Analysis Of I Will Forever Remain Faithful By David Ramsey

In the book “Decoded,” rapper and businessman Jay-Z describes the emergence of hip hop culture while sharing his childhood memories, life challenges, and passions. Along with Jay-Z’s personal narrative, he provides an explanation for his song lyrics to educate readers about hip hop’s importance, his life, and national issues. Thus, he creates several arguments about hip hop’s purpose in the music industry. Two of Jay-Z’s main arguments consisted of hip hop being a form of art and the story of a hustler. This is especially true when considering how Jay-Z defines hip hop, analyzes supporting evidence, and interprets rap lyrics.

Listening to music is a way of helping a person cope with the situation. Not only does a song express how you feel to your friends and family, but it can help you overcome what you are going through. Music has a way of bringing out emotional responses. Crying while listening to a song can help you cope with the situation and hopefully over time, a person will not have these types of responses. If you are feeling angry, listening to a soft melody can help you calm your nerves.

The theme of this story can be expressed as a story of suffering and racism. Though the theme may be thought of as just about a young boy who gets himself in trouble with drugs and tries to redeem himself by his passion of music; it

Popular singer Elton John once said; “music has healing power; it has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours”, and for most, music is the portal to an out of body experience. African American lyricists especially have been found to use the art of music to escape the real world, commencing from the slavery era and onward. The blues song titled The Tracks of My Tears does just that; expresses the ability to remove your soul from a treacherous reality. Similarly, the lyrics from popular modern songs, written by black artists, speak volumes about what is presently going on in the country, parallel to the way African American slavery songs did. Music written at an earlier period have been found to correlate to music of the past through providing strong emotion toward present day commentary.

The narrator, a teacher in Harlem, has escaped the ghetto, creating a stable and secure life for himself despite the destructive pressures that he sees destroying so many young blacks. He sees African American adolescents discovering the limits placed on them by a racist society at the very moment when they are discovering their abilities. He tells the story of his relationship with his younger brother, Sonny. That relationship has moved through phases of separation and return. After their parents’ deaths, he tried and failed to be a father to Sonny. For a while, he believed that Sonny had succumbed to the destructive influences of Harlem life. Finally, however, they achieved a reconciliation in which the narrator came to understand the value and the importance of Sonny’s need to be a jazz pianist.

“And when you finally fly away I 'll be hoping that I served you well for all the wisdom of a lifetime no one can ever tell but whatever road you choose I 'm right behind you, win or lose”. Being a parent is about being supportive. It’s about unconditional love and overcoming the hard times to shed light on the good times. Although we cannot give them everything, what we can do is try our best to give them all we have, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Our children are the light of our lives and without them our days would seem meaningless and minute. What Rod Stewart is trying to capture in these lyrics is that no matter what happens in life and no matter how far away from home our children may be, they will always be young in our hearts. At birth we see our children as tiny, precious gifts of life and that image is the first snapshot we think of when we think of our children. No matter how old they are, our children will always be our little babies. That’s the message that Rod Stewart is sharing with us, his children will always be the little boys and girls with scrapped elbows and dirty hands. They will always be the children that are scared of the dark and color outside of the lines. He wants us to understand that no matter what happens in life and no matter our children’s ages, we will always be parents, and they will always be our

Mcbride begins the essay with stating his nightmare, his daughter marrying a man, “and he’s a rapper, with a mouth full of gold teeth,” he continues to describe a modern day rapper to which the newer generation is familiar with. The reason to begin with this, is that the newer generation as symbolized as his daughter has picked up newer styles of rhythm and

It became a way of self-expression; his own movement within himself. He related to the way he felt the music move him, was the way the heroin flowed through his veins and set him free. Free of the confinements of the city that trapped his youth, and free of the bars that held him hostage to break his habit of addiction. Even though he had hurt his family, he was able to relate his pain and struggles through music. With his own emotional struggles after the death of his child, the narrator reunites with his brother years later.

Music is a very good thing for people because it can sometimes calm a person down and make them feel happy. Music is a good way to express one’s feelings in a positive way. Sometimes people use it for good reasons and sometimes bad reasons. I chose to write about the song “Hotline Bling” by Drake for my project. I think this song shows the emotion of sadness and depression.

To every present there is a past. Looking into someone's past, you can begin to understand how their upbringing molded them into the person they are right now. John Abbott is prime example of this. He grew from a young boy, living in a small town, into a loving, caring, hard working father. John was shaped into a grateful son and a supportive brother through his childhood experiences. His passion for music drove him to look at life in a new light. Listening and feeling the lyrics that related to his actions and individual thoughts. Through John’s upbringing into the genre of specifically, hip-hop, he was able to let loose and use it as a perfect outlet for the stress of the world around him, he explained it as “Music is the positive thing”. John looked up to the men who created this music, creating a bond with their style and lyrical composition. They helped influence the man he is today.

Music has power beyond all measures. It not only heals the soul but gives it the wings it needs to fly. For that reason and many others, music was instrumental in allowing African-American slaves to develop their own identity and remain hopeful of a better tomorrow. Many forms of music transpired out of the bodies of tired slaves who made music to elevate their soul. Music represents their sorrow and strife and it relieves them just as tears relieve the heart.

Scott Mescudi is a hip-hop artist whose music captures the mind of his listeners through his depressed melodic harmonies. As a child he suffered a traumatic incident that led him to become what he is today for better or for worse. His father died when he was eleven years old inspiring him musically and as a person. With Scott’s father dieing he became depressed (Jaliman). He struggled through life dealing with his depression as a kid through when he is an adult. The only way for him to feel an escape from his sadness and lonesomeness was through his artistic ability in creating music. Through that Scott expresses his passions and demons. On his album “Man on the Moon” and other popular works such as his single “The Prayer”, Kid Cudi speaks

Music can hold more meaning behind its lyrics. The lyrics created for the song could relate more to someone with the same past as the artist and they too can feel accepted knowing that they are not alone. It may be a gloomy day in Seattle and all you want to hear is "Shot Down" by, Khalid or the day could sunny and you decide to play "I'm walking

The famous Bob Marley once said: “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” I definitely have to agree with Bob Marley because music isn’t something you listen to, it’s something you feel. Music numbs any pain you’re feeling when you’re listening. Lyrics in music are the main reason we love to hear the songs we do. We find ourselves relating to the artist because music is universal. Music acts as a stress-reliever, relaxer, and friend to the auditor.

I think the message of the book is that no matter how different your family may look, we are all the same, we should see pass color. “Black is brown is tan, is girl is boy, is nose is face, is all the colors of the race”, in the book, Black is brown is tan, is about a family where all the family members are a different shade of brown. The book goes into further detail about the diverse family such as the main characters who are an African American mother, Caucasian father, and two mixed children. Throughout the book, the family are seen doing typical family activities such as combing hair, kissing and hugging family members, sitting around the kitchen table, and spending quality time with each other.