When rereading Billy Joel's lyrics, I can honestly say that I portrayed followed his guidelines quite well. Even though I couldn't be as vague as Joel with his lyrics, my own remained simple and at the same time showed how America has progressed chronologically. When writing up my verses, I my major priority was to make sure that the message of my lyrics spoke to the reader. What I am trying to reflect through all my verses is how we as Americans have made it through all these crisis. With all the catastrophes and tragedies that have happened in the 21st century, I attempted to accurately reflect how we have progressed through and survived throughout our challenges. Even though some of these disasters and epidemics didn’t directly affect the
