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What Is The Tone Of The Bigger Picture Imagery

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In The Bigger Picture by Lil Baby, the author uses Tone, Symbolism, and Imagery to demonstrate the unfair treatment they have to face. The tone is used in the bigger picture to demonstrate how unfair their situation truly is. he ties in emotion and personal experience, “Tell 'em wherever I'm at, then they comin' I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin' That s#@$ be crazy, they 'posed to protect us.” The tone of this shows us that he is scared for his life. “Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones, To carry a gun when they going outside” He is also scared for his family's lives. This also shows us he cares for his people and gets angry when the people who are supposed to protect them, are the ones who hurt them. “They trainin' officers …show more content…

It creates a vision just by reading the lyrics. It demonstrates how he needs to stand up. “We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it Knowledge is power, I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me.” This creates a picture of how he views the problem. He has been affected by violence and it scares him. He knows that this is unfair. He is aware that corrupt people in power try to shut down their hope to keep them in line which is why he said in the last line, he's become aware of the corrupt people and he wants to keep going for his cause while not being the next victim of wrongful murders. “Our people died for us to be free, $%*# do you mean? This was a dream, Now we got the power that we need to have, They don't want us with it and that's why they mad, yeah.” This is the final image that this song created for me. It created the image of hope and them achieving the goal that their ancestors set for them. It creates the photo of them becoming free while also acknowledging that they have people against them and they know it. It was a great way to end it and it demonstrates that even with this song, they will still have haters. It shows the unfairness that even with a song, something peaceful, people who are corrupted will still try to keep others down to make themselves feel better, You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleed” Those people who push them down,

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