Essay For Melville [Dead&Gone-T.I]

What do you like, the beat or the song? Or is it both? T.I known as Clifford Harris Jr. was born September 25th, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia [Bankhead]. Known as the greatest rappers, T.I made an excel album Paper Trail which has a song on there that sends out a message. The song Dead and Gone is the best song ever. The sound is good, brings vivid pictures to your mind, and shows a new perspective.

The way the beat flow with the chorus makes it a good sound. The chorus "Oh (hey), I've been traveling on this road too long (too long), Just trying to find my way back home (back home), But the old me is dead and gone, Dead and Gone, And Oh (hey), I've been traveling on this road too long (too long), Just trying to find my way back home (back home) But the old me is dead and gone, Dead and Gone". This is a good sound because if you sit there and think about what he just said in his chorus, the point he is trying to get across is violence affecting our nation. In one part of the chorus he says "I've been traveling this road too long (too long), Just trying to find my way back home (back home)", this meaning that he been living his life for too long, and he just now starting to get to find his way through life, but violence got into his way and took him through another situation. So he now feels dead and gone.

The vivid pictures that were brought throughout T.I's song, Dead and Gone were in one part of verse one. In the one part in verse one, it stated "They don't wanna stop there now they busting,
Now you gushing ambulance rushing, You to the hospital with a bad concussion, Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine, Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound". This was when he ran into a group of boys but didn't want to start anything, but an argument was caused so the boys jumped him and started to shoot at him. Now he ended up paralyzed from his waist and down. He didn't mean for this to happen but he ran into a group of boys at the wrong time and ended up in the hospital.

T.I's song, Dead and Gone new perspective is "Things get out of control". This meaning that you can just walk the streets and you can end up shot, dead, or injured. Like in his song, one part was stated that "You walk by-they get wrong, You reply, then sh*t get blown". T.I's trying to get across that you can just walk by someone and they jealous or something, they decides to do something wrong. Once you reply, things get out of control. So in the bridge of his song, he says "I turn my head to the east; I don't see nobody by my side, I turn my head to the west; still nobody in my sight, So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill I call my pride". He saying that east and west isn't the direction to take, but north is, and he swallows that pill he calls pride because he know that going the right path can cause some critical damage as well.

Known as one of the best songs (Dead and Gone) written by T.I has a good sound, vivid/broad pictures, and has an excel new perspective. Just do what is best for you. Don't be a follower, be a leader. Like T.i has stated, swallow that pill that you call pride.

Class Participation For Thopmson

Stephen Cancel:
edheads.org
This websites is a scientific method of a doctors job. It's educational but has a lot of nasty pictures which shows you how surgeries done.
applebees.com
This website shows you what foods are giving in applebees. And you can order from applebees. It also let you searched an applebees nearby your home. I give him a 4.5.

Imyah Sommerville:
biography.com
This website is good because there is articles you can search on the person you are looking for. Like for instance, Barack Obama was searched and it gave few articles and biographies of Barack Obama. It's educational and entertaining.
web.tickle.com
This website is a website where you can take quizzes/tests or create a quiz/test. You can learn more about your yourself. I give her a 5.

Jazmine B:
historynet.com
This website is good because it can be used for NHD. It gives you actual facts.
candystand.com
This website is a website where you can play games and just be entertained. I give her a 4.

Briana Hill:
seventeen.com
This website is good because it can entertain you and it's educational. It gives you the latest fashion for the month.
pbs.org/zoom
This website shows you scientific things. Kind of kiddish but can help out some stuff that are needed in your science class.
thinkgreen.com
This website is a website that teaches you about the enviorment. It actually give you facts on our air pollution and whats affecting it. I give her a 5

Chalise:
bbc.co.uk/history
This website is another historical website. It gives you actual facts. Could be used for NHD.
yahoo.com
This is a multiple website. It's search but you can look up news, politics, ect. I give her a 4.

Paulette&Corey:
encarta.msn.com
This website is veyry good. There are tabs of encyclopedia, dictionary, college and grad school, ect. It is useful for NHD
truveo.com
This website is a video website and informational website as well.
coolmath4kids.com
This website is good because its educational. They put educational stuff into games. Its very fun. I give them a 5.

Kahleah Maingault
sparknotes.com
This is a good website because its good to use for your band book. But Stephen stated that sparknotes is not good because they write essays and you can copy and paste that essay written on that story. But in other ways, it's good.
www.need2know.co.uk
This website is good because it gives good advice to kids. You can do quizzes, and learn new things. I give her a 5.

Erica&Gabrielle
nndb.com
This website is good because you can find out a lot about someone such as the person you are doing for NHD.
library.phila.gov
This website is good because you can searcj for books that are in a library. You can also search in the library near you. If you have an account, you can sign in online and put a book on hold.
abercrombie.com
This website is good because you can shop online and see what they have in stores before you go to the store and get it. It also maps out an abercrombie nearby.

Jie Li
timesolnline.co.uk
This website is good because you get search about a lot of things from America to England. It's good for NHD as well.
ae.com
This website is good because once again you can see whats in the store. It can be mapped out, and it tells you the directions.

Briana Carter
aeropostale.com
This website is good because she said that it is cheap. Also Briana said we go to school where we have to wear collar shirts and collar shirts at aeropostale is cheap.

Albert
Mlb.com
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Vocabtest.com
This website is good because it tests you on the grade level your on. You can do vocabulary, sentences fragments, etc.