"Look, I just shed tears homie and now I ain't too proud to admit it
Just seen my father for the first time in a minute
And when I say a minute I mean years man
Damn, a whale could have swam in them tears fam
Cause as I left them I reflected on my younger days
When it was just me and my brother and my mother played
Father, cause no other man bothered
Not even my biological, it never seemed logical"
Just seen my father for the first time in a minute
And when I say a minute I mean years man
Damn, a whale could have swam in them tears fam
Cause as I left them I reflected on my younger days
When it was just me and my brother and my mother played
Father, cause no other man bothered
Not even my biological, it never seemed logical"
The rap song that I chose is called Break Down by J.Cole. It is a 2010 song that speaks about a boy who lived without his biological father and the struggles he had growing up as a kid with his mom, brother and sister that is later mentioned in the rap. J.Cole is an adult rapping in the perspective of this child. The context is written to expresses his anger towards his dad, but when meeting him for the first time it seems that he misses him too much to even be mad, so he breaks down. The song is a confessional rap because he confuses his true feelings for his father, and is also critiquing the father's irresponsible decisions in life. The rhyme scheme is (aa,bb,cc,d,e) and the literary devices used are imagery, ending rhyme scheme, and most importantly flash backs to reenact conversations and emotions with is father.
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