poem essay

In my life i've always encounterd the pharse "playing with fire". And never did I really understand what it meant though. But then I heard a song called "playing with fire" by lil wayne. He really gave me a new prespective on that phrase only because hes been there as well and his experience with playing with fire was much more different then mine. This song is the best because of the feeling he brings when he speakes of what he did.



In Waynes song he uses load of rhymes and many other divices to make the atractive to the poetic eye. He uses words that none really uses sometimes I dont think that they are real words that he uses. Here is an example of weird words that end up rhyming in the end, he says midevil and cathedral they rhyme because of the way he says them together. Alot of the song is based around 2 smple things which are the heart and soul of his raps rhyme and metaphore, and believe me he uses plenty. He also says"I feel caged in my mind its like my flow is doing time i goes crazy inside but when it comes out its fine like wine...,wait...,watch, you see I get better with time like a watch." And when it comes to similes lil wayne is one of the best to ever.



Here is where he kinda paints the picture of the whole playing with fire idea. He said I'm standing on the corner selling porcelain to people. Forced into evil its all in your head its all so cerebral call me kinevil you follow and I'll lead you straight to the needle the bottles the battle the beetles will eat you."That was an excellent way to paint a picture of the corner he grew up on. As a child he was subject to a death in his family which caused his mother to get a second husband. He said "remember when your p***y second husband tried to beat ya remember when i went into the kitchen got the clever he didnt give a f**k i didnt give a f**k niether." He said that now you could see the devil in his features.

He gave me a new perspective on playing with fire. Only because hes been there you know people tend to take advice from those who have traveled the same path. I know when my mom said that i thought about it all day and all night. Really i was wondering where in the world did she get that piece of crap line. She didnt phase me at all with saying that. But when Lil wayne said it he made me feel different because if i keep going down the path that he did. Now i completely understand what they mean when they say playing with fire. So maybe one day when i have kids i'll tell them that they are playing with fire.


In conclusion i've have come to a very serious decision`that........Lil wayne is the best rapper to ever live and thats that. I say that because he has a song well actually many songs that paint pictures for many. he speaks with a purpose no one in my opinion will ever compare to Dwayne carter jr.