Lup Fiasco Words I Never Said Analysis

Emotions play an important role in our lives and fear is one of them. Fear makes you act out impulsively or in other words, not question what you are doing. The only thing on your mind when you are afraid is to remain safe, no matter what or how that means to get there. In the song “ Words I Never Said” sung and written by Lupe Fiasco, he demonstrates how fear is one of our biggest and weakest emotions.“ Words I Never Said” by Lupe Fiasco, illustrates that in American society today, people deliberately are self-censoring their opinions due to an audience that does not demand the truth and a fear of punishment for speaking out. Particularly when first listening to the song the beat starts off with the sounds of an alarm and then pausing for the piano which plays a soft tune. Then, right after that the chorus starts off with these two combined. Usually alarms imitate awareness, cautiousness, and danger. Lupe Fiasco purposely did that to get listeners to focus and pay attention to the lyrics of the …show more content…
The video opens up with a newspaper with a headline of “Voice of the People” and the story to that is a spiritual leader was taken at her own rally. Someone who speaks about truth get taken away. Then follows the citizen’s are wearing gas masks which relates to the truth. Gas masks are worn to prevent toxins entering your body and in this case the toxin is the truth. Lupe Fiasco gets on a bus filled with people wearing gas masks and he gets arrested because he's spreading illness which in this case is the truth. He gets arrested for doing this act. The video in alone itself illustrates oppression and suffering. Three of the main messages are, the more power you have, the more you influence in decision making; Having more money means having more power; Lastly individually need to educate themselves about the issues and violence in the world and need to take action towards