Personal Words

The lyrics I chose for this project are Hip Hop Saved Me by Lupe Fiasco.

"One you've never heard of, I,push it harder further, the, grind I feel like murder, but
hip hop just saved me. One you've never heard of, I, push it harder further, the grind I feel like murder, but hip hop just saved my life. Hip hope has saved my life , Hip Hop has saved my life, Hip hope has saved my life, Hip Hop has saved my life"

I chose these lyrics because they are very straight forward. I have loved music for a long time, so music has always been a aspect of my life. I have always used music as a form of expression to how I feel. I think Hip Hop has Saved my Life because I think, that if  didnt use music as a form of expression, than I could be like other people who use dangerous forms of expression. For example, people that cut themselves when there upset. Though the lyrics in the whole song dont necessarily relate to me directly, the verse I have posted above does.

Never give up on Dreams

In the photo is a picture of a person standing tall on a football field admiring the cast on his arm. He is looking at his cast. The picture has been taken from an extreme angle to create more of an enphasis on the person in the picture and to make the field goal post stand out more. The words have been sized from top to bottom Large-small-small-Large. The word were arranged like this to show the more importance of the bigger words.

The issue in this picture is the issue of people giving up on dreams because of problems or roadblocks. In society today people give up there dreams way to easily becasue the "going gets tuff". This picture is of a boy who could easily give up on playing football for the season because of his arm being broken. But as he looks up at his arm he realizes that if he gives up right now, he will have to live with that for the rest of his life. So instead of giving up he looks at his arm and smiles because he realizes that though he does have a challenge in front of him, he isn't gonna put his dream on hold if he doesn't have too. He see his cast as another challenge he must overcome to achieve his dream. I can relate this to my life because it seems like ever since i got in highschool the odds have been against me and giving up has always been an option for me. For eample, when the new coaches came and they had made it apparent to me that I wasn't gonna get a fair chance to earn a starting position on the team, I knew I would have to work harder than alor of people because, although quiting was an option I couldn't quit because I love football too much.