Song Analysis: When I Was Your Man By Bruno Mars

His entire life has been taken and robbed. He has totally and completely lost himself, emphasizing how dehumanization has affected

how he's lost everything; his family, friends, and home. He feels as if it's partially his fault.

This song produced by the artist j Cole. This song hit number on all charts in every category. This song was influenced by j Coles best friend who died saving his best friend. The part that is getting everyone's attention is that he was talking to his daughter the whole time.

talks of a memory of a pleasant time he had with a special woman. He

One of my favorite songs is, “Love Yours” by J. Cole. He is one of my favorite artists and his words are very lyrical. In this song, he is speaking as a first-person narrator. Jermain Cole AKA J. Cole was born in Frankfurt, Germany but moved to North Carolina when he was an infant. He credits Tupac as one of his major influences on his music. Growing up he didn’t have much but on his birthday, he asked his mom for a beat machine. He started out in producing music, but then used his rap on his own beats throughout high school. When he was fourteen, he had two mentors that gave him his stage name “Therapist” for his soulful flow and rhymes. After graduating high school, he moved to the Big Apple to attend St. John University on scholarships.

Loss, break ups and even death. These are all subjects that he uses in his essay. But one must remember, “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.” – Kelly Clarkson, Stronger, 2011

Finley starts to lose hope in his relationship with Erin. He hasn’t heard from her since the accident and it has been two months since then. I think that this is the time that Finley should listen to this song. In this song the artist is talking about an ended relationship and how he has been struggling after the relationship. Finley hasn’t seen or heard from Erin in two months. Finley is beginning to think that their relationship is ended, and begins to be depressed. He is really sad and can’t handle the fact that Erin has just left him. Some lyrics that can relate to this event

In my opinion, Kendrick Lamar, an award-winning rapper and songwriter, has one of the best abilities to describe his distressed and abused lifestyle in Compton, California. He is not your original cliché artist who does not speak about anything meaningful. Kendrick, also known as K. Dot, is one of the most well known and most respected rappers in this era. Not only does he speak about his gloomy past, but he also speaks about his fortunate future. His ability to give detailed representations of his struggles and his story telling allows me to, metaphorically, enter the mind of Kendrick Lamar.

He talked about all the different women he was with and how he met his wife, Chaz. He had a tumor in 1988 but it came back and describes how he wouldn’t have made it through the two years in the hospital if it were not for Chaz and how much he was affected by it. It chronologically follows the events of his life up to 2011 and at the end he writes that he knows his time is coming but he still has faith because he had went through cancer and much more but he does not fear

The psychology behind the Science Fiction Story, “...for a single yesterday” by George R.R. Martin focuses a lot on grief and depression. The main character, Keith, suffers through the loss of his treasured girlfriend and the loss of his life before the apocalypse. Keith finds comfort through his music and through the drug induced memories of his girlfriend. Keith does not let himself heal and go through the various stages of grief, instead, Keith remains in the stage of denial. His friend Gary tries to help Keith heal and stop his use of drugs, but Keith refuses to listen.

In “Alright” Kendrick Lamar is speaking to the public about police brutality, or is he sending a deeper message to the people of minority. Kendrick Lamar released the song titled “Alright” in 2015. Upon release the song instantly blew up. It 's catchy and even though people got tongue tied trying to recite the song everyone knew the hook of the song which stated “We gon be alright do you hear me do you feel me we gon be alright.” I wonder did anyone catch the poetic verses Kendrick was saying before the hook. By simply watching the video you instantly think oh police brutality but I recieved a deeper message. I believe Kendrick wanted the song to inform the public about the brutality that seemed to be continuous at the time; and offer a bit of hope to those who didn’t feel there was any. That’s why the song was so famous, Kendrick performed this song on numerous award shows and talk shows because the people needed to hear it. Though some believe the song is in protest against cops or sending a bad message others believe it is an anthem for african americans.

“We Found Love” is a popular song produced by Calvin Harris and features singer Rihanna. “We Found Love” reached the number one spot in the top charts in multiple countries in 2012 and the music video became popular very quickly after being filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The music video features a young couple living in an impoverished council estate in West Belfast. Both characters portrayed in the music video are in their twenties and of mixed race, one parent being black and the other being Caucasian. Their relationship is distinguished by domestic violence as the couple is seen yelling, pushing and hurting one another, along with stealing from convenience stores, gambling and abusing drugs and alcohol together.

The early Rock & Roll period which also was a racial issues era, rock-and-roll was believed to have emerged during the American racial conflict. At the time, blacks in the United States were constantly resisting the apartheid policies and racial discrimination. At this time, a new musical form which mixed with white and black music elements and can be able to incite strong emotions, regardless of ethnicity. The first song that I want to explain is “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” written in 1956, which inspired Chunk Berry about a Hispanic man being arrested by Police in African-American and Hispanic areas in California. Chuck Berry used metaphor to out-spoken criticize racial problem by using so called “Brown Eyed”, but actually is “Brown Color Skinned”.

Social protest is connected in many songs that people hear today from Hip Hop to R&B music. Social protest is a protest in the world that covers many subjects like from racism to social profiling and many more. Artists tend to make songs with something that have to do with social protest because they will hear something that will actually make them feel some type of way. Many artists explaining their side of the story and how they feel about the chaos that happening in today world through writing music about it.

The woman talks and tells her man, the man of her dreams that she watches herself being burnt by all the violence she experiences in their relationship, but she still remains there, she is not going to leave him. She is going to stand there, and she is going to keep on crying but she is not going to abandon him. So, listeners realize from the very beginning that she is involved in a relationship where domestic violence is the relationship's big closed secret. So then the man as if he explodes, sings the following verses and stanza. Eminem sings his words as if he is ready to explode, in a feeling of despair, and anger at himself for his behavior.