Song Analysis Of 'Where I Wanna Be'

The song I have chosen to analyze is called Where I Wanna Be, sung by an R&B artist named Donnell Jones. I decided to choose this song because of the message the artist portrays, which deals with a young man who is not ready to fully commit in a relationship between him, and his girlfriend. Thought the song he expresses his feelings in how he is not ready to fully commit. While at the same time tells her that he doesn’t want to hurt her. Although this song has no personal significance in my life, a person could understand how many individuals today could relate to this song. There are many people in relationships where one person of the relationship might not take the relationship as serious, and not express the same feelings as the other. The lyrics expressed in this song explain how the artist, and his girlfriend have been together since their teenage years. He then goes on to say that he has a lot of lust inside of him, and that he would rather leave her then to cheat. He tells his girlfriend that he just needs some time to be alone to see where he wants to be. Through the lyrics, the artist is painting a picture of a women that he has been in a long-term relationship with for some time. He is now at the point in his life where his feelings have changed in a negative way for this woman. He feels like because they …show more content…
I feel through this assignment it opened my ears to really listen, and hear the words being expressed by the artist. Some artist display different types of love as well as different stages of a relationships throughout their music. This assignment has helped me to identify these types of love the artist may express through his or her song. Whether its different stages of a relationship, or different types of love. I now feel that I have a better understanding of the way people express themselves through various stages of love, and