Kendrick Lamar Literary Techniques

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“Constant thoughts of suicide, We live in an era that’s do or do die / Society expects us to fail, I’m talking about you and I” (Logic, “Dead Presidents iii”) This quote talks about how negative our society is and how it is based around the phrase, “Survival of the fittest”. In society, many people look down upon people who live in bad neighbourhoods and have experience with gang violence. They believe that they won’t be really successful in life due to their surrounding environment and would succumb to their surroundings. These artists have proven that there are people who can absorb the negative energy from their surroundings and turn it into something positive. Kendrick Lamar’s “m.A.A.d city” and Logic’s “Growing Pains” tells a story of how their childhood was growing up in these type of neighbourhoods and what they had experienced. An analysis of the literary devices in “m.A.A.d city” by Kendrick Lamar and “Growing Pains” by Logic determined that Logic created a song that better portrayed how someone can become successful no matter the environment that they grew up in. This decision was led to Logic’s superior use of allusion and rhyme that helped portray the message more efficiently compared to Kendrick’s song. The song, “Growing Pains”, uses many literary devices to illustrate the life that Logic had as a child …show more content…

The analysis of the literary devices in “m.A.A.d city” and “Growing Pains” proves that Logic had created the superior song to convey the story of his rough childhood and how he was able to be successful in life. Logic had created a song that can be used to educate the youth, who live in the same type of neighbourhoods as he did, on being successful in disregard to the environment that they are growing up in. They would have to be determined and strong to achieve this goal no matter the level of

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