Analysis of Lyrics - SUNSHINE BY LUPE FIASCP

8/3/2019 Analysis of Lyrics - SUNSHINE BY LUPE FIASCP

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SUNSHINE

BY LUPEFIASCO

Aneesah KhalilANALYSIS OF LYRICS


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The song is based around the theme of love, however it foes

not go to plan, as the relationship faces problems and he is

left heartbroken.

However the built up of narrative is effective due to the fact

that the song is dominated by talking about the positiveeffects of love, but then in the last verse we are left with a

sense of betrayal and the song also ends on this to show that

the relationship has also come to a end.

THEME OF LOVE


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Fresh to de f she i s , F rom her s teps to the se t she i s as the song s tar t s and in t roduced , th i s

i s fo l l owed by a in t roduct ion o f characte r . The l y r i cs g i ve a fu l l imagery o f what the female

characte r l ooks l i ke .

The orches t ra in my mind don ' t p lay l i ke th i s P lay ing o f i ns t ruments a re usua l l y re la ted to

love and adds to the mood and emphas ises the l y r i cs .

Even cut my ha i r fo r i t , Cause normal l y I don ' t care fo r i t Th is shows that the male characte r

i s t r y ing to make a e f for t fo r th i s g i r l , and a l so the fact that i t s not the nor m for h im to do

shows that she i s d i f fe rent o r she has a d i f fe rent impact on h im compared to a l l o thers .

But I th ink I l i ke her l i ke a metaphor , I t ' s hard to ge t re fe rences to metaphors express her

persona l i t y , and the aud ience get a more descr ip t i ve idea of what she i s l i ke .

I compl iment her on the common sense Th is goes aga ins t the n egat i ve s te reotypes that the

H ip - hop genre ho lds , as females a re usua l l y seen as dumb sex symbols However she

d i f fe rent ia tes and g i ves her a un iqu e qua l i t y .

My kn ight in sh in ing armour yes you be References to t yp i ca l l ove s tor ies that wou ld fo l l ow

these t ypes o f convent ions

Yo u ' re my su nsh ine , Yo u ' re my mo on l ig ht use o f person i f i cat ion to por t ray her beauty .

EXAMPLES


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The theme of betrayal consists with in the lyrics and

shows a conflicted relationship.

The artist attempts to make the audience aware of

the negatives on relationship and has references totrust. This expresses to the audience that no matter

how long a relationship is, hurt can come with in a

short period.

BETAYAL


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Relationship is just 30 minutes long this expresses a

contrast between a relationship that is conventionally seen to

last a lifetime, where as his las ted 30mins. This makes the

audience feel a sense of remorse towards the rapper.

It's kinda heavy maybe il be a lil strong This shows a senseof catharsis, and shows that even though hes going through

heat break there can be positives.

Do this one thing for me outta the trillions of numbers that's

in the world Just leave me a few that lead to you In this lyric

he is requesting her to leave him a way where he can contactagain, with the hope of them being together again

Won't be longing I see you in the morning This is where he

yet again grieves over the fact that their relationship is over.

EXAMPLES


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One example of Intertextality would be the use of established

brands such as the car SUV. The hip-hop genre is supposedly

portraying a wealthy culture and that they can af ford high life

style brands. This produces stereotypes as the audience as

singers are now conventionally living a glamorous lifestyle-This gives the impression that in order for a singer/rapper to be

successful on a mainstream level, then they will also need to

portray this lifestyle.

However Lupe Fiasco as a singer goes against these stereotypes

and focuses of making positive and real music.

INTERTEXTUALITY
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The Hip-Hop/Rap genre usually consists of:

- Anti authority

- Love/hurt

- Real life

- Message related

- Sexual references

The lyrics in the Lupe Fiasco song mainly follow the theme of

love and expresses the conflict with in hi s relationship. Italso goes on to talk about the hurt that he fel t and how he

wishes to see her once again.

GENRE CONVENTIONS


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Lupe fiasco is not afraid to show his feelings and

express them to the audience. This is ef fective as the

audience can relate and show remorse, this means

that the lyrics will touch or have a larger effect on

the audience.

People may like the fact that he is going against

mainstream and still be successful by producing

positive music. It shows the audience that anyone

can be involved with music regardless of any sort of

demographic.

CHALANGING GENRE CONVENTIONS

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