Kanye West: Heard 'em Say
And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.From the Chi, like Tim its the Hard-a-way,So this is in the name of love, like Robert saysBefore you ask me to get a job today, can I at least get a raise on a minimum wage?And I know the government administered AIDS,So I guess we just pray like the minister say,Allah o Akbar and throw em some hot cars,Things we see on the screen are not ours,But these niggas from the hood so these dreams not far,Where im from, the dope boys is the rock stars,But they can't cop cars without seein' cop cars,I guess they want us all behind bars.I know it.
[Chorus (Adam Levine)]Uh, And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.(ooooooooo)And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.(Nothing's ever promised tomorrow today.)But we'll find a way(And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe, it hurts but it may be the only way)
[Kanye]They say people in your life are seasons,And anything that happen is for a reason,And niggas guns a clappin and keep to squeezin',And Gran (Grandma) keep prayin' and keep believin',And Jesus and one day that ya see him,Till they walk in his footsteps and try to be him,The devil is alive I feel him breathin',Claimin' money is the key so keep on dreamin',And put them lottery tickets just to tease us,My aunt Pam can't put those cigarettes down,Now my lil cousin smokin those cigarettes now,His job trying to claim that he too niggerish now,Is it cuz his skin blacker than licorice now?I can't figure it out...Im Stickin around....
[Chorus (Adam Levine)]Uh, And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.(ooooooooo)And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.(Nothing's ever promised tomorrow today.)But we'll find a way(And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe, it hurts but it may be the only way)(Cuz every worthless word we get more far away, and nothing's ever promised tomorrow today,And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe, it hurts but it may be the only way)
1. Kanye West’s “Heard Em Say” implies that we’re not that nation we’re perceived to be, he talks about a lot of the internal problems that the government ignores while America continued to help others.
2. We’ve always seen ourselves as an overall the best country in the world, but Kanye West say that a lot of Americans see it negatively as well
Jay Z-99 problems
If you're havin' girl problems i feel bad for you sonI got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one[Verse One]I got the rap patrol on the gat patrolFoes that wanna make sure my casket's closedRap critics they say he's "Money Cash Hoes"I'm from the hood stupid, what type of facts are thoseIf you grew up with holes in ya zapatosYou'd be celebrating the minute you was havin' doughI'm like fuck critics you can kiss my whole assholeIf you don't like my lyrics you can press fast forwardI got beef with radio if i don't play they showThey don't play my hits i don't give a shit SORap mags try and use my black assSo advertisers can give 'em more cash for ads, fuckersI don't know what you take me as, Or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z hasI'm from rags to ritches niggas I ain't dumbI got 99 problems but a bitch ain't oneHit me[Chorus]99 problems but the bitch aint oneIf you're havin' girl problems i feel bad for you sonI got 99 problems but a bitch ain't oneHit me[Verse Two]The year's '94 and my trunk is rawIn my rear view mirror is the mother fuckin' lawI got two choices y'all pull over the car or (hmmm)Bounce on the double put the pedal to the floorNow I ain't tryin' to see no highway chase with Jay.Plus i got a few dollars i can fight the caseSo I...pull over to the side of the roadI heard "Son do you know why I'm stoppin' you for?"Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low?Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't knowAm I under arrest or should I gas em up?"Well you was doin fifty-five in a fifty-fo' ""Liscense and registration and step out of the car""Are you carryin' a weapon on you I know a lot of you are"I ain't steppin out of shit all my paper's legit"Well, do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?"Well my glove compartment is locked so are the trunk in the backAnd I know my rights so you gon' need a warrant for that"Aren't you sharp as a tack, you some type of lawyer or something'?""Or somebody important or somethin'?"Nah, I ain't pass the bar but i know a little bitEnough that you won't illegally search my shit"We'll see how smart you are when the K9 come"I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't oneHit me[Chorus]99 Problems but a bitch ain't oneif you havin girl problems i feel bad for you sonI got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one hit me99 Problems but a bitch ain't oneif you havin girl problemsi feel bad for you sonI got 99 problems but a bitch ain't oneHit me [Verse Three]Now once upon a time not too long agoA nigga like myself had to strong arm a hoeThis is not a hoe in the sense of havin a pussyBut a pussy havin no God Damn sense, try and push meI tried to ignore him and talk to the LordPray for him, cause some fools just love to performYou know the type loud as a motor bikeBut wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fightThe only thing that's gonna happen is I'ma get to clappinHe and his boys gon be yappin to the captainAnd there I go trapped in the kit kat againBack through the system with the riff raff againFiends on the floor scratchin againPaparatzi's with they cameras snappin themD.A. tried to give the nigga shaft againHalf-a-mil for bail cause I'm AfricanAll because this fool was harrasin' themTryin to play the boy like hes saccarinBut ain't nothin sweet 'bout how I hold my gunI got 99 problems being a bitch ain't one.Hit me[Chorus X3]You're crazy for this one RickIt's your boy
1. With America holding the oldest constitution in the world, I think that people always see us as a nation of freedom and equality
2. With the current decade having been run mostly by George W. Bush, and though the song was written very early at the time, the fact that government has ignored a lot of the internal problems that America has is shown in this song, and how Jay-Z knows his rights to not get taken advantage of.
3. So far not much has changed; the government is still ignoring the many problems with the slums and the ghettos with African American communities.
Eminem-Mosh
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of AmericaAnd to the Republic for which it standsOne nation under GodIndivisible with liberty and justice for all...It feels so good to be back..I scrutinize every word, memorize every lineI spit it once, refuel, re-energize and rewindI give sight to the blind, my insight through the mindI exercise my right to express when I feel it's timeIt's just all in your mind, what you interpret it asI say to fight, you take it as I'mma whip someone's assIf you don't understand, don't even bother to askA father who has grown up with a fatherless pastWho has blown up now to rap phenomenon that hasOr at least shows no difficulty multi-taskAnd in juggling both perhaps mastered his craftSlash entrepreneur who has helped launch a few more rap actsWho's had a few obstacles thrown his way through the last halfOf his career typical manure moving past thatMr. kisses ass crack, he's a class actRubber band man, yea he just snaps back[Chorus:]Come along follow me as I lead through the darknessAs I provide just enough spark that we need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give me strengthCome with me and I won't steer you wrongPut your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fogTo the light at the end of the tunnelWe gonna fight, we gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna marchThrough the swamp, we gonna mosh through the marshTake us right through the doors (c'mon)All the people up top on the side and the middleCome together lets all bomb and swamp just a littleJust let it gradually build from the front to the backAll you can see is a sea of people some white and some blackDon't matter what color, all that matters we gathered togetherTo celebrate for the same cause don't matter the weatherIf it rains let it rain, yea the wetter the betterThey ain't gonna stop us they can't, we stronger now more than everThey tell us no we say yea, they tell us stop we say goRebel with a rebel yell, raise hell we gonna let em knowStomp, push, shove, mush, Fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home (c'mon)[Chorus]Imagine it pouring, it's raining down on usMosh pits outside the oval officeSomeone's tryina tell us something,Maybe this is God just sayin' we're responsibleFor this monster, this coward,That we have empoweredThis is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin'How could we allow something like this without pumping our fistsNow this is our final hourLet me be the voice in your strength and your choiceLet me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noiseTry to amplify the times it, and multiply by six...Teen million people, Are equal at this high pitchMaybe we can reach alqueda through my speechLet the president answer a higher anarchyStrap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own warLet him impress daddy that wayNo more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soilNo more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyalIf we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a heroLook in his eyes its all liesThe stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wipedAnd replaced with his own face, Mosh now or dieIf I get sniped tonight you know why,Cause I told you to fight.[Chorus]And as we proceed,To Mosh through this desert storm,In these closing statements, if they should argueLet us beg to differAs we set aside our differencesAnd assemble our own armyTo disarm this Weapon of Mass DestructionThat we call our President, for the presentAnd Mosh for the future of our next generationTo speak and be heardMr. President, Mr. SenatorDo you guy's hear us...hear us...[laughing] (Hailie)
1. This song is Eminem’s perception as America viewed as no longer free but entangled by divided people and corrupt under President Bush
2. We have seen ourselves in this song as divided, no longer “united we stand”
3. So far the song has pointed out that attitude and it is still the same today, as the war continues and the people continue to hate Bush’s doctrine and his administration.
Since Bush came in to office we no longer see ourselves as the nation we have set out to be
Overall the country has viewed itself negatively for the past 8 years
The attitude has changed a little and the changes have always been leaning toward the negative side
