16 Shots: Song Analysis

Throughout many of my favourite songs the topic of relationships is reoccurring. In one of my favourite songs by Vic Mensa titled “16 Shots” the topic of relationships occurs a lot. In this song the artist explains the day to day conflicts between African-American citizens and racist police officers. He also talks about the level of power that the police have and how often that they abuse their power. In the song the artist talks about the conflict between police officers and African Americans. Some police officers have a perception of African-Americans that can’t be changed, they think that they are all ‘thugs’. The line “Gang gang! Gang gang! Murder murder! Murder they mind state” is representing the generalized impression of black males as violent gang members. This is stereotyping, stereotyping is the way you look at a group of people and put them into a box, not looking at their individual features. The relationship between cops and …show more content…
The song is about a man and a woman who were dating, but the woman broke up with the man because she wanted to be with someone else. The line “Was I just one piece of the puzzle you played? Did you have your eye on a different prize?”Shows the man really feels as if he's been played by the woman so she could get to another man. The woman has intimacy power over the man because even though she was planning something behind his back, he doesn't have any idea until it is already too late. Intimacy power is in your closest relationships, in this case it is used negatively because she makes him think he is loved, because he is blinded by how much he loves her. That line also shows a lack of commitment from the female towards the male. Commitment is a factor in close relationships, even though you enter a relationship because of an attraction, you stay with that person because of the decision to commit to