This Is America
This Is America: Unveiling the Layers of Society Through Lyrics
Lyrics
This is America
Statement emphasizing the setting: the United States
This is America
Reiteration of America's identity
This is America
Repetition for emphasis on the state of America
This is America
Emphasizing the current situation in America
This is America
Continued emphasis on the state of America
This is America
Reiterating the theme of the song: America
The United States of America
Emphasizing the nation and its identity
What's the meaning, What's the meaning in a life when you can't get loud
Questioning the meaning of life when unable to express oneself freely
Ay policemen, got a reason why I wanna go and put up a fight
Expressing a desire to confront law enforcement
Seen it
Confirming previous experiences or observations
I got a feeling, got a feeling now
Asserting a presentiment or intuition
You're gonna leave me
Fear of abandonment or betrayal
You're gonna leave me
-Gonna leave me now
-God bless we're the greatest we're the land of the free
Ironically praising the country despite its flaws
This is America
Reiteration of America's identity
A bunch of motherfucking racists
Critical view of pervasive racism
Running the streets
Highlighting racism's prevalence in society
This is America
Reiteration of America's identity
Oh put your money where your mouth is
Challenging people to act on their beliefs
Put your money where your mouth is
-This is America
Reiteration of America's identity
We're the motherfucking greatest we honor freedom of speech
Paradoxical praise for free speech despite contradictions
This is America
Reiteration of America's identity
Give me a reason
Seeking justification or purpose
Give me a reason something to believe in
-Whats the meaning
Questioning the meaning of life without healing or resolution
Whats the meaning of a life if there ain't no healing
-You better beat it
Warning or urging someone to leave
You better beat it once I lose it I'ma go through the ceiling
Expressing potential explosive anger or frustration
You don't want to fucking see this
Warning of confrontation or retaliation
I'ma put you in your place until the day I stop breathing
Threatening to assert dominance until death
This is America
Reiteration of America's identity
This is America
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-Oh say can you see by the dawns early light
Allusion to the American national anthem, questioning the country's reality compared to its ideals
Oh say can you see by the dawns early light
-Oh say can you see by the dawns early light
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