Song Assignment

I chose to do my favorite song assignment on the song ghetto gospel by Tupac ft Elton John I posted the lyrics and the video youtube link, the lines im doing the analysis on are underlined.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxR4AweLeXE  <----the link to video on youtube if anyones interested

(song)
Uhh,
Hit them with a little ghetto gospel

[Chorus - Elton John:]
(1)Those who wish to follow me (my ghetto gospel)
I welcome with my hands
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior without the sound of guns

[2Pac]
If I could recollect before my hood days
I'd sit and reminisce, thinking of bliss of the good days
I stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to 'em
They tested, it was stress that they under
And nowadays things changed
Everyone's ashamed to the youth cause the truth looks strange
And for me it's reversed, we left them a world that's cursed, and it hurts
'cause any day they'll push the button
and you all condemned like Malcolm X and Bobby Hutton, died for nothing
Don't them let me get teary, the world looks dreary
but when you wipe your eyes, see it clearly
there's no need for you to fear me
if you take your time to hear me, maybe you can learn to cheer me
it ain't about black or white, cause we're human
I hope we see the light before its ruinedmy ghetto gospel

[Chorus - Elton John]

[2Pac]
Tell me do you see that old lady ain't it sad
Living out a bag, but she's glad for the little things she has
And over there there's a lady, crack got her crazy
Guess she's given birth to a baby
I don't trip and let it fade me, from outta the frying pan
We jump into another form of slaveryEven now I get discouraged
Wonder if they take it all back while I still keep the courage
I refuse to be a role model
I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottles
I make mistakes, I learn from everyone
And when it's said and done
I bet this Brother be a better one
If I upset you, don't stress
Never forget, that God hasn't finished with me yet
I feel his hand on my brain
When I write rhymes, I go blind, and let the lord do his thang
But am I less holy
'cause I choose to puff a blunt and drink a beer with my homies
Before we find world peace
We gotta find peace and end the war on the streetsMy ghetto gospel

[Chorus - Elton John]

[2Pac]
Lord can you hear me speak!!
To pay the price of being hell bound...

1.In this verse when Tupac talks about warriors he is reffereing to todays youth that live in low-income high crime rate areas or "the ghetto". These children have to become warriors to survive the everdays wars that rage on in the streets around them. He wants these youth to realize there is another way to survive without getting rapped up in gangs,drugs ,and violence.
Emotionally this verse makes me feel hopeful, although i cannot relate to it because i have not lived through this situation.
2.These last two lines of this verse really highlight tupacs dream of the people, all people no matter what color coming together to help end the war on the streets. He is saying that for our society to continue to work and thrive we have to listen to each other with open hearts and minds.
Emotionally this line helps me realize how important is to be openmined and listen to what everyone has to say.
3.This line is talkin about how even though we may be free in technical terms, some people become slaves to the situation. The youth who grow up in the ghetto dont get a choice they become products of there enviornment.
4.The last two lines are very direct. Tupac is reffering to the fact that we spend billions of dollars to fight wars overseas when we have wars raging here on american soil.
Emotionally this makes me feel lost almost. I agree with him on the fact there are wars being fought here every day, but i also see the importance of fighting wars overseas. I believe we must find a sense of balance. We have to continue to fight wars overseas, but americans on the home front must unite together in order to end the violence here.

Internal monolouge

"Jimmy Fowlin!" Oh great it’s my turn. I really don’t want to go in and get a shot. Personally I think I’ll be just fine without one. I mean yeah the flu is bad and all but it sure isn't bad enough for me to want a needle in my arm. Left right left right I am walking so slowly right now I really don’t want that shot. Why is the nurse giving me that nasty look, someone must be having a bad day. This chair is nice and comfortable not too firm like the one out in the waiting room; it’s too bad it smells like a foot and coffee in here. Great here comes the doctor and man o man is that a big needle. “Hello jimmy how are you today” “I’m great sir and yourself?” It’s funny how we sit here and pretend to care how one another’s day is going. I mean really when someone asks how was your day you don’t expect them to say it was horrible. I mean if this guy knew what I was going through he wouldn’t understand. Dumb Veronica I should have listened to my friends. They said she was cheating but I didn’t believe them now I’m heartbroken and about to have a needle in my arm, and this guy has the nerve to ask how my day was. “Roll up your sleeve please jimmy” “Yes sir” great here it comes…..oh wait no I forgot about the alcohol wipe to clean my arm. “Ouch!” “Oh jimmy I didn’t hurt that bad be a man”. Be a man!? Be a man!? I’d like to see you be man with a six inch needle in your arm. Doctors these days they swear they’re so great just because they’ve got lots of degrees and fancy cars. “Would you like a lollipop Jimmy” “No thank you sir I’m fine”. Did he seriously just offer me a lollipop, I’m 16 freaking years old and I drove myself here and you offer me a lollipop? What’s next some pampers and a ring pop, actually I could go for a ring pop right now, the blue one. Hmmm I wonder if it’s weird that I don’t know the flavor of things, I know blue isn’t a flavor but if somebody asked me what my favorite flavor was I’d say all that blue stuff. “You may go now Jimmy.” “Ok sir thank you.” I can’t believe I just thanked a man for stabbing me, but thank god that’s over. Finally I can go home and re…la…la hawchoo! Oh great I think I’m catching the flu!