Imitation 6 - Music of the 2000's

Jesus walks- Kanye West 

"We rappers are role models we rap we don't think
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way I need Jesus
So here go my single dog radio needs this
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes

The song I chose is called "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West, this is one of his early rap pieces. In the rap, he raps not to convert anyone into believers of cristianity, however, to prove a point with how rap music is labeled. He sends his little message through this song how rap represents a lot of gun violence, drugs, and bad depictions of woman. The 8 bars that I chose which are my favorite lines of the rap song, he even states how rappers are viewed as "role models" and can rap about anything except for the "Jesus". Which to me means they can rap about the negatives but can't rap about positive messages to the people. Kanye's "Jesus walks" rap is a confessional piece, because he is stating how he feels how rap music. He also makes a statement by questioning, how just because his rap isn't about sex, lies, and violence that his records wont get played. The rhyme scheme is (a,bbb,c,d,c,f), the literary devices used is an ending rhyme scheme.