Video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0

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Lupe Fiasco Words I Never Said Lyrics:

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco]
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of b**s**t
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip?
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it?Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, thats on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move you so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the f-cks”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that aint Jersey Shore, homie thats the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say s**t
Thats why I aint vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people.
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 2]
Now you can say it aint our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the K**h went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac aint gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, aint gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss payment
They can take your home away!
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said, never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 3]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion thats why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said

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The verse i chose:
“I really think the war on terror is a bunch of b**s**t
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip?
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it?”.

I choose this because Lupe tries to illustrate that we are all lied to on a daily basis and exploited for monetary gain and how he is against the war. The line where he mentions word trade center 7; Word trade center 7 housed all sorts of legal documents and at the time the documents containing the evidence of the famous ENRON scandal. Somehow WTC 7 collapsed. Then Lupe mentions the war, we were all lied to and scared into believing that Iraq has WMD's and ties with Al-Qaida; The government and CIA fabricated reports and lied to us to go to war. Why did we go to war? For money! Think of all the corporations who make profit off of the weapons manufacturing, vehicles, clothing, food, etc. This is what Lupe tried to portrait in this verse that I have chosen.

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Analyze of the song:
What this song is about in my prospective is about  America and how corrupted everyone in power has become, and how people have become blind by the media. What Lupe is talking about is real. In America over the past few years, big businesses in nearly every industry have become so highly consolidated that there is no competition, creating virtually a monopoly. All major mass media like TV and radio station companies are now owned by 6 large corporations. They have gained the power to control and dictate what information we receive. Effectively they have the ability to control what we think about, and what we view as the truth. Some major news networks will try to lie about certain stories to give you a false idea of what really happened. When there is a monopoly in any industry, it is dangerous and allows for a minority power to control all aspects of the industry and even control prices to what they please. A monopoly in mass media is dangerous because it harms the democratic process of our country. The news media is where we get all our information from. Since a few corporations dictate the information flow, Media Hegemony can come into play. With this monopolization of media, news quality has also gone down, hence the jersey shore reference in Lupe's lyrics. Who cares if so and so broke up? Why do we need to know about that? Because they want to make money! The news is becoming more of entertainment than news. The world has come down to the “news” being reality shows and celebrities scandal’s that we have forgot what the world is going through. Lupe also talks about fear. He is referring to our current society, where people are afraid to speak their opinions and be different, of fear of being ostracized. Even some journalists are afraid of telling the truth of fear of being ostracized or losing their job because their boss at the top may not like the truth, because it may hurt his or her profits. That’s mainly what the song means.