The Importance Of Music In My Life

Music is a way of expressing yourself and letting emotion out. Music has always been a part of my life. It’s all around with no escape; from advertisement jingles on television to the radio stations at work, I’m always close to music. I even have over one thousand songs on my phone at the ready. Music has enlisted many emotions and thoughts for me but most importantly, memories. My music life started with nursery rhymes and will continue to the last song I have the privilege of listening to before I go. I have developed a playlist that describes many influential periods in my life. My playlist varies immensely across multiple genres and time periods yet still applies to my life. When I was four, my mom moved us to New York all the way from

My anthem in middle school was “Show Goes On” by Lupe Fiasco. My brother introduced me to the song and told me to just listen to the lyrics, nothing else and I loved it from the beginning. He had gone through the same hardships I had since he was two years my senior. He knew this song would resonate with me as it did for him. It became my fight song with its inspiring words and upbeat melody. It was the first rap song I could keep up with and I was proud. My favorite line is ”Let em’ know you’re there/ that you’re struggling, survin’/ that you gon’ preserve” (Fiasco). My family came a long way to where we are now. We had nothing at one point, living in shelters or staying with family. It was a low point in our lives but to look back from where we are now gives me hope and this song represents that. I can move forward with my life and not let my past define me. I was able to relate to Fiasco’s lyrics and it let made me realize that there are more people out there who are trying to make it through the hard times like I had. They say music can speak to a person and in that moment, listening to “Show Goes On” for the first time, I believed that it