Mos Def- New World Water
Do you know about the water problem that the world is having? In the rap song, "New World Water", Mos Def speaks of the problem with water that the world is having. He states the obvious and obscure facts about why we are having these problems. Mainly Mos Def addresses how America is the country that is the major catalyst of this ever-growing problem. Using his urban slang and tricky metaphors he illustrates to the listener what is going on. The song is interestingly named "New World Water" for a few reasons. I think one reason this song was named this is because there is a wrestling group called "The New World Order" and Mos def wanted to give it a well-known title that will catch the interest of people. Also, the name was given to this song because "New World Water" means that the uses for water are changing. Why we use it, the way we use it, and how much water we use are all shifting hence the name "New World Water" Mos Def in the beginning of this song he states clearly that people don't think too much of the water problem and how it will come back to get them in the long run. "You can laugh and take it as a joke if you wanna/ But it don't rain for four weeks some summers/ and its about to get real wild in the half/
Towards the middle of the song his chorus gets the point across that everyone drinks the water has been changing. "New York is drinkin it/ Now all of California is drinkin it/ Way up north and down south is drinkin it/ Used to have minerals and zinc in it/ Now they say it got lead and stink in it/ full of carbons and monoxides/ push the water table lop side/ used to be free now it cost you a fee." This is expressing his belief that the water if extremely tainted and they are just adding things in the water to make it somewhat healthy for the body. He also brings up the point that the water used to be free but they are selling it now, which ties in at the end of the song. Mos Def articulates all of the plethora of ways we use water and how not having pure water or not enough of it to use can hurt us. "Man you gotta cook with it, bathe and clean with it/ when its hot, summertime you fiend for it/ you gotta put it in the iron you steamin with/ its what they dress wounds and! treat diseases with/ the rich and poor, black and white got need for it/ and everybody in the world can agree with this/ consumption promotes health and easiness/ go too long without it on this earth and you leavin it." Mos Def is a stro
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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