Wu Tang song& analysis

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Wu-Tang Clan is a rap group that emerged in the year 1993 in Staten Island.This group is made up of nine MC's who make music about vicious violence,and welcomed warped humor. "Tearz" one of thier songs shows some examples of how most of the time when something is going right,there is always wrong that follows.Such as in the chorus the lyrics are "After laughter,comes tears".In this case they are right.Talking about their day Wu Tang sings "we was laughing at all the girls that passed".But then it quickly changes to "(Hey Rakeem!)What?(Your brother got shot!)".This is a perfect example of "after laughter ,comes tears"because you really cant get put down worse than what he did.The second example shown is when they are at a party and his friend Moe has a little too much fun with two different girls.The first girl"Thelma"was when "he came out laughing with glory".But the song goes on ,and he continues to say "with Stephanie,like a whammy,he pressed his luck,Aint nuttin wrong but he got caught with H.I.V".Moe was laughing at first but once again someone has to cry and that's exactly what happened in this situation."No life to live,doc says "two more years," so now he suffers since he had his fun.

As most songs do "Tearz" describes two separate stories that have to do with problems in their life.The first example is when the guys little brother gets shot.He then goes on to describe the scene and puts an image in your head.For instance when he says "I ran frantically,then dropped down to his feet ,I saw blood all over,the hot concrete".Sadly this song goes on to show how he feels by saying "its always the good ones that have to die,I taught him ,all the bees and birds." Here they state that he feels really bad because he used to work down by the corner and his brother got shot by the same kind of people that he used to hang with.Now he wishes he could tell him he loved him.The next example i have that shows a problem in someones life is in verse two.Here they begin to talk about his friend Moe who slept with a girl "Stephanie" and then "he pressed his luck".Moe ends up catching "H.I.V" and now he only has "two more years " to live his life to the fullest for the mistake that he made.This song shows the problems that these two people had to face and go through as a challenge.

My last analysis about this song is that you should always be aware of what your doing and make sure its the right thing to do.As explained in the above paragraphs both of the situations that happen are things they had to go through because it wasn't right and they made mistakes.Such as in verse one where the boy gets shot.The little brother runs into a "crazy gunner" and gets stopped by him.The gunner then says "check it for the bag and the dough" to the other guys he was with.But the little brother says "No!!". This might have been the wrong thing to say.As much as he earned respect and stayed strong he ended up dying for something that he could've given the bag and money up and walk away with his life.My last example about this song and how they could've done the right thing is when Moe didn't "practice safe sex". If Moe did so he still could've been living instead of being put with a deadline to his life of two years.

To conclude "Tearz" by Wu Tang Clan shows a lot in the song.Not only does it tell you a story,but it also can make you think about different situations in life and what to do.This song has a point of view,imagery,and ironic views."Tearz" is a good song that can bring out many meanings.