Tupac uses this technique only twice in his song Dear Mama in the line “And who’d think in elementary?” Which leads onto who would think in elementary about going to prison? Tupac never thought he would be locked up when he was younger, but he was wrong. The main language features in this song is: Rhetorical questions, alliteration, assonance, repetition and rhyme. In the song he raps “I needed money of my own so I started slanging, I ain’t guilty cause, even though I sell rocks, It feels good putting money in your mailbox,” Tupac sold cocaine because he says “I aint guilty cause even though I sell rocks. Tupac even sold drugs so he could pay back his mum for raising him and his family on welfare.
The social message in this song is that Tupac and his mother (Afeni Shakur) didn’t get along well, when he got kicked out on the streets, he hung around thugs who sold drugs. In the middle of stanza 1 it says “And who’d think in elementary? Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day,” which means that Tupac never thought he would end up in prison when he was young. In the lyrics it says “When I was young me and my mama had beef, Seventeen years old kicked out on the streets,” Is reflecting on the fights that he and his Mother had when he was seventeen. This song is a tribute to his mother Afeni Shakur. Tupac Shakur engages the audience through his songs such as “Dear Mama” and “Changes.” Tupac is rapping about how his mother raised him and how much she struggled. I believe that Dear Mama should be accepted in the literary cannon because it has the same language features and literary devices like poems in the Western Literary Canon devices.
This is due to the reverent social themes and the use of figurative language and deep meaning within the lyrical poem. I believe it should be put in the Western Literary Canon due to the relevant social themes and deep meaning within the lyrics. The song I have chosen is “Dear Mama”, by Tupac Shakur. Poetry from the original Canon, literature such as O Captain! My Captain! Is outdated and old in contrast to the new and popular Hip-Hop artists such as Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z. I really think that Hip-Hop should be accepted in the Western Literary Canon, Due to its lyrics, beat and language features. I am a fan of this because I love its beats, rhythm and lyrics. Hello, teachers and students I am a fan of the genre Hip-Hop. Also, the lyrics of the Hip-Hop evoke emotion through its meanings and purpose. Hip-Hop is the heart and soul of poetry because the beat and sound power over the written classical poems. Hip-Hop was founded in the 1970’s by DJ Kool Herc.
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