A Summary Of The Song All Stars Never Give Up

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All Stars Never Give Up. The song “All Stars” was created by a music group named Smash Mouth. All Stars is about a man who had a terrible life. At the beginning it tells you a dark story. The singer starts getting addicted to bad things, such as drugs. The sing was following what other people do. When the singer started making clean decisions, he showed everyone what he could do. People might have thought he was a loser, but he didn’t listen to them. He showed off his creativity and he stopped his bad habits. Overall, the singer is trying to say,” don’t follow others and be yourself.” The entire song is full of literary devices, such as similes, a lot of hyperboles, metaphors, imagery, and personification. For example, Smash Mouth writes,”i

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