Social/Political Message Analysis Two: Love for a Child- Jason Mraz

There's a picture on my kitchen wall
Looks like Jesus and his friends involved
There's a party getting started in the yard
There's a couple getting steamy in the car parked in the drive
Was I too young to see this with my eyes?

By the pool last night, apparently
The chemicals weren't mixed properly
You hit your head and then forgot your name
And then you woke up at the bottom by the drain
And now your altitude and memory's a shame

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I like to believe it was all about love for a child

And when the house was left in shambles
Who was there to handle all the broken bits of glass
Was it mom who put my dad out on his ass or the other way around
Well I'm far too old to care about that now

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocenceI haven't had enough,
it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I'd like to believe it was all about love for a child

It's kinda nice to work the floor since the divorce
I've been enjoying both my Christmases and my birthday cakes
And taking drugs and making love at far too young an age
And they never check to see my grades
What a fool I'd be to start complaining now

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocenceI haven't had enough,
it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I'd love to believe it's all about love for a child

I chose this song because it has a very strong social message. The overall message of this song is that when you can not give your child the attention it needs, buying them things doesn't make anything better. This song shows how a typical divorced family operates. This is show through the quote "It's kinda nice to work the floor since the divorce. I've been enjoying both my Christmases and my birthday cakes. And taking drugs and making love at far too young an age and they never check to see my grades. what a fool I'd be to start complaining now" This shows how not only do the presents make the parents feel less guilty for not having time for their child but also how the child feels compelled to accept things the way they are. Also it shows that when your parents are more worried about appeasing their own guilt by letting their children do as they please they do not realize they harm they are really doing. This is something that happens very often in our society.

Social/Political Message Analysis One: Freedom-K'naan

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
But Violent prone, poor people zone
But it’s my home, all I have known
Where I got grown, streets we would roam

But out of the darkness,
I came the farthest
Among the hardest survival

Learn from these streets, it can be bleak
Except no defeat, surrender retreat

So we struggling, fighting to eat and
We wondering when we’ll be free
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day
It’s not far away, so for now we say

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

So many wars, settling scores
Bringing us promises, leaving us poor
I heard them say, love is the way
Love is the answer, that’s what they say,
But look how they treat us, make us believers
We fight their battles, then they deceive us
Try to control us, they couldn’t hold us
Cause we just move forward like
Buffalo Soldiers

But we struggling, fighting to eat
And we wondering, when we’ll be free
So we patiently wait, for that faithful day
It’s not far away, but for now we say

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And everybody will be singing it(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And you and I will be singing it(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.

The song "Wavin' Flag has a political and social message. One line of the song that makes it political is "We fight their battles, then they deceive us, Try to control us, they couldn't hold us, Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers." This shows how their governments control them and make them fight battles they do not believe in but they rise up and overcome these obstacles and think and do for themselves. It is social because it is also about how much some people struggle and how they are "fighting to eat and we wondering when we'll be free,So we patiently wait, for that fateful day" this shows how even though they have to struggle and life is not easy they still have faith and hope which, in our society, is very admirable.

Imagery Analysis One: Spoon- Underdog

Picture yourself in a living room,
your pipe and slippers set out for you,
I know you think that it ain't too far,
But I,

I hear the call of a lifetime ring,
felt the need to get up for it.
oh, cut out the middle man
get free from the middle man.

You got no time for the messenger,
got no regard for the thing that you don't understand.
You got no fear of The Underdog,
that's why you will not survive.

I wanna forget how convention fits,
hmmm, but can I get out from under it?
Well I cut it out of me.

It can't all be wedding cake,
it can't all be boiled away,
I tried but I can't let go of it,
can't let go of it, uh huh.

You shouldn't talk to the water boy,
and there's so much you can learn but you don't want to know,
You will not back up an inch ever,
That's why you will not survive.

The thing that I tell you now,
it may not go over well.
Oh it may not be Photo Op,
in the way that I spell it out.

But you won't hear from the messenger.
Don't want to know 'bout the thing that you don't understand.
You got no fear of The Underdog,
that's why you will not survive.

The song I chose to analyze this song because it is a very good example of not only imagery but it also fits my theme of society. In this song it talks about not fearing what the underdog is capable of and how the underestimate what some people are capable of. this is show through the lyric "You got no fear of the underdog, that's why you will not survive." This shows that the singer believes that by not seeing the underdog as a true competitor you are in turn guaranteeing your own demise. This is also true of general society, because they do not see the little guy as a threat and do not prepare themselves for when they rise up and fight back for their own rights, ie: riots, unions, etc. One example of Imagery is when tin the song it says"Picture yourself in the living room, your pipe and slippers set out for you" this is showing us that the singer wants us to imagine being in a living room with our slippers there and a cozy scene.