The year 2016 had a multitude amount of shocking celebrity news throughout the year, but one that still has everyone question who is she was talking to or what exactly she was talking about is the visual album “Lemonade” by Beyonce Knowles. Zakiya Jackson states that “The album’s lyrics and imagery also included a plethora of Christian references” but the question is that everyone is asking what is she telling us by using these phrases and themes via the Bible or religion. My interpretation is that Beyonce is telling us that many women and children in abusive religious families are often neglected, this feeling is universal, and when most people hit rock bottom, they often go to God for help. The Theme of Apathy (lack of interest) was consistently …show more content…
Jackson also adds to religious views in her opinion adding that “I love that because this place of letting go is acknowledging that God is bigger than me and that I can’t make everything the way I want it to be.” explaining the symbolic representation of this Album. Which most people without a religious background would understand. During this time of grief and pain, you become baptized as an Adult being full aware that you will be reborn in the water as a follower of Christ our Lord and Savior. During the theme of Redemption, it correlates heavily with this idea and the after effects if such. Once renewed in the spirit and your eyes reopened to service the Lord and not worldly pleasures which often changes the family dynamic to a more caring style. Once redemption starts it shows a happy family being as one showing what they have learned throughout the years of life passing down their experience of pain and suffering and what a strong woman can become after renewing her life and taking charge strengthening herself. This is said in her album “ Into the basement I confessed my sins and was baptized in a river I drank the blood and drank the wine I grew thickened skin on my feet “ showing the power of new
“Hurt” a song originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails which portrays self-harm and heroin addiction has been covered by many great artists including Johnny cash. When Johnny cash covered this song I got a deferent message from the lyrics while he sings it, maybe it is because of his voice or how he lived his life, but when he is singing this song I get a sense that he is singing about a loved one that has passed on, growing older, and his legacy.
To start with, no matter age or gender, even the ones facing severe problem of surviving, these individuals trust God. For example, when LeAlan and Lloyd try to investigate the murder, they meet Tymeka, a teenage mom who still lives in the high-rise the murder took place in. Although she is having a hard life, she stays religious to “pray for all them children” (p.111), for both the young victim and murderers in the crisis. This is connected to the title gospel element of the song. “Is God a Three Letter Word ...
her emotional soul when she forgives Angelo; at the same time proving she has a
outside of her house, marking her fall from grace, innocence lost, and the awakening of
During her teen years, she was abused and lonely. She gave birth to her first child when she was only sixteen years old. She was in her first marriage when she was only nineteen years old. After three children, two marriages, and a breakdown, she realizes that there is a lot more to life than her current circumstances.
The tone and allusions are important for John to portray how death is insignificant and irrelevant and that after death one moves on to a better place: heaven.
toward one goal: to achieve true love. Her first two failed marriages rob her of innocence, but
As it opens with imagery reminiscent of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, an event that devastated the black communities in the areas affected. The delayed assistance in New Orleans by the U.S. government stirred some controversy that led many to question how much America really cares about its black communities. Nonetheless, Beyoncé’s video is full of imagery that is associated with black culture, including historical references to black communities in the south. But what is really important about “Formation” are the lyrics. With lyrics like “My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana, You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas Bama” and “I like my baby hair with baby hair and afros, I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils,” Beyoncé is undoubtedly declaring her pride for her blackness as well as defending her child Blue Ivy who has always been scrutinized for the way her hair looked. Thus, this song is obviously geared toward the Black community which is obvious due to the lyrics and the imagery in the music video. To put it plainly, this song is a proclamation of Black pride and shouldn’t be thought of in any other way. However, after performing it at the Super Bowl people of other ethnicities became aware of the song and became offended by her performance as well as the lyrics. Controversy arose as people pointed out her backup dancers were dressed similarly to the Black Panther
Due to the lack of religious beliefs in High School Musical, the song generally focuses more on the plot of the movie whether than the spiritual sense behind the song itself. In my opinion, the song provides an important life lesson that can be used regardless of your religion. God never expects us to be perfect people. In fact, he likes the idea of imperfect people since he can perform miraculous works through them for the sake of humanity. After the fall of Adam and Eve, God began creating covenants with his people, including our Father in faith, Abraham. He even continues to create covenants with his people today through dreams and other people. For Troy Bolton, I can argue that Jesus works through Gabriella in allowing Troy to realize that he was not being himself when he began to abandon his friends and act with excessive arrogance. Paulo Coelho once said, “The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.” Jesus died for us because of his love for humanity. King David vowed to prevent his people from sinning because of his love for God and his people. Troy Bolton had a change of heart and decided to stop his pursuit for the future that causes him to lose
In 2013, the self-titled visual album BEYONCÉ sold almost eight hundred thirty thousand digitally in the first three days, while her sixth number one and second visual album, Lemonade, only sold four hundred ninety thousand digitally in the first week. Although Beyoncé’s second visual album wasn’t numerically successful, both show a vulnerable, an artistic, and a controversial side of Beyoncé. Both albums have surprising visuals and stunning lyrical content with either an obvious meaning or a meaning we have yet to figure out, such as the famous line, “You better call Becky with the good hair.” (Beyoncé, “Sorry”). BEYONCÉ and Lemonade show that Beyoncé tries to better herself as an artist and make herself more vulnerable.
The book, The Spirituals and the Blues, by James H. Cone, illustrates how the slave spirituals and the blues reflected the struggle for black survival under the harsh reality of slavery and segregation. The spirituals are historical songs which speak out about the rupture of black lives in a religious sense, telling us about people in a land of bondage, and what they did to stay united and somehow fight back. The blues are somewhat different from in the spirituals in that they depict the secular aspect of black life during times of oppression and the capacity to survive. James H. Cone’s portrayal of how the spirituals and the blues aided blacks through times of hardship and adversity has very few flaws and informs the reader greatly about the importance of music in the lives of African-Americans. The author aims to both examine the spirituals and blues as cultural expressions of black people and to reflect on both the theological and sociological implications of these songs.
Time after time it seems like people have tried to depict what our society true and often hidden image represents. One artist, Lauryn Hill, executed this topic exquisitely in her song “Mystery of Iniquity” produced in 2002. In this song she incorporates several verses from the bible n her lyrics to relate the underlying corruption of the law system on society and how it affects people. The first few lines of the song incorporate the same lyrics in the title where it states, “It's the mystery of Inequity, said it's the misery of inequity, said it's the history of inequity.” Here we see she uses these lines to introduce what she will essentially be discussing throughout the song as this expression is found in the book of 2 Thessalonians 2:7 in
Jackson often released songs that had powerful messages behind them e.g. 'We Are the World' and “Black and White”. Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Care About Us” released as part of the “HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I” album in 1996, was addressed to “the people” in an effort to promote equality, justice, and peace. However, it led to unexpected controversy
As the first poem in the book it sums up the primary focus of the works in its exploration of loss, grieving, and recovery. The questions posed about the nature of God become recurring themes in the following sections, especially One and Four. The symbolism includes the image of earthly possessions sprawled out like gangly dolls, a reference possibly meant to bring about a sense of nostalgia which this poem does quite well. The final lines cement the message that this is about loss and life, the idea that once something is lost, it can no longer belong to anyone anymore brings a sense...
His songs, which might be considered as simple, actually have deeply philosophical meaning to contemplate on. For instance, the song “Our Love” which he performed tells about the power of love over any biases, stereotypes and differences. Like the song “Our Love”, there are many lyrics which reaffirm the belief in life and love, as well as depict the challenges and struggles on the way. That is why everyone can connect to the songs, finding one aspect of life or another which one has experienced, as