Hello everyone, thank you for having me here. Most of you here probably think that analyzing poetry is a boring and time consuming task, yet most of us do it unconsciously, every day; I’m talking about music. All of you attending this youth conference listen to music no doubt, whether you like a specific genre, content or a bit of everything, song lyrics play a major role in expressing yourself and the values and opinions you hold. Music can address issues concerning people worldwide, it is powerful in the way that it conveys emotions and can relate to people who are facing these issues or have strong opinions on the matter. Poverty is sadly prevalent in all parts of the world and unfortunately not too much is being done to try and stop the cycle, I know, that like myself, many people feel sympathy towards the victims of poverty, songs can portray these feelings and emotions. Music speaks for those without a voice.
All victims of poverty wish to get out of it and all share this idea of freedom. Major Lazer’s song Get Free sung by Amber Coffman represents this idea of wanting to escape but not having the resources or help to do so. In the first verse the woman says she:
Never got love from a government man
This symbolises being ignored by the government her
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Tracy Chapman explains that this song describes what she saw growing up and represents her parent’s life. They worked so hard to try and make something of themselves and that it was extremely difficult. Many people have said this song relates to them proving that poetry through song lyrics can strongly represent issues and people attitudes, values and ideas. The songs ends by saying 'you leave tonight or live and die this way', this is a symbol for the poverty cycle which is something that people never deserve to go