1. The title of the song I have chosen is High for Hours.
2. The artist who recorded this song is J. Cole.
3. The artist who wrote the lyrics is J. Cole.
4. The musical genre of this song is hip-hop/rap.
5. Throughout the song, J. Cole tackles multiple social justice issues and expresses his thoughts of revolution. I believe that the main idea is how much change is needed in the world and how we are very far from a perfect world. J. Cole speaks about themes such as hypocrisy, corruption and discrimination.
6. Throughout the song, J. Cole expresses the emotion of frustration. In the hook, he states that he wants to just “let go”. This term shows his want to give up on the change he’s been desiring. After speaking about all the corruption in our society, J. Cole grows frustrated by the lack of change and he realizes that the process will be slow. The actions done by those in power have left J. Cole exasperated which he explains in this song.
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In the first verse, J. Cole starts off the song with the words “American hypocrisy”. This nicely sums up the contents of verse one. J. Cole explains how the European settlers came to America to get away from religious persecution and how they fought for independence against Britain. Even though they fought for freedom from Britain they went on to own slaves and rob another race of their freedom. J. Cole also points out the irony in America taking the lives of those who kill, such as groups like ISIS, yet only one is a murderer. He recalls when Osama Bin Laden was killed and everyone was cheering. He explains how hypocritical it was to have such a joyous reaction to a death when the same religion that America was ‘built on’ says “thou shall not kill”. This is hypocritical because Americans used the bible as an excuse for enslaving black
2. The artist who recorded this song is J. Cole.
3. The artist who wrote the lyrics is J. Cole.
4. The musical genre of this song is hip-hop/rap.
5. Throughout the song, J. Cole tackles multiple social justice issues and expresses his thoughts of revolution. I believe that the main idea is how much change is needed in the world and how we are very far from a perfect world. J. Cole speaks about themes such as hypocrisy, corruption and discrimination.
6. Throughout the song, J. Cole expresses the emotion of frustration. In the hook, he states that he wants to just “let go”. This term shows his want to give up on the change he’s been desiring. After speaking about all the corruption in our society, J. Cole grows frustrated by the lack of change and he realizes that the process will be slow. The actions done by those in power have left J. Cole exasperated which he explains in this song.
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In the first verse, J. Cole starts off the song with the words “American hypocrisy”. This nicely sums up the contents of verse one. J. Cole explains how the European settlers came to America to get away from religious persecution and how they fought for independence against Britain. Even though they fought for freedom from Britain they went on to own slaves and rob another race of their freedom. J. Cole also points out the irony in America taking the lives of those who kill, such as groups like ISIS, yet only one is a murderer. He recalls when Osama Bin Laden was killed and everyone was cheering. He explains how hypocritical it was to have such a joyous reaction to a death when the same religion that America was ‘built on’ says “thou shall not kill”. This is hypocritical because Americans used the bible as an excuse for enslaving black