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=__MOSH-EMINEM__=

// I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America // // And to the Republic for which it stands // // One nation under God // // Indivisible with liberty and justice for all... // // It feels so good to be back.. //

// I scrutinize every word, memorize every line // // I spit it once, refuel, re-energize and rewind // // I give sight to the blind, my insight through the mind // // I exercise my right to express when I feel it's time // // It's just all in your mind, what you interpret it as // // I say to fight, you take it as I'mma whip someone's ass // // If you don't understand, don't even bother to ask // // A father who has grown up with a fatherless past // // Who has blown up now to rap phenomenon that has // // Or at least shows no difficulty multi-task // // And in juggling both perhaps mastered his craft // // Slash entrepreneur who has helped launch a few more rap acts // // Who's had a few obstacles thrown his way through the last half // // Of his career typical manure moving past that // // Mr. kisses ass crack, he's a class act // // Rubber band man, yea he just snaps back //

// [Chorus:] // // Come along follow me as I lead through the darkness // // As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed // // Carry on, give me hope, give me strength // // Come with me and I won't steer you wrong // // Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog // // To the light at the end of the tunnel We gonna fight, we gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna march // // Through the swamp, we gonna mosh through the marsh // // Take us right through the doors (c'mon) //

// All the people up top on the side and the middle // // Come together lets all bomb and swamp just a little // // Just let it gradually build from the front to the back // // All you can see is a sea of people some white and some black // // Don't matter what color, all that matters we gathered together // // To celebrate for the same cause don't matter the weather // // If it rains let it rain, yea the wetter the better // // They ain't gonna stop us they can't, we stronger now more than ever // // They tell us no we say yea, they tell us stop we say go // // Rebel with a rebel yell, raise hell we gonna let em know // // Stomp, push, shove, mush, Fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home (c'mon) //

// [Chorus] //

// Imagine it pouring, it's raining down on us // // Mosh pits outside the oval office // // Someone's tryina tell us something, // // Maybe this is God just sayin' we're responsible // // For this monster, this coward, // // That we have empowered // // This is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin' // // How could we allow something like this without pumping our fists // // Now this is our final hour // // Let me be the voice in your strength and your choice // // Let me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noise // // Try to amplify the times it, and multiply by six... // // Teen million people, Are equal at this high pitch // // Maybe we can reach alqueda through my speech // // Let the president answer a higher anarchy // // Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war // // Let him impress daddy that way // // No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil // // No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyal // // If we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a hero // // Look in his eyes it’s all lies // // The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped // // And replaced with his own face, Mosh now or die // // If I get sniped tonight you know why, // // Cause I told you to fight. //

// [Chorus] //

// And as we proceed, // // To Mosh through this desert storm, // // In these closing statements, if they should argue // // Let us beg to differ // // As we set aside our differences // // And assemble our own army // // To disarm this Weapon of Mass Destruction // // That we call our President, for the present // // And Mosh for the future of our next generation // // To speak and be heard // // Mr. President, Mr. Senator // media type="youtube" key="Ox0Q4YIdnGI" width="425" height="350" align="center"

**__ INTRODUCTION: __** “MOSH” is a protest song by Eminem which was released on the 26th of October of 2004, just before the presidential elections. In this song, Eminem tries to encourage people to vote G.W.Bush out of office. First, I would like to make clear the reason for which I choose this song: as a song I don’t especially like it, as in my opinion Eminem has got much better songs, but what made me choose it is the strong message in contains and the severe meaning of the words. **__ABOUT EMINEM:__** Eminem is an American rap singer who is characterized for his controversial songs, as he always uses the right to express himself against others, and this song is a clear example of it. **__LYRICS ANALYSIS:__** The main idea of this song is to protest and criticize Bush’s government and ask to bring the troops back from Iraq and stop the war. Before starting the singing, we can listen to the pledge of allegiance (expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America) said by a school. The first stanza represents Eminem presenting himself, he makes clear to the listener that he says what he thinks, and that he dosen`t care how people interpret his feelings, and he sets an example. Then he says” If you don't understand, don't even bother to ask A father who has grown up with a fatherless past”, to tell the people that if they don’t understand his songs, they shouldn’t listen to them because to get a wrong interpretation they shouldn’t give an opinion. He then says he had had lots if obstacles through his rap career, but he fought against them to reach his objectives, and that he made it through, and gives the idea of power and encourages fighting for what you want. This introduces the main idea of the song, fighting for your rights against what tries to take advantage of the situation. (Bush). In the chorus, the songwriter uses a very encouraging and strong speech to tell the American citizens to follow him through the darkness, which is a metaphor asking people to join him to take the power of bush’s hands, and that if people join him they can do it, but they need to be altogether. The word darkness gives a feeling of scare and that the things aren’t going well, which is people’s feelings against this government. He then goes on to say “ Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog To the light at the end of the tunnel” this two phrases mean that if people try, together, they can reach their objective, and the writer then uses an imagery, which make us see a light at the end of the darkness. In my opinion, what Eminem refers to is the end of the mandate, when they have the opportunity to change things if people fight for them. He imagines an improve in the situation when Bush leaves power, which is what he refers to with “the light at the end of the tunnel".   The second stanza means that to take the power from Bush’s hands, they have to be together, as a country they all should forget their differences and fight against the common enemy. Eminem then uses two metaphors:”don’t matter the weather, if it rains let it rain” this could refer to the fact that the important thing is their feelings and their rights, and that they should fight for them dosen’t matter the other circumstances or the price they have to pay to reach their objectives, ad “All you can see is a sea of people some white and some black Don't matter what colour” this is in one side literal, but on the other side it could mean different people with different opinions who usually argue but now have to be together more than never to fight against the injustice. He also says that if they try together, they are unstoppable; they can achieve what they want. Then, we can see a totally direct attack against Bush: “Stomp, push, shove, mush, FUCK BUSH, until they bring our troops home” this is clearly showing what was said in the first stanza about saying what he thinks, and attacks Bush totally directly, no metaphors or hidden messages. It also complains about bush’s decision to send more troops to Iraq, to continue the war. The third and last part of the song has a lot of ideas in it: first, the songwriter makes the people feel responsible and gives the idea of god blaming the people as it’s the people who gave the power to “this monster, this coward”, this is again, another direct attack against Bush. He then puts the example of Bin Laden head nodding, showing one of the things Bush provoked, the war against terrorism, the terrorist attacks, Iraq’s war, and the loss of lots of people’s lives, and Eminem asks himself how could they do such thing and let it go on without stopping it. Then he goes on to say that this is the time to change this (the elections), and that if people follow him, together, as a country, for everyone’s good, they can take the power off his hands and live a better future without war, blood, death and injustice, and suggest by saying” maybe we can reach Al-Qaida trough my speech” that they should argue the things by talking instead of by fighting, but by saying “my speech”, also makes me think that it could mean that by his idea, a change of government, they could stop all the wars and terrorism. Now it’s my favourite part of the song, when the singer propose bush to go to the war himself to try and impress his dad (his dad has also been the president of America), as it is his war, the war nobody wants except him, and suggests him to get an AK-47 and go to Iraq to fight for what he wants, instead of obliging the rest of the country fight for his own interests, then he says “No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil” here, he is saying that they have got enough problems in his day to day lives and bush makes them go to risk their lives for the government interests, oil, which is the main reason for which USA attacked Iraq, this part also clearly shows a brooding beat elevating the song's sense of urgency. The last bit of the song is criticising how bush has changed the country, first, Eminem says that they use psychological tricks to make the people think that they must be loyal and go to fight for their country but then he says that everything are lies, meaning that the reason of the war is oil, money, for the state (Bush), and that he is only interested in himself and don’t care about the people. In my opinion, the strongest bit of the song is the last verses, when the singer says:” The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped and replaced with his own face” This is a very strong metaphor because he talks about the flag but he refers to the country itself, the people. It means that, as what represents America is the flag, what now represents America is Bush and his acts, instead of the stars and stripes, which meant the American nationalism and rejection of secessionism. **__CONCLUSION:__** In conclusion, what I think Eminem tries to express with this song is the feelings of all the American citizens, and asks them to vote on the second of November against Bush, as it is shown in the music video where the words “vote Tuesday November 2” appear at its ending.