Heartbreaks and relationships that you cannot seem to let go of, has been singing and expressed musically for generations. The sorrow-filled and teary-eyed music has become such a typical type of music in America, that it even has its own genre in your music playlist. But here, Erykah Badu adds her emotions to the exceedingly large group of heartbreak songs with this remarkable record. Pouring her soul out onto each line, releasing emotions with every high note is what Ms. Badu is well-known for. From her second album, Mama's Gun, Badu gives her spirit and soul in the Green Eyes track. Erykah Badu leads her audience through a time of heartbreak and tears through the usage of rhetorical strategies to divulge into that once something gains a …show more content…
In the last component of the Mama's Gun album, Erykah Badu composes her thoughts and feelings into a track. A portal to exposing the side of her life that the world never saw, underneath her deep and conscious ways of moving throughout the world. Badu uses the rhetorical device of, Anaphora, to connect with her audience by creating a relatable sense of anger and sadness built up from a foolish decision that has been made. Stating that, "Never knew that love could hurt like this, never thought I would but I got dissed." The piece of evidence places a piece of value on the emotions felt from discovering that the love you had with someone was never real. Also, appealing to the emotions of the audience by the type of tone and word choice used. Badu strikes the feelings of women dealing with heartbreak by expressing their despair of handing out another chance at love. The significance of this piece of evidence shows Badu's disconsolate tone. The value of the device shows that having the love for someone can honestly take a toll on someone's emotional intelligence.