Going into this week assignment I was having a hard time trying to decide on which topic I should select. After reading the poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet, I decided to stick with the topic of love, and the love couples share. I selected topic 2, and I chose a slow-tempo contemporary R&B and Soul piece written and produced by Beyoncé Knowles, The Dream, and Tricky Stewart titled, 1 + 1. According to Wikipedia 1 + 1 was originally titled “Nothing but Love”. This songs expresses the love she has for her significant other, line after line you understood how endless her love was for her soul mate. This was one of my favorite songs from her 4th album, her lyrics made a solid, strong and secure statements about the power and love in relationships. She showed everyone that she is a lyrical genius.
This song first starts off with a beautiful sound combined with an organ and a guitar, which surely grabs the attention of the listener. She says “If I ain’t got nothing, I got you, if I ain’t got …show more content…
Its several different ways to look at this stanza! Beyoncé’s words throughout this song shows she is an artist and is singing poetry. It is like reading a poem. She uses the violent actions of being shot by a gun and I gathered it’s the same as being shot by love. No one wishes for death, but for her to say, “Die by you” means if she was to die, she wouldn’t want it to be from a sickness, injury, or maybe a car accident, but by the effects of his love, she hopes to die by the love he gives to her. I sing this song to the top of my lungs, if you know of true love, or love hard you can relate to all of these feelings. Towards the end of her chorus, she says, “ I don 't know much about fighting but I, I know I will fight for you
This song first starts off with a beautiful sound combined with an organ and a guitar, which surely grabs the attention of the listener. She says “If I ain’t got nothing, I got you, if I ain’t got …show more content…
Its several different ways to look at this stanza! Beyoncé’s words throughout this song shows she is an artist and is singing poetry. It is like reading a poem. She uses the violent actions of being shot by a gun and I gathered it’s the same as being shot by love. No one wishes for death, but for her to say, “Die by you” means if she was to die, she wouldn’t want it to be from a sickness, injury, or maybe a car accident, but by the effects of his love, she hopes to die by the love he gives to her. I sing this song to the top of my lungs, if you know of true love, or love hard you can relate to all of these feelings. Towards the end of her chorus, she says, “ I don 't know much about fighting but I, I know I will fight for you