“I spoke to the devil in Miami, he said everything would be fine”. Good morning/ Afternoon members of the Poetry Road Show. Jahseh Onfroy, better known by his stage name XXXTentacion, is an American rapper from Lauderhill, Florida. Despite best been known for his breakthrough track, “look at me”, containing, vile, explicit language, he has been misrepresented. Throughout his career, Jahseh has expressed his feelings of depression and grief. This is evident in his track, “I Spoke to The Devil in Miami” as he expresses the feelings of being heart broken or grief and tempting ill endeavours. Released on April 17 April, Jashseh tries to express his emotions from his early life. Spending most of his life in Lauderhill, Florida.
This track was performed as a song, but was written as if a poem; teen suicide on the rise, I believe that this holds significant relevance as many people may be tempted into a pursuing an unmoral easy way or an easy …show more content…
The phrase “it's Ten for the wolf and Three for the shepherd “alludes towards the Aesop Fable- “The Wolf and The Shepard”, the story in which a Shepard kept an eye out for a sheep he noticed following his flock. After a long time of no attempt to injure the sheep, the Shepperd becomes more trustful of the wolf and eventual intrusts the wolf of his flock. Once coming back, he is in awe as he witnesses that the world had destroyed the majority of his flock. Alluding this story, Jasheh is implying being cunning and sly is more rewarding than one who is kind hearted. Biblically, sheep are referred to as a pure hearted animal, and once a stray they are no longer sheep of god. The rewards from an evil life are much more rewarding as to those of being morally strong, hence the leopard giving his perception as a “handle of weapon”. Given the opportunity, Jahseh has betrayed the moral choice of being faithful. And chose an easier path, of immoral
This track was performed as a song, but was written as if a poem; teen suicide on the rise, I believe that this holds significant relevance as many people may be tempted into a pursuing an unmoral easy way or an easy …show more content…
The phrase “it's Ten for the wolf and Three for the shepherd “alludes towards the Aesop Fable- “The Wolf and The Shepard”, the story in which a Shepard kept an eye out for a sheep he noticed following his flock. After a long time of no attempt to injure the sheep, the Shepperd becomes more trustful of the wolf and eventual intrusts the wolf of his flock. Once coming back, he is in awe as he witnesses that the world had destroyed the majority of his flock. Alluding this story, Jasheh is implying being cunning and sly is more rewarding than one who is kind hearted. Biblically, sheep are referred to as a pure hearted animal, and once a stray they are no longer sheep of god. The rewards from an evil life are much more rewarding as to those of being morally strong, hence the leopard giving his perception as a “handle of weapon”. Given the opportunity, Jahseh has betrayed the moral choice of being faithful. And chose an easier path, of immoral