Tuesday, September 16, 2008


Lyrics to "911 is a Joke " analysis:

Public Enemy a rap group that makes their music off of social problems explain their feelings in the song "911 is a Joke".A very good amount of people believed that this song is true about the police force.There are good situations that would explain why they feel this way.Public Enemy believes that the police are no good,selfish,and a joke.
Public Enemy raps about the police being a no good force.There are many situations that can follow this opinion.The first example would be when they start singing "Now I dialed 911 a long time ago,Don't you see how late they're reactin".This explains how they feel that they are no good because right off the back they start of with that line.Which states that 911 is always late.Another example that can be used would be "If your life is on the line they you're dead today".This just plainly shows if your in a situation where you could die then you probably will.If the police take that long then it shows that they really are no good and are pointless.
Public Enemy also writes about how the police are selfish.Examples that you could fall back on would be when they say "They don't care `cause they stay paid anyway".In this line they explain that the cops really don't care about you and don't need to rush because no matter what happens they are still getting money.Another line that can also be used is "Thinkin' you are first when your really are tenth,You better wake up and smell the real flavor".This line is explaining how you are never the first one they go for.Matter of fact the way they say it shows that even when the cops themselves come before you in an emergency.
The last thing that Public Enemy mentions the most in "911 is a Joke" is how they're a joke.For the first example would be "I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker"/This makes the police a joke because cabs take a long time to arrive which means if they rather call a cab the police take extremely long.The next example is "was a joke 'cause they always jokin',They the token to your life when its croakin".This line clearly shows that Public Enemy believes that 911 is a joke.
To conclude this analysis to "911 is a joke"by Public Enemy they truly dislike the police.Just the song title itself shows it,but when you go farther and look at the song it completes the questions that you would have in your head.Public Enemy has stated their opinion about the police but there are many people that disagree and think otherwise.What do you think?

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