The Influence Of Raps And Songs

I recall sitting in my dad's 1998 Honda Civic. I still remember what that car smelt like, cherry blossom air freshener; it was my dad's favorite scent to hang across the mirror. He consistently played ear-splitting rap music in the car to the point I could feel the bass booming in my chest, I loved it. However, I was only around the ages of seven or eight years old, so I never could truly comprehend the content of the lyrics in the music he was playing.This all sparked my interest on wanting to learn everything from how the beat was made to how the lyrics were created in the song.The pain you felt while listening to his or her story, with all that emotion pouring through the speakers just made me want to recreate that same feeling in my own way. It felt like being apart of a special moment to me. My point in telling this story is to show that hip-hop shaped me to write raps and songs to share my story for the world to hear. …show more content…
But it’s hard to figure out how to do so at such a young age. With being called hurtful names and trying to fit in, with no one being really there for you when you need them the most, you’ll learn bottle up your emotions. In view of the fact that you couldn’t find a way to express them properly. But, being with my dad that day, opened my eyes to a new source of hope; to begin expressing myself through Hip Hop music. I started with writing simple poems. Than, I began with playing with words molding them into song lyrics.That motivated me to research different hip-hop