Lil’ Wayne’s song “How to Love” is a part of the hip hop trend. Like many other artists his music talks about life and the struggles it brings him. His music speaks to everyone. It relates to everyone who has had problems in their life or is currently having problems. This songs message is basically about women how are having trouble loving a man. They don’t know how to love because they have low self-esteem.
“How to Love” is a very inspirational song. It speaks to many people who have low self-esteem. For people who haven’t heard of this song they would definitely like it. It mostly speaks to women and girls who don’t feel good about themselves, who have very low self-esteem. Lil’ Wayne’s music speaks to everybody. It talks about the struggles everyone goes through in life. His music helps many people see what problems everyone actually has.
His song “How to Love” talks about girls who don’t know how to love a man because of their low self-esteem. It helps girls see what a lot of other girls go through with men and relationships. The lyrics are straight forward and get to the point. It doesn’t beat around the bush.
http://www.elyrics.net/read/l/lil_-wayne-lyrics/how-to-love-lyrics.html
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
21 Guns
This song is 21
Guns from 21st Century Break Down Album by Green Day, Green Day is the
American band with three members since 1987. Their current members are Billie Joe
Armstrong - lead vocals, Mike Dirnt - bass, Tre Cool - drums. This song 21 Guns is important
because our world is always have the wars (maybe just little or big
wars... anything that hurt each other I call war), everyone is fighting each other, they want to be higher than other people,
and want to be number one. The messages from this song are want people to stop
fight each other and stop harm each other, united, be together, help each
other, and peaceful. However, this song is showing about American ideology that they do not waste the times
on things that mean nothing, sometime you might want to give up, lost
your control, and hopeless. But you have to continue your life and do
thing that is right to you and other people.
The name of this song is a 21-Gun salute, which is a military symbol for the end. Basicly, this song is talking about why we have to kill each other, even though it doesn’t benefit for each other. What’s worth dying for? Just stop fighting and unite all together.
The beginning of the song "Do you know what's worth fighting for, when it's not worth dying for?" it means that why do we have to waste time on the thing that doesn't help much? but it also can be mean that why do we have to fighting for, eventhough it doesn't resolve the problem. "One, 21 guns, throw up your arms into the sky, you and I" means stop doing meanless things. Or it can be mean that stop the fight with both sides. "Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone." it means that like the person who did bad things trying to finding the forgiveness from the grave, that no one will respond them. "When it's time to live and let die and you can't get another try. Something inside this heart has died. You're in ruins" means that if you don't do what you need to do and you lost that oppotunity, then you might want to give up.
The name of this song is a 21-Gun salute, which is a military symbol for the end. Basicly, this song is talking about why we have to kill each other, even though it doesn’t benefit for each other. What’s worth dying for? Just stop fighting and unite all together.
The beginning of the song "Do you know what's worth fighting for, when it's not worth dying for?" it means that why do we have to waste time on the thing that doesn't help much? but it also can be mean that why do we have to fighting for, eventhough it doesn't resolve the problem. "One, 21 guns, throw up your arms into the sky, you and I" means stop doing meanless things. Or it can be mean that stop the fight with both sides. "Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone." it means that like the person who did bad things trying to finding the forgiveness from the grave, that no one will respond them. "When it's time to live and let die and you can't get another try. Something inside this heart has died. You're in ruins" means that if you don't do what you need to do and you lost that oppotunity, then you might want to give up.
The Power of Two
For my cultural analysis, I chose the book The Power of Two: A Twin Triumph over Cystic Fibrosis which
has turned into the movie, The Power of Two. The movie was filmed almost a year and a half ago, but it
just came out. The book discussing the issue of organ donation hasn't been in the news recently but it is
still talked about by many doctors and medical personal. Yes, the work is simply part of a broader trend
that has been building for a period of time. This work shows that some Americans take their health for
granted and they don’t respect what they have and that life is too short and live life through the good
and the bad.
The Power of Two is about identical twins Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes. At the age of
three days old, they were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) which is a genetic disease
that affects the lungs, pancreas, kidneys, and sinuses. At the moment there is no cure for CF. It is
most common in people of European descent. In the darkest hour of their life, breathing became the
Stenzel’s biggest challenge. In the brink of death, they both received double lung transplants in 2000
and 2004 respectably. Since their lung transplant, they have both done marvelous things such as
competing in the Transplant Games, running marathons, and climbing mountains. Now that they have a
new chance, at life, their only fear is living without treatments, medicines, and each other…
The Power of Two defeats the dominant ideology that Americans and other races take their health for
granted. How many people do you know that smoke just to be cool? The problem is should a person
that has lung cancer, be a candidate for a transplant. I feel that people who have live threatening
diseases need a pair of lungs, much more than someone who is just going to destroy their lungs or any
other organ just by drugs. I feel like many American’s in general take their health for granted and not
every American takes what they have for granted.
References:
The Power of Two
Cystic Fibrosis
has turned into the movie, The Power of Two. The movie was filmed almost a year and a half ago, but it
just came out. The book discussing the issue of organ donation hasn't been in the news recently but it is
still talked about by many doctors and medical personal. Yes, the work is simply part of a broader trend
that has been building for a period of time. This work shows that some Americans take their health for
granted and they don’t respect what they have and that life is too short and live life through the good
and the bad.
The Power of Two is about identical twins Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes. At the age of
three days old, they were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) which is a genetic disease
that affects the lungs, pancreas, kidneys, and sinuses. At the moment there is no cure for CF. It is
most common in people of European descent. In the darkest hour of their life, breathing became the
Stenzel’s biggest challenge. In the brink of death, they both received double lung transplants in 2000
and 2004 respectably. Since their lung transplant, they have both done marvelous things such as
competing in the Transplant Games, running marathons, and climbing mountains. Now that they have a
new chance, at life, their only fear is living without treatments, medicines, and each other…
The Power of Two defeats the dominant ideology that Americans and other races take their health for
granted. How many people do you know that smoke just to be cool? The problem is should a person
that has lung cancer, be a candidate for a transplant. I feel that people who have live threatening
diseases need a pair of lungs, much more than someone who is just going to destroy their lungs or any
other organ just by drugs. I feel like many American’s in general take their health for granted and not
every American takes what they have for granted.
References:
The Power of Two
Cystic Fibrosis
Monday, September 26, 2011
Nicki Minaj: A SEX SYMBOL
Nicki Minaj is important because she is a female emcee who has young female fans, but is started to be looked at as a sex symbol. She hasn’t always been looked at as such, but her recent music and fashion trends have influenced many opinions. Nicki Minaj reflects the dominant ideology about women AND rappers because she is portrays the sexy, nasty female rapper image like previous artists such as Lil’ Kim, Foxy Brown, and Trina. One of her songs “Failure” featuring Gucci Mane (rapper) shows her portraying that image.
During my research I learned that Nicki Minaj is female rapper with a sex image. She has that image because of the music she makes and the way she dresses (EXPICIT CONTENT). She also attracts a young female based audience because of the other image she portrays, which is a Barbie. Her Barbie image is her being animated with different color hair and voices she use when making music or performing.
This proves my thesis about female rappers taking on the roll that society expects from us, which is to be sexy and rap dirty lyrics. Nicki Minaj is a great example because she's relevent to today and portrays that exact image. Most of her music and outfits shows this in one way or another. From her song "Failure" to the lollipop picture. She is sexy rapping dirty, expicit lyrics.
Connected or Disconnected?
With over 750 million users, Facebook is open to all and allows everyone to connect with practically everyone. You are able to share pictures, statuses, pages, events, as well birthday reminders. Essentially, anyone is able to share as much of their lives as they wish. Not sure on a homework assignment? A common thing to do would be to log onto Facebook and ask a classmate.
Over 50 percent of these social network users log on multiple times a day, many of them dwindling their time. Many become so attached to constantly following updates and various applications that they would prefer to be at computer rather than doing other productive tasks. Facebook is great for chatting with friends, but one thing it has done was the changing affect on how society communicates. People acquaint each other through this network. We are so used to talking online that the distinction between friends and acquaintances is becoming unclear. Also, we choose the easy way in contacting a person by sending them a message or wall post as well as socializing behind the computer screen instead of face to face. These are the few reasons why those people who are against Facebook, believe that reality has differed since online social medias have been created. Instead of getting to know a person through our voices, we use letters typed from a keyboard. Ultimately, there are too many of us that rely on the use of social networking sites than necessary.
Facebook assists you in bountiful ways, but something we must remember is that while you are being connected, you may also be disconnecting yourself from society. Although this site was meant to be created with good intentions, it does have its negative aspects.
Over 50 percent of these social network users log on multiple times a day, many of them dwindling their time. Many become so attached to constantly following updates and various applications that they would prefer to be at computer rather than doing other productive tasks. Facebook is great for chatting with friends, but one thing it has done was the changing affect on how society communicates. People acquaint each other through this network. We are so used to talking online that the distinction between friends and acquaintances is becoming unclear. Also, we choose the easy way in contacting a person by sending them a message or wall post as well as socializing behind the computer screen instead of face to face. These are the few reasons why those people who are against Facebook, believe that reality has differed since online social medias have been created. Instead of getting to know a person through our voices, we use letters typed from a keyboard. Ultimately, there are too many of us that rely on the use of social networking sites than necessary.
Facebook assists you in bountiful ways, but something we must remember is that while you are being connected, you may also be disconnecting yourself from society. Although this site was meant to be created with good intentions, it does have its negative aspects.
Friday, September 23, 2011
"Handlebars" by Flobots
The song “Handlebars” by Flobots shows how people in search of liberty will rise against the government. It is important to discuss this topic because freedom is what man wants and needs the most in order to live a good and peaceful life. It also shows the potential of the human race for destruction. When people feel oppressed by their government they have the right to overthrow it and establish a new one. This work shows how a person rises to power and becomes a dictator; the people stripped from their rights rise up, but are massacred by the government that is supposed to protect them.
The video starts out as two friends who are
riding a bicycle down a hill. They reach a fork in the road, they hug, and each
goes their separate ways. The first one goes to the right of the sign with a dove
and the other one goes to the left of the sign that had a “C”, for corporate.
The first one walks in a normal street, while the lyrics
make him look like a person who lives a simple life. The friend at the other
side of the block gets involved in a dangerous world and slowly works his way
up to the top and becomes president; but soon turns the government into a
dictatorship corrupted by his lust for power. His friend leads a group of
rebels in order to overthrow his friend, but they all end up massacred.
Whenever someone deprives a person form their
rights that person will try to overcome their oppressor to achieve freedom. The
friend on the corporate-side starts to rise in power and rapidly begins to
think about himself and how powerful he is at the same time taking rights away
from the citizens. In the song
when the friend in the dove-side sees his friend in the corporate-side in the
television as a dictator he nods his head in disapproval he then gathers people
to form a group of rebels to overthrow the dictator.
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