Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Songs that Reflect Popular Coulture

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  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8VwYLcxGo

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  2. Kanye West- "New Slaves"

    [Verse 1]
    My momma was raised in the era when
    Clean water was only served to the fairer skin
    Doing clothes you would have thought I had help
    But they wasn't satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself
    You see it's black racism
    That's that "Don't touch anything in the store"
    And it's rich man racism
    That's that "Come in, please buy more"
    "What you want, a Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain?
    All you blacks want all the same things"
    Used to only be salves, now everybody playing
    Spending everything on Alexander Wang
    New Slaves

    [Bridge]
    You see there's leaders and there's followers

    [Verse 2]
    I throw these Maybach keys
    I wear my heart on the sleeve
    I know that we the new slaves
    I see the blood on the leaves
    I see the blood on the leaves
    I see the blood on the leaves
    I know that we the new slaves
    I see the blood on the leaves
    They throwin' hate at me
    Want me to stay at ease
    Forget you and your corporation
    Y'all people can't control me
    I know that we the new slaves
    I know that we the new slaves
    I'm 'bout to wild out
    I'm going Bobby Boucher
    Y'all throwin' contracts at me
    You know that blacks can't read
    Throw 'em some Maybach keys
    Forget it, c'est la vie
    I know that we the new slaves
    Y'all people can't mess with me
    Y'all people can't mess with Ye
    Y'all people can't mess with Ye
    I'll move my family out the country
    So you can't see where I stay
    So go and grab the reporters
    So I can smash their recorders
    See they'll confuse us with some bullshit
    Like the New World Order
    Meanwhile the DEA
    Teamed up with the CCA
    They tryna lock blacks up
    They tryna make new slaves
    See that's that privately owned prison
    Get your piece today
    They prolly all in the Hamptons
    Bragging 'bout what they made
    Forget you and your Hampton house
    Y'all 'bout to turn shit up
    I'm 'bout to tear shit down
    I'm 'bout to air shit out
    Now what the hell they gon' say now?




    [Outro: Kanye West & Frank Ocean]
    I won't end this high, not this time again
    So long, so long, so long, you cannot survive
    And I'm not dying, and I can't lose
    I can't lose, no, I can't lose
    Cause I can't leave it to you
    So let's get too high, get too high again
    (Too high again, too high)

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  3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E7rGIJZK6sA

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  4. m.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPD0ZBiMs0

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  5. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/fosterthepeople/pumpedupkicks.html

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  6. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4wfWLZ45I

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  7. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/goodnightsaigon.html

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  8. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4wfWLZ45I

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  9. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DEL-8XeVMpo

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  10. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0

    When i was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay,
    'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.
    I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
    She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k, trippin'."
    Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
    Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
    I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league."
    A preconceived idea of what it all meant
    For those that liked the same sex
    Had the characteristics
    The right wing conservatives think it's a decision
    And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
    Man-made rewiring of a predisposition
    Playing God, aw nah here we go
    America the brave still fears what we don't know
    And "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten
    But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
    I don't know

    And I can't change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    And I can't change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    My love
    My love
    My love
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm

    If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
    Have you read the YouTube comments lately?
    "Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
    We become so numb to what we're saying
    A culture founded from oppression
    Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em
    Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
    A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
    Gay is synonymous with the lesser
    It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
    Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
    The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
    It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
    Live on and be yourself
    When I was at church they taught me something else
    If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
    That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
    When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
    Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
    I might not be the same, but that's not important
    No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it

    (I don't know)

    And I can't change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    My love
    My love
    My love
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm

    We press play, don't press pause
    Progress, march on
    With the veil over our eyes
    We turn our back on the cause
    'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law
    When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
    A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
    And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
    But it's a damn good place to start
    No law is gonna change us
    We have to change us
    Whatever God you believe in
    We come from the same one
    Strip away the fear
    Underneath it's all the same love
    About time that we raised up... sex

    And I can't change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    And I can't change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    My love
    My love
    My love
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm
    She keeps me warm

    Love is patient
    Love is kind
    Love is patient
    Love is kind
    (not crying on Sundays)
    Love is patient
    (not crying on Sundays)
    Love is kind
    (I'm not crying on Sundays)
    Love is patient
    (not crying on Sundays)
    Love is kind
    (I'm not crying on Sundays)
    Love is patient
    (not crying on Sundays)
    Love is kind
    (I'm not crying on Sundays)
    Love is patient
    Love is kind

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  11. Robert's got a quick hand.
    He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan.
    He's got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid.
    Yeah, he found a six shooter gun in his dad's closet hidden with a box of fun things.
    I don't even know what but he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you.

    [Chorus 2x:]
    All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
    All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run faster than my bullet.

    Daddy works a long day.
    He be coming home late, he's coming home late.
    And he's bringing me a dark surprise.
    'Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice.
    I've waited for a long time.
    Yeah, the sleight of my hand is now a quick-pull trigger.
    I reason with my cigarette
    And say, "Your hair's on fire, you must've lost your wits, yeah."

    [Chorus 2x:]
    All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
    All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run faster than my bullet.

    Ru-ru-run, run, run, run [4x]

    [Whistling]

    [Chorus 4x:]
    All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
    All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run faster than my bullet.
    "Pumped up Kicks" -Foster the People http://youtu.be/SDTZ7iX4vTQ

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  13. Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta
    There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of America
    Stolen from Africa, brought to America
    Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival

    I mean it when I analyze the stench
    To me it makes a lot of sense
    How the dreadlock rasta was the buffalo soldier
    And he was taken from Africa, brought to America
    Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival

    Said he was a buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta
    Buffalo soldier in the heart of America

    If you know your history
    Then you would know where you're coming from
    Then you wouldn't have to ask me
    Who the 'eck do I think I am

    I'm just a buffalo soldier in the heart of America
    Stolen from Africa, brought to America
    Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
    Said he was a buffalo soldier, win the war for America

    Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy
    Buffalo soldier troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh
    Said he wanna ran and then you wanna hand
    Troddin' through the land, yea-hea, yea-ea

    Said he was a buffalo soldier, win the war for America
    Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta
    Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
    Driven from the mainland to the heart of the Caribbean

    Singing, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy

    Troddin' through San Juan in the arms of America
    Troddin' through Jamaica, a buffalo soldier
    Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
    Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta

    Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy
    Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy


    Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMUQMSXLlHM

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  14. Yeah
    Yeah

    Well it's too long living in the same old lives (yeah)
    I feel too cold to live, too young to die (yeah)
    Will you walk the line, like it's there to choose (yeah)
    Just forget the wit, it's the best to use

    Oh, Lord
    I said, "Oh, Lord"
    I said, "Oh, Lord"

    Won't you follow me into the jungle (yeah)
    Ain't no god on my streets in the heart of the jungle (oh, Lord child)
    Won't you follow me into the jungle (yeah)
    Ain't no god on these streets in the heart of the jungle (oh, Lord child)
    Won't you follow me into the jungle

    I lost my mind, in the city of lights (yeah)
    In the backstreets buildings and the neon lights (yeah)
    When I heard the thunder, I could feel the rain (yeah)
    It's the same to me, just a different name

    Oh, Lord
    I said, "Oh, Lord"
    I said, "Oh, Lord"

    Won't you follow me into the jungle (yeah)
    Ain't no god on my streets in the heart of the jungle (oh, Lord child)
    Won't you follow me into the jungle (yeah)
    Ain't no god on these streets in the heart of the jungle (oh, Lord child)
    Won't you follow me into the jungle

    Oh
    Oh
    Oh
    Oh, Lord
    I said, "Oh, Lord"
    I said, "Oh, Lord"
    I said, "Oh, Lord child"

    Won't you follow me into the jungle (yeah)
    Ain't no god on my streets in the heart of the jungle (oh, Lord child)
    Won't you follow me into the jungle (yeah)
    Ain't no god on these streets in the heart of the jungle (oh, Lord child)
    Won't you follow me into the jungle

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  15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FotCW5OIFZc

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