Hopsin 7 Interpretation

The Ill mind of hopsin 7, by Hopsin describes my curiosity with god and our “afterlife”. In this song Hopsin is praying to god in a rap style, he touches base on how he notices people seem to live their lives according to the bible and their beliefs. His thoughts and all universal theories about god and heaven begin to drive him crazy because he was once a strong christian, but he fell off because his sinful life is an addiction. Hopsin explains how he only lives one time, and that he wouldn't put his pleasure aside (his sinful life) for an afterlife that isn't even guaranteed. In the song he says “We are you, and your us, stop playing games, my life's all I got, and heaven is all in my brain, and when i'm in hell my ideas are what get me through pain do as you please and i'll just do me, i'm a human, i'll stay in my lane Ill mind”. I can relate to the things hopsin's saying because me and my whole family use to be very strong christians, but after a death in my family everyone in my house started to question god. We stopped going to church, and now half of the people I live with don't even believe in god anymore. Everytime I hear this

song it makes me wonder, do I live a life by god's wishes and what the bible tells me is right, or do I live my life the way I want even if it does involve sinning.
While doing this project I thought long and hard about my character and what type of attitude I have.

This brought me to the song “You Don't Own Me” by Grace ft. g-Eazy. In this song she expresses the fact that certain men try to have too much control over women. I can connect to this song, not with a man having control over me but with grown ups in general. In the song she says “I don't tell you what to say, I don't tell you what to do, so just let me be myself, that's all I ask of you. I'm young and I love to be young, i'm free and I love to be free, to live my life the way I want, to say and do whatever I please.” This quote mostly always runs through my mind when I hear someone tell me what to do. I don't like the feeling of not having control especially over the things I do, unless it's with schoolwork, teachers, or my

parents.
The song “Pretty Hurts” by Beyonce really speaks to me whenever I hear it. In this song Beyonce's trying to say that society is broken because of the stereotypes on women, and how they should carry themselves. In the song she says “mama said you're a pretty girl, what's in your head it doesn't matter, brush your hair, fix your teeth, what you wear is all that matters”. This part irritates me because to me this means that in today's world the only thing women think they have to offer and the only thing they're appreciated for is their looks. Another line says “perfection is a disease of a nation, it's the soul that needs a surgery.” This line is comparing perfection to a disease. In other words, our nation today is diseased with the stereotype that women need to look perfect. I relate to this song because I agree that the soul of our nation does in fact need a surgery to fix their views on women.