Tuesday, November 23, 2010

If you choose to proceed you will indeed concede

(Exuse the language)
"Changes"

[1]
Come on come on
I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself
is life worth living should I blast myself?
I'm tired of bein' poor & even worse I'm black
my stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
one less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothers
give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other
It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other
We gotta start makin' changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers
and that's how it's supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, and that's the way it is

[Bridge w/ changing ad libs]
Come on come on
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
aww yeah
[Repeat]

[2]
I see no changes all I see is racist faces
misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under I wonder what it takes to make this
one better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right
'cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonight
and only time we chill is when we kill each other
it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And although it seems heaven sent
We ain't ready, to see a black President, uhh
It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact
the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
But some things will never change
try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game
Now tell me what's a mother to do
bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you
You gotta operate the easy way
"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way
sellin' crack to the kid. " I gotta get paid,"
Well hey, well that's the way it is

[Bridge]

[Talking:]
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.

[3]
And still I see no changes can't a brother get a little peace
It's war on the streets & the war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs
so the police can bother me
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
But now I'm back with the facts givin' it back to you
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up,
crack you up and pimp smack you up
You gotta learn to hold ya own
they get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone
But tell the cops they can't touch this
I don't trust this when they try to rush I bust this
That's the sound of my tool you say it ain't cool
my mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped
& I never get to lay back
'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs
some punk that I roughed up way back
comin' back after all these years
rat-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is uhh

[Bridge 'til fade:]
Some things will never change

After reading the first stanza by 2pac in his song "Changes" you immdently understand the mood, Theme, Tone, And plot just by the first verse, which is really rare in today's newer music.    The first thing I notice when looking at the lyrics is the obvious parallel structure, "Come on come on That's just the way it is
Thing'sll never be the same That's just the way it is. (repeat x2)". Secondly the irony in the song stands out, 2Pac says "We ain't ready, to see a black President" But today America is lead by one."     3rdly The theme of the song is that Racism in general needs to be stopped, Theres no reason racism should still be around today and the world as a whole needs to make some serious changes to try and fix today's problems about not only black people but everyone no matter the color of their skin.    A 4th point in 2Pac's song is he sets a mood in everyone's mind, While people read or listen to the song we all begin to understand the actual problems in today's society and then we think about how easily they could actually be fixed, Just by changing the way we treat everyone and if everyone was treated as equal the world would be a much prettier place. Second to last, The use of the words "God" and "Heaven" are illusions in the song refering to a person that everyone knows of.     The poem also demonstrates tons and tons of figureative and literal language, "Cops give a damn about a negro pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero". Finally the poem is also a narrative poem sense hes speaking about his personal experience and is telling acts of event or trying to show something to the reader.
     This song has almost every device you could think of, Along with the message 2Pac gets across with this song is perfect, Hes not out spoken and not trying to blame everyone and anyone, Hes trying to get the point across that the world needs to change to make it a better place, And the sooner the better.

1 comment:

  1. Descriptive paragraph is well polished. More parallel stucture in your college application would help. Your song analysis has heaps of detail, but needs major proofreading.26/36

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