Tyler leBlanc Essays (713 words) - Abortion, Fertility, Free Essays

Tyler leBlanc Essays (713 words) - Abortion, Fertility, Free Essays Tyler leBlanc 11/1/2017 # 3 Song Analysis J cole's album "Cole World Sideline story" speaks on the real life situations the young artist is faced with while chasing his dreams to rap stardom. Cole's biggest hit on the album: "Lost Ones" speaks upon his own experience with unexpected pregnancy. This story is told in both male and female perspectives, which is a road less traveled in the male dominated rap industry. Abortion becomes the focused topic in this situation, as the male perspective suggests a way out from a difficult unprepared life of parenting. The female perspective responds with a strong argument denying the proposed suggestion. The two perspectives never come to a level of understanding, and ultimately the relationship is torn. The woman's perspective on the subject is what truly grabbed my attention towards this song. A man's decision is usually the only valued voice in these life altering predicaments. The fact that the woman showed such homed determination and strength in her decision to live by her mistakes, spoke volumes to me. This sense of a strong woman going against the grain is something that hit's a level of sensitivity within myself. My younger sister at the age of sixteen faced this same fate, and in the same mindset was determined to make the best for the life she would soon bring into the world. In the first six lines the artist uses the word "you" at the end of each sentence to emphasize the pressures that are forced upon the woman. The word "we" is used to indicate that the speaker is understanding the responsibilities in the pregnancy itself "Frankly i'm feeling like we ain't ready"/ "We still kids ourself": "How we gon raise a kid by ourself?"/"Where the hell we gon live?" The tone is then shifted:"where am I going to get this money." This indicates that not all the responsibility is shared. He see's revenue to be his responsibility, and uses the burden to be an excuse for abortion. In the next five lines the artist compares himself with dead beats who couldn't handle the pressures of having a child at a young age. This comparison also opens up his proposal for abortion. In the last two lines of the first verse the artist concludes by asking: "So girl we got to think about how the options way out, what's the way out?" In these lines the man also understands the c hoice to abort is not his. The Entire next verse is the woman's response (In an angered tone) to her male counterparts statement. There is no rhetorical strategy in her statement, her response is pure emotion. With zero pause the woman runs through all the reasons she's not having an abortion. Starting off with a rebuttal to the end of the last verse letting the male know it's her choice and no one else's: "This my body, nigga, you ain't finna force shit!" she then faults the male for putting her in this predicament: "Knowing all the right things to say, I let you hit it raw, motherfucka." in this statment she puts blame on him from the beginning. Next the female justifies her decision in not to having an abortion in moral standpoint: "Tryna take away a life- is you god mothafucka?!" shortly after, she states: "This new life here I'ma love it." As the question of money was the turning point for the male, the concern of love was the turning point for the female narrator. The final verse tackles a general male perspective, speaking directly at the male, insisting: "Man, if that bitch really pregnant, tell her to get a abortion But what about your seed, nigga?" This line acts as the conclusion and problem as a whole, taking on another tone. Referring to the woman as a "bitch", When he previously spoke upon the female as"baby girl."drastically changing the tone of the relationship to anger. His conscious then states "Man these hoes be trappin nigga's, playin with niggas emotions like they some action figure." ultimately portraying females in general as manipulative. This perspective represents the community's male's perspective of women an unexpected pregnancy.