Protest Song Blog Post

It's so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said
I can't take back the words I never said

I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bulls**t
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
Nine eleven building seven did they really pull it?
Uh, and a bunch of other cover ups
Your child's future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the upper crust
You get it then they move you so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see's a bunch of "what the f**ks"
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say s**t
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I'ma part of the problem, my problem is I'm peaceful
And I believe in the people
Yeah

It's so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said
I can't take back the words I never said

Now you can say it ain't our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a Muslim
Israel don't take my side 'cause look how far you've pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the Kush went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when'd you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac ain't gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon' make it halt
If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take 'em when the pains felt
Wash them down with diet soda
Killin' off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss a payment
They can take your home away

It's so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said, never said
I can't take back the words I never said

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I'm scared of even telling you
Sometimes I'm like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I'm locked inside a cell in me, I know that there's a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through

It's so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said

Words I Never Said by Lupe Fiasco and Skylar Gray

 

 

     This song is speaking out against the people who do not act or stay quite when there is something wrong. Although the song addresses a lot of world problems and events, Lupe is reaching for the general audience, trying to inspire them to speak out and do what they believe. Lupe Fiasco wants the young, the future to act, speak and such so they won't regret for the "words [they] never said." This song inspires listeners to have a voice and speak out, ask questions and find out what is really going on in the world. In the beginning of the song Fiasco lays out questionable events to stimulate the mind to ask for the truth.

     This song uses the symbol like the "jail in you" relating to how people do not speak out and are basically caged in, for their voices don't come out. This symbol goes back to Lupe's goal, to inspire inquiry.

     I decided to choose this song because when I first heard it it sounded a bit revolutionary. I have always liked Lupe Fiasco's music, it wasn't until halfway in his career I began to hear his philosophy. Lupe began to go against the regular rap flow, with lyrics that spoke against violence and the media. I followed up on his new that held his ideas; his album L.A.S.E.R.S. sparked its own manifesto. I like to listen to Lupe because he's a different type of artist; unfortunately he is not so known even in Chicago, his hometown. 

   

Community Proposal

My community is Little Village located south of Lawndale on Chicago's Southwest side. The Latino ethnic group dominates this area with an 83%, the remaining population is consisted of mainly African-Americans. The working class of Little Village is at an average around poverty level.
I will interview my older brother, my neighborhood friend, and an adult that lives here as well. The ideas I believe will present themselves among the interviewed is that the American Dream is a goal. This common goal will most likely be along these lines, " the American Dream to me is to simply come here to the U.S. and make a living, start, raise and support a family of your own." Why couldn't this be done in their home country? I believe its because this land of opportunities has things better to offer and it's why they've come and settled here to live a "better" life.

American Dream Article:

My Grandfather the Outlaw

To me the American Dream is a vision and a mission to achieve a good life, whereas the good life consists of providing for your family and improving their lives by coming into the state. Many immigrants have this type of dream and emigrate to the U.S. in search of work to support a family. In this article Mauro Bruni, grandfather of the article's author, Frank Bruni, came to the U.S. as an "illegal alien". Bruni worked tedious hours to gather money to support a family he knew he'd create. As you can see his grandson, the author, has grown up to be a successful man writing stories for the news. Many immigrants come to United States TACITURN, VERDANT in the English language but still they work on through "the uncertain journeys immigrants have undertaken and the daily sacrifices they make...". I find the story of Bruni and his task as an immigrant  is very well similar to many other immigrants because they all come to live the good life. The immigrant may not know anything in this new land but they still settle in the ethnic BASTIONS already set up by previous immigrants, but they still manage and produce the good life for their future American family.

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My Favorite Movie Villain

The Dark Knight

The most interesting villain that really fulfills his role in the film is the Joker. The Joker is the main villain in "The Dark Knight", where he threatens the good in Gotham’s heroes and figures. In his first appearance the Joker is made fun of for wearing mysterious makeup on his face. When robbing the bank his crew kill themselves following the Joker’s orders. The Joker was respected and feared in a way; in the scene Joker outsmarts all the clown crew. The rising villain of Gotham is not feared by the mob if the city, but rather looked as a fool. The Joker the “foolish’ criminal has no rules, he enters ready to blow everything up along with himself. Throughout the movie the jester proves himself humored by violence and corruption of the city. As one character put it the Joker is someone “who just wants the world to burn,” I honestly believe the Joker is the perfect villain because isn’t after anything like money or control, like said he wants to see everyone turn bad. The way the Joker deals with the Batman, the mob, and the city officials, he always keeps his laugh and enthusiastic attitude; better yet he continuously smacks his lips when he speaks.  The Joker in fact even looks like a clown; shagged with green messy hair he wears white makeup all around his face. He has black paint around his eyes to seem more evil and red paint splashed like a smile around his wide mouth that was severed with a knife. To me this villain was the perfect villain where he is truly the dark side of the world; this is why the Joker is the best bad guy out there.

Word count: 289

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Thankful for _____

One person I am thankful for is Ashley Tobar
Ashley Tobar is a very little funny sarcastic person. Even though she is constantly carping you with insults, in the end she takes it all back Ashley is always there or you during sixth period and she I what helps me get through the second half of the day. Even though she is quite a taciturn person in the big outside world, she is really an enjoyable friend. This is why I am thankful for having Ashley as a friend.

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Community Stories : An Account of Experience with Discrimination

Sojourner's idea of "the old slave-holding spirit", of whites still believing that blacks are inferior, even after slavery has been abolished, compares to the idea that one community and environment shapes one persons beliefs as you grow accustomed to it. So even though slavery had been abolished the White Americans still though they were superior and deny the African Americans their right they had of being free. The person she encountered was an example of her slave holding theory, which makes me believe that "when one lives in such of an environment where everyone believes in one exact idea, that one person will eventually and is most likely to connect that one idea  for the rest of their life". A
A primary source is able to give an account in the eyes of an actual person who witnessed the event and moment while a reporter is more of a sum it all up person basing their story or report on numerous accounts primary or secondary sources. Just as the reporter can only see it from the outside of a community report, but a primary source is able to give it in the exact eyes that he saw the event happen.



Community Stories : To Be Young Black and Gifted

Hansberry felt sad or dull to me in her account about growing up in the South Side of Chicago  I feel she understand with some disappointment what must be done in the neighborhood, knowing her place in a poor community. Hansberry saw the community still managed to strive due to the fact that it was a community that looked after each other. Although she described that there was no direct love shown between their family. Lorraine describes her father a a proud a strong black man for she say he lays on his back like father must and she said he "carried his head in  such a way... there was nothing he was afraid of". The sort of self taught virtues Lorraine learned form her parents made her strong  and proud of who she is, "young black and gifted". As the youngest on her family she felt she was always a nuisance  and her sibling didn't enjoy her company so she learned to play alone, like most children there do. The views of Hansberry are in a way dead because she ends it with the Langston Hughes poem about a dream deferred or a dead dream. Describing what happens after it dies  and how he doesn't know what to do just like the people of the South Chicago.