just jotted down

For my three similar ‘texts’ with a common medium I chose three songs, the first two are by the Flobots, and the third is by Lil Wayne. The songs are “There is a war going on for your mind”, “Handlebars”, and “Georgia Bush” respectively. I chose these ‘texts’ because they have a very similar meaning in them. “There is a war going on for your mind” and “Georgia Bush” share the commonality of harping on the reality of society. The Flobots harp on a few of the same things that Barbra Kruger does, just with lyrics instead of photos with cropped on slogans. With such statements as “Cover girl cutouts throw up pop-up ads infecting victims with silicone shrapnel”. This statement goes along great with Kruger’s image of Marylyn Monroe with the words not good enough around it.
And then there is the Lil Wayne song “Georgia Bush”, and with and the song is without a doubt about former president George Bush. This song is about hurricane Katrina and how poorly executed the relieve efforts were by F.E.M.A. and Bush. This is evident by not only the title but also by this lyrical line “Hurricane Katrina, we should've called it hurricane (Georgia) Bush then they telling y'all lies on the news the white people smiling like everything cool” this line after being broken down implies that the hurricane should have been called Georgia, making a pun of the son “Georgia” by Ray Charles, and adding Bush to complete the pun of making fun of at the time, president George Bush. “Telling y’all lies on the news” incorporates a relation to the song “There is a war going on for your mind”. So in other words these two songs are talking about how the government is covering up their mistakes by blaming other things and other people, and in part being corrupt.
This in turn brings me to the song “Handlebars” by the Flobots. With the previous two songs being about corruption of society and governmental leaders, this song “Handlebars” seems to be about not needing the government or its leaders to handle themselves. The artists show this by stating “I can design an engine 64 miles to the gallon on gasoline I can make new antibiotics I can make computer survive aquatic conditions I know how to run the business and I can make you wanna buy a product movers shakers and producers me and my friends understand the future I see the strings that control the systems I can do anything with no assistance”.