C’mon Its just abuse
Introduction
Domestic violence, the connotation of the two words immediately invokes images in everyone's mind. Two songs will be discussed in this paper, these songs relate directly to the issue. The first song is “A Child Called ‘it’” by Buckcherry, released in 2008 on the Black Butterfly album. The second song is “Im ok” by Christina Aguilera, released in 2002 on the Stripped album. Buckcherry’s song, is based on a true story of a child that was abused by his mother. Similarly, Christina Aguilera’s song talks about her women who is being abused, you can tell this from the beginning of the song when she sings, “my father's fist would put her in her place.” Both of these songs directly talk about domestic violence and
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Moreover you can hear the sounds of crying faintly in between all of the noise, also you can hear some sounds of a man talking. It is hard to make out what he is saying because it is muffled, but you can tell by his tone that he is speaking in a harsh tone. In “A Child Called ‘it” the song start with the singer screaming “Mother I really hate the way you treat me like no other!” Along with the intense lyrics the guitar lets some strong power chords ring out, also you can hear the heavy crash of the symbols which add emphasis to each of the phrases. After this there is an instrument that consists of a few guitar riffs and the rest of the band playing. In “Im OK” there are no heavy guitar parts its a completely different feel; once the music starts you just hear slow finger picking of the guitar. When Aguilera sings she has a short voice compared to the hard rock sound in “A Child Called ‘it.” In Buckcherry’s song after the strong intro the guitars quite down, the song switches the focus on singer singing, “I count the days and nights they are all numbered she takes the pain out on me and not my brothers.” The artist wants you to understand want is happening, the child has been singed out from his siblings and is being stuck and abused by his mother. After that he sings, “ keep it all inside, never see me cry,” the child is trying to be tough and doesn't want the mother to see that she is hurting him. As the singer sings this you can hear another voice behind the music yelling the something, they want to show the anger and the pain the child is feeling for this
The first girl mentioned is Lisa, she feels alone in the world, her mother is a drug addict and likes to bring many men home. The song talks about things in the beginning work out well, but later on in the night, the mom and the man end up fighting. The men beat Lisa and when Lisa tries to tell her mom, her mom does not believe her. Lisa’s story can specifically relate to marriage and family because she does grow up in a functional family. The mother is a drug addict and does not take care of her daughter, it is mentioned that there is no father because the mother brings home men every night. The fact that Lisa does not have a stable family and no one to look up to is affecting her life negatively. The men that her mother does bring home, abuse Lisa and mistreat her. Lisa is a nine year old girl, she is too young to be experiencing the things she does. There is probably no main income for her family either, and if her mom does get paid, she will probably use that money towards buying more drugs. This can relate to the poverty aspect because people who grow up in poverty cannot even afford to survive on minimum wage alone. Also the fact that Lisa’s mom is a single mother means that she is e...
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