Unveiling Truths: Dissecting Lupe Fiasco's Lyrics

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Words that need to be said
Today, people are living in the generation of the unknown. To find out information, one often refers to the news or even social media for answers. These searches often show the small truth to what is happening as the few who research the whole events, come up with information, unbearable, but too deceiving to be false. As referred to in Lupe Fiasco's song "Words I never said" he goes through the different circumstances of this generation and how we have come blind to the facts. He strives for people to stand up and investigate because "...silence is worse than all the violence." (Fiasco)
While examining his lyrics further, the first eye opener is "I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit." (Fiasco) In this instance, Fiasco was talking about the Vietnam war. It came with great controversy since many Americans believe this fight was pointless, as it came with no gain to the U.S. This civil war came with a great cost, accordingly "economists report the Vietnam War cost the U.S. $111 billion during war time, which calculates to $738 billion by 2011 standards." (Tucker) With such a costly war, only …show more content…

When "… you turn on the TV all you see's a bunch of "what the fucks". Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such." (Fiasco) This has become increasing in the past years as the cover of all the papers is celebrity news. It become less of an necessity for the news to cover " real world issues that concern us all" (Atkins) when tabloids with a celebrity on the front sells so much quicker. The Huffington post continues with "celebrity journalism is like crack. Americans are addicted to it. We need to hear the Mel Gibson tapes and see Lindsay Lohan report to jail." This obsession has caused Americans to forget about the intelligent reports of world events "and that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news."

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