Music Analysis: This Is America, By Donald Glover

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At first, I thought This Is America by Donald Glover was about the black culture and black social issues of African Americans. This video focuses on violence. But later in the son, I realize it is a surreal and eukaryotic video on purpose to show the identities that glover feels as an artist and a black man. The video sees Glover dancing while a riot takes place around him. An interesting idea that the song lyrics had was that they were seriously empowering, and dramatic. The lyrics are dramatic. I could connect with some of the lyrics relating them to my dad, it created some unusual emotions. Glover kept saying ‘Get your money, black man (get your money).’ ‘I know you wanna party, party just for me.’ ‘We just want the money, money just for you.’ i think that this is going towards Glover saying that A lot of black people Spend their money on things that they don't need like parties. Parties involved buying lots of drinks/alcohol. Lots of spend your money that you …show more content…

Memories have a bigger role in a person's life, from birth till death. And I reckon the song shows how much a young black African-American girl or boy needs to fully live their lives safely and happily. Meanings in songs are very important, they should be to everyone in the world we live in because I feel people don't usually pay attention to the true meaning of lyrics. There’s much to see in the music video This is America. The day my friend showed me the video I watched it numerous times, each time I was encouraged by noticing a detail I hadn’t caught the previous time. There’s the hooded figure galloping across the background. Maybe it was a native American or it could have been a someone running away from their problems. I think that the lyrics are trying to show how much and how bad shootings are. How about the Charleston church shooting. Why did they need to die, think about all those children and their families who

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