Ever since I could remember, lyrics made me act and feel in certa.docxSANSKAR20
Ever since I could remember, lyrics made me act and feel in certain ways such as smirk and bop my head, move my entire body, smile, sing, and go even deeper such as recalling the past, or look forward towards the future, especially when it came to love, and make my either cry tears of joy or sadness. Interestingly, I never paid attention if lyrics had effects on me such attempting to live a lifestyle similar to the artist’s lyrics, or changing my mannerism towards people in life outside the music. My only rationale was “if I like it I’ll listen to it.”
It wasn’t until college, that I’ve learned about rhetoric and how it can affect people’s actions and beliefs. According to Aristoteles’s rhetoric, good rhetoric has three components to it: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. Pathos is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. Logos is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason.
In the first part of this this text, I will conduct a rhetorical analysis of the lyrics of T-Pain’s “I’m N Luv wit A Stripper,” show how T-Pain effectively uses ethos pathos and logos in his song, and compare and contrast the effectiveness, and destructiveness of the lyrics through Cultivation theory. Cultivation theory. examines the long-term effects of television. "The primary proposition of cultivation theory states that the more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality portrayed on television."
First, some descriptions for terminology need to be explained. The first definition to be described in order to support the claims made in this text is the word lyrics. In a dictionary, lyrics has about 8 entries that defines lyrics. Unfortunately, rhetoric is not mentioned in any of the entries at it may be assumed that lyrics are rhetoric. For our understanding lyrics equal rhetoric. Out of the 8 entries, 2 will be used. First, lyrics will be correlated with them being the poets own thoughts and feelings. Second, a lyric is a poem.
What authority does T-Pain have to establish that his lyrics should be taken seriously when singing “I’m ‘n Luv wit (A Stripper)”? T-Pain has been in the music industry since 2004. Yet, the release of his song was on December 13, 2005, almost a year after he began his career. As of 2016, he is 31 years old, meaning that in 2005, he was 20-21 years old. As far as age, his authority can be questioned since no one really knows if he has charisma to seduce women especially those in the exotic industry. What gives him authority in his field, is that he is known to be the pioneer behind “auto tuned” music, and this song topped #5 out of 100 in 2005.
Next, there needs to be an understanding of the emotions that T-Pain was targeting through lyrics to convince his audience that his lifes ...
1. "Scream”
[Michael]
Tired of injustice
Tired of the schemes
The lies are disgusting
So what does it mean
Kicking me down
I got to get up
As jacked as it sounds
The whole system sucks
[Janet]
Peek in the shadow
Come into the light
You tell me I'm wrong
Then you better prove you're right
You're sellin' out souls but
I care about mine
I've got to get stronger
And I won't give up the fight
[Michael]
With such confusions don't it make you wanna scream
Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme
(Janet)
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize
[Both]
Somebody please have mercy
'Cause I just can't take it
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
I think that these lyrics are talking
about the paparazzi and the
pressures the artists had off
members of the public. They are
trying to make a statement and
make the public aware of the
trouble they are causing these
artists and trying to get them to
leave them alone. They are trying
to show the artists in a bad light
but the artists are standing strong
and are trying to not let it knock
them down.
One interpretation of this song is that
they are unhappy with the
government and the fact that they
are trying to change so many ways of
life and they are not dealing with real
problems, such as finding justice.
These lyrics show the artists feelings
and that they are trying to hold their
feelings in as the public will give
them bad exposure if they are caught
releasing their anger and showing
their true feelings.
They are trying to hold in every bad
accusation the public make about them
but they are finding it extremely hard to
do and they just want someone to help
them. They need to watch everything
they do in order to please the public and
are pressured to look and do certain
things. They have no freedom to do what
they want to do because they are told
what to do all the time.
2. Stop pressurin' me
Make me wanna scream
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin' me
Make you just wanna scream
[Michael]
Tired of you tellin' the story your way
It's causin' confusion
You think it's okay
[Janet]
You Keep changin' the rules
While I keep playin' the game
I can't take it much longer
I think I might go insane
[Michael]
With such confusion don't it make you wanna scream
Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme
(Janet)
You find your pleasure scandalizin' every lie
[Both]
Oh father, please have mercy 'cause I just can't take it
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin' me
Make me wanna scream
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin’ with me
Repetition to show the build up of
pressure the artists have and that
they can’t take it anymore.
I think that this links back to the paparazzi
changing what people say or do in order
to make it more appealing towards the
public, despite if they are showing the
artists in a way that is untrue. They are
changing the artists stories into a story
which the public would like to read and be
interested in, in order to sell more stories.
This lyric talks about the paparazzi
making a living out of making other
peoples lives miserable by telling false
stories. In the artists eyes, the
paparazzi enjoy doing this due to the
word ‘pleasure’ which shows that the
artists think that it isn’t just a job that
the paparazzi are doing it is for fun
too.
3. Make me wanna scream
[Janet]
"Oh my God, can't believe what I saw
As I turned on the TV this evening
I was disgusted by all the injustice
All the injustice“
[Michael]
"All the injustice“
[News Man]
"A man has been brutally beaten to death by
Police after being wrongly identified as a
robbery suspect. The man was
an 18 year old black male...“
[Michael]
With such collusions don't it make you wanna scream
Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme
[Janet]
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize
[Both]
Oh brother please have mercy 'Cause I just can't take it
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin' me
Make me wanna scream
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin' me
Make me wanna scream
I think that these lyrics have been
included to make the song seem
more realistic as it shows a news
article of a man been killed by
mistake by the police which makes
the song more emotional and
powerful.
I think that the message behind
these lyrics shows the artists
true feelings behind what is
going on in the world. This shows
her shock and disbelief at the
injustice in them days and they
are singing about this in order to
try and make a difference and
make more people aware of the
problems in the world though
the use of music.
!["Scream”
[Michael]
Tired of injustice
Tired of the schemes
The lies are disgusting
So what does it mean
Kicking me down
I got to get up
As jacked as it sounds
The whole system sucks
[Janet]
Peek in the shadow
Come into the light
You tell me I'm wrong
Then you better prove you're right
You're sellin' out souls but
I care about mine
I've got to get stronger
And I won't give up the fight
[Michael]
With such confusions don't it make you wanna scream
Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme
(Janet)
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize
[Both]
Somebody please have mercy
'Cause I just can't take it
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
I think that these lyrics are talking
about the paparazzi and the
pressures the artists had off
members of the public. They are
trying to make a statement and
make the public aware of the
trouble they are causing these
artists and trying to get them to
leave them alone. They are trying
to show the artists in a bad light
but the artists are standing strong
and are trying to not let it knock
them down.
One interpretation of this song is that
they are unhappy with the
government and the fact that they
are trying to change so many ways of
life and they are not dealing with real
problems, such as finding justice.
These lyrics show the artists feelings
and that they are trying to hold their
feelings in as the public will give
them bad exposure if they are caught
releasing their anger and showing
their true feelings.
They are trying to hold in every bad
accusation the public make about them
but they are finding it extremely hard to
do and they just want someone to help
them. They need to watch everything
they do in order to please the public and
are pressured to look and do certain
things. They have no freedom to do what
they want to do because they are told
what to do all the time.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lyricsanalysis-140915084548-phpapp01/85/Lyrics-analysis-1-320.jpg)
![Stop pressurin' me
Make me wanna scream
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin' me
Make you just wanna scream
[Michael]
Tired of you tellin' the story your way
It's causin' confusion
You think it's okay
[Janet]
You Keep changin' the rules
While I keep playin' the game
I can't take it much longer
I think I might go insane
[Michael]
With such confusion don't it make you wanna scream
Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme
(Janet)
You find your pleasure scandalizin' every lie
[Both]
Oh father, please have mercy 'cause I just can't take it
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin' me
Make me wanna scream
Stop pressurin' me
Just stop pressurin' me
Stop pressurin’ with me
Repetition to show the build up of
pressure the artists have and that
they can’t take it anymore.
I think that this links back to the paparazzi
changing what people say or do in order
to make it more appealing towards the
public, despite if they are showing the
artists in a way that is untrue. They are
changing the artists stories into a story
which the public would like to read and be
interested in, in order to sell more stories.
This lyric talks about the paparazzi
making a living out of making other
peoples lives miserable by telling false
stories. In the artists eyes, the
paparazzi enjoy doing this due to the
word ‘pleasure’ which shows that the
artists think that it isn’t just a job that
the paparazzi are doing it is for fun
too.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)