is a sagittarius ).He was born in columbus , ohio. He has 3 siblings 2 brothers named zack, Jay, and a sister named Madison. He also married Jenna black on March 28th ,2015. Josh Dun(the drummer) was born on june 18 1988 (he is a gemini just like me ). He was also born in Columbus Ohio he has 3 siblings 2 sisters and 1 brother his sisters names are Ashley and Abigail his brothers name is jordan.
BODY PARAGRAPH : RepetItion I wish i found some better sounds no one’s ever heard\ i wish i had a better voice that sang some better words\ i wish i found some chord in an order that is new \ i wish i didn't have to rhyme every time i sang By repeating "i wish" Tyler and Josh are explaining how they wish things were different with them and music. This reveals the theme that sometimes people wish for things that they know that might never happen because, just by wishing that u had a better voice is not going to make you have a better voice.
Body paragraph : rhyme
I was told when i get older all my fears would shrink \ but now I'm insecure and i care what people think
By repeating “shrink” and “think” Tyler and Josh are connecting the idea that when people are young they are afraid of a lot of things like heights , spiders ,and shadows at night time.( i know i was) , and people would tell you things like “oh don't worry this will all go away when you are older but now that we are older we care about what people think about us and the we are insecure and we need other people to tell us the we "match the standards ", but if people don't tell us that we “match the standards” we won't feel confident in this world . this reveals the theme that people and people’s words have strong impacts on us no matter how old we are.
The strongest thing about this song is that the lyrics really speaks out and connects to many and to me a little bit and one of the lyrics that makes it strong is “wish we could turn back time to the good old days when our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out.”
Another strong piece of lyrics is that this piece is really connecting to the past is “we would build a rocket ship used to dream of outer space but now they are laughing at our face sang wake up you need to make money’’
All in all this song is based on their past and them wanting to fit in.
I recommend this song because i think this song can connect to a lot of people and not a lot of people this generation know about them and a lot of their other songs talk about the problems that people face and it tells them that they are not alone.
