13 days after the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, Pharrell Williams’ song “Freedom” was released on June 30, 2015. Williams’ motive for writing the song is to show that he is advocating freedom. Pharrell went around the country and used various ethnicities to portray the different ways the human population is enslaved. Through music, Pharrell Williams created a very impactful explanation of his emotions using all three rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos and logos. Freedom should not have to be fought for, but should be a right as soon as you’re conceived in the womb. Pharrell’s song, Freedom, is one of his greatest compositions because he used music and visuals to reveal the adversity that is occurring across the globe.
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In the music video, miners are seen working all day searching for diamonds in the mountains while being pestered by military officials. During the traumatic and heartbreaking parts such as the miners being aggravated by the soldier, the lighting was very somber. Diamonds are very profitable, therefore, they should be a blessing to the countries that have an abundance of them but have plagued countries such as Liberia. With many being the “root of all evil”, many countries declare war on each other in order to gain a greater quantity of land to increase their supply for the diamonds. In 2013, the Central African Republic were engaged in a “blood” war over religion where both sides used diamonds to fund their militias. Once the war was over, the Southern region enslaved the Northern region into diamond mining. While the Northerners were working, soldiers began bothering the miners by poking them with weapons and eventually the miners revolted and retaliated. Although the miners didn’t have any weapons, they still had the willpower to grab the soldier’s gun in attempt to jerk it out of their hands. The miners successfully regained their freedom and control of their land. In the chorus, the song states “mind, use your power, spirit use your wings.” You are responsible for your own freedom; you should have the mental strength to proclaim your freedom and
In the music video, miners are seen working all day searching for diamonds in the mountains while being pestered by military officials. During the traumatic and heartbreaking parts such as the miners being aggravated by the soldier, the lighting was very somber. Diamonds are very profitable, therefore, they should be a blessing to the countries that have an abundance of them but have plagued countries such as Liberia. With many being the “root of all evil”, many countries declare war on each other in order to gain a greater quantity of land to increase their supply for the diamonds. In 2013, the Central African Republic were engaged in a “blood” war over religion where both sides used diamonds to fund their militias. Once the war was over, the Southern region enslaved the Northern region into diamond mining. While the Northerners were working, soldiers began bothering the miners by poking them with weapons and eventually the miners revolted and retaliated. Although the miners didn’t have any weapons, they still had the willpower to grab the soldier’s gun in attempt to jerk it out of their hands. The miners successfully regained their freedom and control of their land. In the chorus, the song states “mind, use your power, spirit use your wings.” You are responsible for your own freedom; you should have the mental strength to proclaim your freedom and