Write an essay in which you explain how
Arrested Development uses language and images to convey moods and messages in
Tennessee.
Lord
I've really been real stressed
Down
and out, losing ground
Although
I am Black and proud
Problems
got me pessimistic
Brothers
and sisters keep messin up
Why
does it have to be so damn tough
I
don't know where I can go
To
let these ghosts out of my skull
My
grandma's passed, my brother's gone
I
never at once felt so alone
I
know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not
just my spare tire (home)
But
Lord I ask you (home)
To
be my guiding force and truth (home)
For
some strange reason it had to be (home)
He
guided me to Tennessee (home)
Take
me to another place
Take
me to another land
Make
me forget all that hurts me
Let
me understand your plan
Lord
it's obvious we got a relationship
Talking
to each other every night and day
Although
you're superior over me
We
talk to each other in a friendship way
Then
outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta
the country and into more country
Past
Dyersburg into Ripley
Where
the ghost of childhood haunts me
Walk
the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed
the trees my forefathers hung from
Ask
those trees for all their wisdom
They
tell me my ears are so young (home)
Go
back to from whence you came (home)
My
family tree my family name (home)
For
some strange reason it had to be (home)
He
guided me to Tennessee (home)
[Interlude:
Aerle Taree]
Eshe,
she went down to Holly Springs
Rasadon
and Baba, they went down to Peachtree
Headliner,
I challenge you to a game of horseshoes, a game of horseshoes
Now
I see the importance of history
Why
my people be in the mess that they be
Many
journeys to freedom made in vain
By
brothers on the corner playing ghetto games
I
ask you Lord why you enlightened me
Without
the enlightment of all my folks
He
said cause I set myself on a quest for truth
And
he was there to quench my thirst
But
I am still thirsty
The
Lord allowed me to drink some more
He
said what I am searching for are
The
answers to all which are in front of me
The
ultimate truth started to get blurry
For
some strange reason it had to be
It
was all a dream about Tennessee
Headliner,
I won the game of horseshoes
Now
you owe me a watermelon
Let's
go climb trees and skip over rocks
Do
like they do below the border
Speech's
hair
Don't
it look like the roots of the tree that the ancestors were hung from
But
that's okay, get it cause he's down to Earth
Explain the complexity of the tree motif in the video and the lyrics.
Explain the complexity of the tree motif in the video and the lyrics.
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