Mkto American Dream Analysis

The song, “American Dream”, by MKTO inspires me in many different aspects of life. Because of the upbeat and happy sounding tune, some people do not see the true meaning and cannot distinguish what the song is about. I did not understand the meaning the lyrics until long after I had already been listening to the song. This song has changed me and its meaning has helped to open my eyes and understand society.
Make a life for yourself. When they were driving down the road, trying to get away from their home town, their car died. This generation of Americans was born to run from the past generations and be different. They are trying to go to California, where there is more life and fun and adventure, so that they can escape their boring home town. As they say goodbye to their boring past, the new generations accept and want the newer material things in life. All the older, more wise people tell the new generations that if one wants the important things in life, one must start from the bottom.
The new generations do not want to always have a little family or a job. They want to live life their way with their own rules. The less experienced generations will sometimes rise above the older wiser ones. Also, many

songs are changing with the generations. Husbands and wives are getting divorced. Some things that people once loved and knew are now changing quickly. The original American dream is officially gone. A man once met a girl who was trying so hard to make a name for herself, that she would anything. That man told her that he would help her from getting hurt or abused by strangers. He gave her some great advice. he told her that she needs to stay away from strangers and look out for herself. He said that even though, American is an amazing land, there are bad people who'll try to hurt others.
The world is changing now-a-days. Things are not the way that they used to be. Life and how people live it are different now from when our grandparents were our age. The typical American dream is slowly disappearing because of the changing society. A lot of the people my age are trying to rebel from their parents and not do what they are told. Whenever I hear this song, I go back to one specific memory in my head. I feel as if every time I listen to this song, I am thrown back in time.
Riding on a dirt road with my best friend, heading up to the lake, just us flying down the road in his mustang always comes to mind.

This song was “our” song. We would plug in his phone and play this song on repeat for hours. We did not really listen to the lyrics, except that we wanted to get out. Patrick and I were hard to separate. I wanted to be with him a lot of the time. Most times that I heard this song, one would see a huge smile appear on my face. Then, slowly, the smiles stopped appearing and Patrick and I drifted apart. We would fight much of the time; neither of us were happy. We eventually stopped talking and ended our relationship in a rough way. I did not listen to the true meaning of the song until after the end of Patrick and I’s

relationship.
I am upset with myself for choosing this song. This song has had an influence on my life, but I wish I could forget it. Even though Patrick makes me mad the majority of times I think about him now, I am motivated by MKTO and what they are trying to tell society in this song. Since this was “our” song, most times that I have listened to it since then, it has not been as fun and upbeat and cheery as it used to be. Now, I listen to the words and the lyrics and understand them. It is true, I would love to go to California, even if it was only for a little. Getting away from my past and my family and all the rules would be amazing. I feel as if that is something that many people want to do.
Now that I have fully listened to the lyrics and paraphrased them, I understand the full meaning of this song. The American dream is fading away, because some of the new generations are changing. I agree with this song on almost all levels. I do believe that the American dream is changing. Not everyone can afford to have a job. There are many people who do not have the education or communications to have a job. The American dream is just something now that is too hard for too many people to accomplish.
I believe that many people my age just want to have a good time. My future does matter to me, but I really just want to have fun and live my life. College is about studying to help you get a degree and then a job in the future, but I also want to enjoy the college experience and not think about the future so much. I procrastinate a lot, but only because I like to go out and have fun. I want to live my life and go out and do many of the things on my bucket list. Sky diving, traveling the world, and going on adventures are all things that I would love to do, but now all of these things are so hard to do. Many things are expensive now that the American dream is so hard to accomplish. It is difficult to do what one wants to do and to live life to the fullest in the new generations of America.
Many children of America are looking for an escape from the typical American dream. Some of these children do not want to have to get a standard job to survive, they want a unique life of their own. The new generation of American kids could rise above the weaker, older, more traditional generations of Americans. I love this song because it shows some truth in America. There are many songs that tell of how great America is, but this song is one of the few songs that portrays America for what it truly is. Even though America is like a paradise for some, it is still not perfect. There are still a lot of scary and unsafe people and places.
The American dream is about the future and how one will live their life when they grow old. People want to have children and wife or husband and be happy and live life carefree. People want to be able to retire and grow old without any worries about money. Not many people want to stress when they are older about food or shelter or their families, but that is just how the world is now. It is too hard now-a-days to live up to the traditional and standard American dream. Because of the changing world, it is difficult for people to be able to achieve the traditional American dream.