No Same Love By Macklemore

The steam from the kettle had condensed on the cold window and was running down the glass in tear-like trickles. Outside in the orchard the man from the smudge company was refilling the posts with oil. The greasy smell from last night’s burning was still in the air. Mr. Delahanty gazed out at the bleak darkening orange grove; Mrs. Delahanty watched her husband eat, nibbling up to the edges of the toast, then staking the crusts about his tea cup in a neat fence-like arrangement.

“My love, she keeps me warm.” Without context, these song lyrics have no impact or power behind them. However, if told that these words were sung by a female vocalist, and preceded by the lyrics “I can’t change, even if it tried, even if I wanted to,” suddenly the words have meaning as a woman sings of her love for another woman (Haggerty, Lewis, Lambert, 2102). These lyrics come from the 2012 song “Same Love” by Macklemore with Ryan Lewis and featuring Mary Lambert. In the song “Same Love,” Macklemore raises his voice against the issues of discrimination, gay rights, and marriage equality that we see in today's era. He uses two fallacies in the song, but Macklemore’s use of the three rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos in his

Today many people feel compelled to buy anything or everything with an expensive price tag. This includes Expensive designer clothes, latest gadgets, expensive vehicles and many other similar things. This form of consumerism has embedded itself in today’s society; where it's encouraged to invest in such materialistic possessions. Kanye West is an African-American rapper, producer, and entrepreneur, who articulates his struggle with consumerism and the struggle for those around him in his song “All Falls Down.” West, utilizes puns, rhyme, and juxtaposition to highlight the issues surrounding materialism that can be interpreted differently by different listeners such as African Americans and White Americans.

The book titled Same Kind of Different as Me refers to the parallelism and correspondence of two completely different men who journey through life’s challenges and obstacles on two diverse paths. It’s title represents a nonfictional story of deep pain and difficult circumstances about how two men who have nothing in common, can come together regardless of their skin color or social ranking and search for their different meanings in life together as if they were family. And though they were completely different on the outside, on the inside they were the same because they had very relatable circumstances and challenges throughout their lives because they both lost the ones they loved the most, and both Ron and Denver acted like a support system

Furthermore, the goal of the music video is to inspire the LGBT community to be proud of who they are, promote the gay right movement not only in America but globally and to make a change toward all of humanity with speaking his belief. Macklemore’s “Same love” targets teenagers, adults, any race, any gender, in efforts, to raise awareness and stop discrimination, support equality and gay marriage. To begin he starts by targeting adolescents who are suffering from feeling different from the norm of society, then proceeds through the life span of a homosexual stressing the need for expectance. The older generations are a little more old school and have a harder time accepting changes in today’s society, such as, homosexuality for this reason some do not believe in equality like gay rights. The strictly religious communities follow what they were taught in the bible resulting in not believing in gay rights because God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Bob.

In the music video "Same Love", Macklemore used pathos, history, and symbolism to emphasize on gay marriage, marriage equality, and homophobia in hip-hop. It follows a storyline of how a boy started to feel like he was gay in the 3rd grade, but his mom reassured him that it was just a phase. Throughout his life, he still had that strange feeling that he could not shake. He was even pressured by his peers to play a game called seven minutes in heaven. He became very uncomfortable which caused him to leave to another party. One day, he decided to bring his partner to his parents' house for dinner and disclosed that they were getting married. As usual, the parents are surprised to hear that their child likes the same sex. Towards the end of the story, the two men get married and by their sides were their families supporting them in every way. Finally, they were happy with a child

I do not need your hateful self trying to affect the way I want to live

Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” with Ryan Lewis, featuring Mary Lambert, tells the younger generation about discrimination against gays, homophobia, and inequality. The song calls out people who want freedom, where our country came from, and what are religion says to show how if we don’t accept gays, there is a lot we can never have. Macklemore is disappointed with the way hip hop and rap talk about gay people without realizing how difficult they are making gay’s lives. It is also great when Macklemore practically asks religious people how exactly they do not support gay rights, and why they believe it is wrong because God is supposed to love everyone. Macklemore gives his honest opinion on how he feels everyone should be equal, and there are no “buts” or “ifs.” I stand by his opinion about love being love no matter what. Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” he talks about societies false ideas of gays, the way the term “gay” is used in hip hop music, and that we are not equal until we allow gay rights with a huge change at heart.

Otherside is a very meaningful rap, which I feel reflects my generation, by Macklemore. Macklemore wrote this song in 2009, from his parents basement, where he was forced to move after falling victim to drug addiction. Otherside is a deep, chilling song, which describes what it’s like to be a drug addict, and how the media encourages things like drugs, sex, and violence. This song shines a lot of light on the growing trend of lean, which is a mixture of promethazine with codeine cough syrup, Sprite, and Jolly Ranchers. The intro and outro of the song are from a news clip of an interview between a reporter, and another famous rapper Bun B, speaking about the death of his friend, who overdosed on codeine cough syrup, rapper Pimp C. In this song Macklemore talks about his struggles with drugs, and how he’s seen many lives ruined, and taken by drug addiction. Macklemore wrote this song to educate people about the dangers of drugs and expose the falsity of how various rappers claim to live. Macklemore wants people to know that the glamorous, rich, sex and drug filled lives many Hollywood personalities claim to live is all smoke and mirrors and they portray themselves this way just because, sadly, that’s what sells.

He says, “no freedom ‘til we're equal, damn right i support it” (Macklemore). What this line means is that justice and freedom is only fair when everyone is equal. He supports everyone being equal. “Whatever god you believe in we come from the same strip away the fear underneath it's all the same love”(Macklemore). He is saying everyone is equal and should have liberty and freedom. Lastly he says, “its human rights for everyone, there is no difference.” (Macklemore). He believes everyone should be treated the same no matter what.

When you listen to most rap music a leitmotif of drug use and glorified alcohol consumption can be heard on most Hip-Hop artist’s albums. Macklemore is a self-proclaimed abuser of these vices. Unlike most he does not elevate these depravities but speaks of his struggles overcoming their drowning influence. In the song “Starting Over” he expresses the disgrace he feels when he relapses. Macklemore painfully illustrates this shame with the verse “Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is / I know what I gotta do and I can’t help it / One day at a time is what they tell us / Now I gotta find a way to tell them”(“Starting Over”). He explains that he knows what needs to be done to overcome this evil; nonetheless because of his dependence he has become lost, and is ashamed to say he has a problem. In his song “Neon Cathedral” he discusses how going to

look and point at gay couples, it is human nature to feel singled out and targeted. This song states that We are beautiful no matter what they say/ Yes, words can't bring us down, oh no. It is trying to help the stereotypes understand that being beautiful is more than the image, it is the inner beauty. Gay people may become ashamed of there orientation because the socially acceptable way to be is straight. This is a double standard of the lyrics, because it states that even if people do act in rude and unkind manners, the gay people will still consider themselves beautiful. But this

Macklemore the rap sensation was born June 19, 1983 as Ben Haggerty, and was raised in Seattle. The rapper rose to the number two spot on the Billboard 200 album charts with very little help, and his second release in 2012 debuted at number two with the only obstacle being Mumford and Sons at number one. Macklemore grew up listening to “a lot of East Coast underground hip hop”. This inspired him to become Professor Mack Lemore in high school, then he released the Ep, Open Your Eyes, in 2000. His debut album, The Language of My World, was released five years later, but he only received a small amount of followers. But when Macklemore teamed up with the DJ and producer, Ryan Lewis, their work took off and eventually went widespread. When Macklemore

“Ten Thousand Hours” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis was released in 2012 on the album The Heist; the first of Macklemore’s albums after a long break which he took to tackle serious drug and alcohol addiction problems. “Ten Thousand Hours” is an excellent reflection of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ lyrical genius as it’s both beautifully poetic and witty as are many of the duo’s works. Due to the way the pair write, the song may be interpreted in many ways. Its vague nature enables the words to morph and provide meaning to a wide audience. However, the fundamental message is revealed at the end of the first verse when the connection to the title is made in reference to Malcolm Gladwell. “Ten thousand hours and so damn close I can taste it. On some Malcolm Gladwell, David Bowie meets Kanye sh*t”.

Kendrick’s song expresses the continued struggle faced by African Americans in modern society. The first couple lines of his song truly display how he feels about the mistreatment of African Americans: