Lyrics to Raekwon Criminology






by Judy Phan


If you are a good listener of rap songs you will find how the rap songs represent the violence of our society and surroundings. The RaeKwon Criminology lyrics are not different from such representations. The lyrics consist of several segments. These rap songs occur almost on stage of a conversation between two individuals. In the beginning, two individuals are seen arguing and in the mid level of a oral debate takes place which sounds like violence with that includes the end line like "You wanna go to war?" This indicates the intentions of the two individuals.

They want to be aggressive and violent in the face of the person that they believe is holding them back or taking advantage of them. There are names that are said which would help to call attention to the racial tension that may exist between the two men, which is explored in more detail throughout the other segments of the song.

In the first stanza of the song, the individual that is talking seems to be building himself up and calling attention to his ability to outmaneuver those who would try to capture him or stop him from succeeding in whatever it is that he wants to do. "Then I react, like a convict, and start killin" is a line that is particularly indicative of the nature of the individual. They are adopting the mentality of that which they have experienced through their formidable years.

The rest of the dialogs of the songs move on to illustrate the points of pride of the person that he finds out in himself. This happens as he thinks himself to be more triumphant and devastating to some degree than his opponent.

In the next part of the song there remain the responses. The second speaker looks for showing his power and street integrity to his opponent. He believes he is more powerful than the first speaker. The second speaker also tells that he had killed many people by gunshot and saw huge bloodshed of the murdered people. When these dialogs go on the speaker seems to be repentant for his workings. He also tries to show that the murdered people were the suitable candidate for such punishments. To entertain the audience is not the only purpose of the song; rather it is developed to make people think about violence.




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