Lyrical Analysis of...
Appreciate
- I thought being on my own was tough, living in an apartment in philly
- I used to look out my window in December, and think "Man that shit look
- chilly".
- Then I'd sit back and relax with the remote in my hand and a bowl of
- crack a jacks
- But I never realized the lives on the outside of my door, begging for a comfy
- bed, not the floor.
- You see, what we have we take for granted in our lives.
- A home, a car, a husband, a wife.
- There are people on the street begging for another chance at life.
- But we walk on by don't even look them in the eye.
- They are people too, you ain't nothing better.
- They once had homes but now they living in shelters.
- What kind of example are we giving to our kids
- When we say "Be kind!"
- But deep inside we don't mean it
- I guarantee if I had a sign saying "Fuck the poor"
- you'd all get in line to
- Kick down my door and lecture me about how that is wrong and to respect
- them.
- But I guarantee if I had a sign saying "Help the poor"
- You wouldn't bat an eye, Change your tune, come near my door.
- Just like the charity workers on the street you ignore
- (Spoken) I once saw a social experiment where a man asked strangers for
- a small piece of their food. They said no. Guess who gave him some food.
- Now, I ain't saying that EVERYBODY does this.
- There is a small amount of the public.
- That volunteer and do gods charity work.
- Those are the people that I respect the most.
- Who give up their time to give others hope.
- In a world where there seems to be none.
- After I'm done today you'll all go home
- You may take something from me, you may take none but now, at least
- you'll know how to
- Appreciate.
- Your Iphones, ipads, desktops and imacs, TV's, videogames, Clean
- clothes on your back. Partners and relationships and petty
- shit like netflix, DVD'S, movies and everything in between
- Yeah you have it all.
- Yeah You standing tall.
- But remember those not as lucky that took the fall.
- Please, Please just appreciate.
LYRICAL GRADE
C+
RHYME DENSITY
0
RHYME LENGTH
Rhyme Syllables
27
Total Syllables
473
Rhyming Lines
15/78
Unique Words
67%
Slang
5.2%
Profanity
1%
Avg. Syllables Per Word
1.35
Word Cloud
thought being tough living apartment philly used look out window december think man shit chilly i'd sit back relax remote hand bowl crackajacks never realized lives outside door begging comfy bed floor see take granted home car husband wife people street another chance life walk don't even eye ain't nothing better once homes now shelters kind example giving kids deep inside mean guarantee sign saying fuck poor you'd line kick down lecture wrong respect help wouldn't bat change tune come near charity workers ignore spoken saw social experiment asked strangers small piece food guess gave everybody amount public volunteer gods work those give up time others hope world seems none i'm done today you'll go something know appreciate iphones ipads desktops imacs tv's videogames clean clothes partners relationships petty netflix dvd's movies everything between yeah standing tall remember lucky took fall please
Profanity
shit, Fuck
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