Imitation 5 - Rap music on the 90's

Tupac- Changes 

"I see no changes. Wake up in the morning and I ask myself,

"Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?"

I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black.

My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch.

Cops give a damn about a negro? Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero.

Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares? One less hungry mouth on the welfare.

First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal to brothers.

Give 'em guns, step back, and watch 'em kill each other."

The song that I chose is a song by Tupac called Changes. This song discusses the issues in society back in the 90's and around the world, and how Tupac himself would like to see some changes from the people to help make it a better place. This song is written to make a statement about the struggles that people who live in the ghetto go through. This song is critiquing the society that he lived in back in the 90's and how unfair and wrong it was. However, I personally feel that despite the differences in time frame, we still deal with the same issues now. The rhyme scheme is (aa,bb,c,d,ee), the literary devices that tupac uses is an ending rhyme scheme and  inside rhyme schemes as well.