Imagery In The Song 'Wings' By Macklemore

Throughout poetry, there are many works that reflect society; however, few reflect it as it truly is. Among those few is “Wings” by Macklemore. Not only does this song express the emphasis that society puts on materialistic things, it explains that they are truly just materialistic items and nothing more. It does this through many lines of admirable imagery. Included is the line, “That air bubble that mesh… The box, the smell, the stuffing', the tread, in school… I was so cool… I knew that I couldn't crease 'em… My friends couldn't afford 'em… Four stripes on their Adidas.” Not only does it display imagery, but this line introduces the emphasis on materialistic items in our society, and implies that the shoes are what make a person great, and not raw talent. This is a key line in understanding the rest of the song, as it also exemplifies the fact that expensive items are what makes a person cool, as they are falsely related to enhanced

performance, which is why a person spends so much money on one item that he or she doesn’t need.
The song "Wings" by Macklemore is about attempting to fit in with society's meaning of cool, despite the fact that it implies conflicts with individual convictions or individual suppositions about how one should dress or talk. All through the song, Macklemore discusses a couple of Nike sneakers that he purchased when he was a child. Toward the start of the song, Macklemore is persuaded that since he has these new shoes he will at last be viewed as cool. However, before the end of the song, he understands that they are just a pair of shoes and society makes them out to be substantially more than they truly are. In the fourth stanza, Macklemore discusses the battle to fit the restrictive and costly form of society's desires. Kids today compete with each other by parading their material belongings at each other. "So expensive... I just got to flaunt it." By utilizing the words expensive and display, Macklemore demonstrates that he is proud of his costly shoes and he needs to show them off to the other children, so they would think that he is cool.
Society makes one want to have the most forward item available to feel cool with the goal that they can fit in and feel great. “Got to show ’em, so exclusive... this that new shit." Not exclusively do items need to be costly, they must be select. Eliteness suggests there is a feeling of incongruity in selectiveness attempting to get what others need to feel unique, when extraordinariness infers uniqueness and singularity. “I’m an individual, yeah, but I’m part of a movement.” The fixation on societal position has made a development. The development demonstrates that numerous people are taking after this example of purchasing the most costly things, rather than what they need or want. “My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it / they told me to just do it / I listened to what that swoosh said.” Macklemore is perceiving the way that he is an individual, yet his singularity is outlined and formed by the bigger gathering of individuals he relates to. That gathering manages what is cool or not, and on the off chance that he is to fit in, he needs to follow along.
In the sixth stanza Macklemore begins to reflect back to when he was a child and his fixation on his image. By purchasing a pair of costly shoes, a man feels like they are purchasing another life in the sense that shoes are utilized for strolling. By purchasing new shoes, it resembles purchasing another way of life. “So much more than just a pair of shoes... Nah, this is what I am... what I wore, this is the source of my youth... this dream that they sold to you.” Individuals get to be so convinced that these shoes characterize one's identity as a man that the show can begin to definitely change one’s life. As one thinks about their own particular past, one will understand a portion of the foolish things they got to be distinctly fixated on just to fit in. “For a hundred dollars and some change… Consumption is in the veins… and now I see it’s just another pair of shoes”.
Macklemore understands that society made individuals fixated on devouring these items at ludicrous costs just to fit in.

Yet, as a general rule, all they were were just another pair of shoes that he would, in the long run, simply discard for the following extraordinary thing available. Individuals turn out to be so caught up in the moment that they neglect to perceive what they are following. Individuals make foolish buys to fit in for the time being; however, when they ponder a portion of the decisions they have made, they wind up feeling absurd for their futile buys. In general, the song “Wings” is about society attempting to persuade individuals what they are supposed to be and the amount they should pay to be viewed as cool or famous by all accounts and how as a child, Macklemore was eager to spend fundamentally any measure of cash on shoes that would make him cool. When he grew up, he understood that with a specific end goal to be a leader, one can't simply join a development and fit in with what every other person is

doing.
The song truly opens up one’s eyes to the truth that individuals will do pretty much anything to be mainstream. In the end however, Macklemore realizes that it is just another pair of shoes and will in no way make him popular or have an advantage in his sport. He finally comes to the realization that materialistic items are just that, and it is disappointing how much emphasis society puts on them. Not only does this song display the materialistic things and the false idea that people need them to be considered cool, but it also shows the fact that the people in our society would do anything to be considered cool or famous to the point where they become less human because of it.