trey songs November 29‚ 2009 Music The Petersburg‚ Virginia celebrity didn’t always have a musical career in mind. As a child‚ there were no voice or piano lessons. In fact‚ all through high school‚ Trey was doing what most kids his age were doing: playing basketball‚ throwing parties‚ and getting dragged to church by his grandmother‚ who sang in a gospel choir . “I wasn’t even paying attention to R&B at
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California till 3 weeks after the fact. For the next year or so we hardly talked‚ maybe a text here and there but nothing to hearty. It wasn’t until one month I randomly get a text from her saying that She loved me and that I should listen to this song and so I did. Ever since then‚ anytime I’m having a bad
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adults are associated with rationality and realistic view. In Supertramp’s “The Logical Song”‚ it says: When I was young‚ it seemed that life was so wonderful‚ A miracle‚ oh it was beautiful‚ magical. ... But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible‚ Logical‚ responsible‚ practical. And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable‚ Clinical‚ intellectual‚ cynical. The person in the song is describing how they used to have an open and happy view on the world‚ but they went to
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The Canadian Boat song was a poem published in Scotland by an anonymous author who wasn’t the happiest of all people. The poet claimed that the common people from the Highlands were forced to be exiled. Due to the fact that the poet refers to the Highlands as ‘our father’s land’ is a subtle hint that the poet was a Scottish Highlander that was one of those who were exiled. “Yet still the blood is strong‚ the heart is Highland‚ and we in dreams behold the Hebrides”. By stating that the blood is
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is an effective method of giving the audience advice while at the same time gives the speaker the ability to lament her own situation in a way reflective of the mood swings experienced by hormonal teenagers. The use of imagery and repetition in the song indicates the speaker’s emotional struggle in dealing with depression and feelings of worthlessness. The speaker views her situation through the perspective of other youths going through similar feelings of separation and hurt and how they
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In the article “The Return of the Protest Song”‚ Tillet writes about the turnback of protest music after their downstrend in 1960s and the redenifition of the kind of music. The coming back is the responsibility of the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. They use music to say and express their aspiration of Civil Right. In the same time‚ hiphop was seen as a new form of political music‚ and it has an important influence and spread quickly. Before 1960s‚ writers wrote music lyrics base on political
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The story continues with Ville Mentality. James finally acknowledges that his life style will kill him‚ and he must change before it is too late. In the song‚ J-Cole incorporates a little girl’s voice that represents James’ daughter. He gives an insight on how it feels for a child to grow up without a father. James eventually finds a girl in She’s mine part 1; they fall in love. Cole tells how James doesn’t
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“gangster rap” or any other form of harmful and vulgar music will turn them into a psychopathic cop killer. With the this being true in some cases‚ it can be a cause for concern. The problem that most parents actually have with these types of harmful music is that it changes the way their children act and speak towards
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Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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In these two rap songs‚ "Ain’t Nothin’ But A Word To Me" by Too Short (feat. Ice Cube) (1996) and "Bitch Ass Niggaz" by Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg‚ Hitman & Six-Two) (2001)‚ explains how women are gendered as sexualized objects that are disposed after use‚ and racializes the importance of men’s hegemonic masculinity. In this paper I will compare and contrast how women are described as sexual‚ disposable trash‚ and men as cowards from the word “bitch.” The concept of "Bitch" is how a person (not necessarily
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