Lanada Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) Hey, I´ve to hand in my extended essay subject choice form in two weeks and I thought I could write an extended essay in the category world studies. I don´t know anyone at my school that has done that, so I wanted to ask if there´s anyone who has written an essay in that category and maybe share their experience and tell me if they would recommend me to do that or not. I thought about taking the subjects English language and literature and History. I take English A HL, but not History. However, I had history at my old school for a few years and was quite good at it. The reason why I want to do my essay in world studies and with this subjects is because I want to write about the song "Take it back" by Logic. I think that the song connects really good to racism and if I write my essay in the category world studies then I need a global issue to talk about and I think racism would be good for that. The reason why I choose the subject English is because I want to analyse the language in the song and the reason why I choose History is because I want to talk about the historical events mentioned in the song. What do you think about it? Is it even possible to write about this? I´m sorry that this is so specific, but I don´t know where else to ask this question and I thought maybe there´s a person here who knows something about this. I really hope that there´s anyone who can help me with this. And sorry if the formulation is a little bit confusing, but I had no how to explain this. In case that anyone is interested this is the songtext: Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first black man Long ago before the white man could paint The black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around And said **** it I'mma steal this land Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first black man Long ago before the white man could paint The black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around And said **** it I'mma steal this land Everybody wanna tell me what I am, what I am not You ain't black, you a motha****in' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, aight boy? Man why you such a hype boy? Why you always talk about being black? Skin too white, ***** **** that Everything you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open you could shut that Grip the gat yeah that's how I'mma buck back Tell me what I am and what I know now All this prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo town Practice what we preach before it go down Practice what we preach before it go Yes I got the gift to gab fo sho Will I have to get the gat? No no Yes I got to get the gat fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the gat? Masta deep down inside of me The plantation deep down inside of me Everybody **** like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that lied to me Peace on earth what I try to be I just wanna spread the message of equality Yes I got to get the gat fo sho Will I have to get the gat? No no Yes I got to get the gat fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the gat? Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first black man Long ago before the white man could paint The black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around And said **** it I'mma steal this land Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first black man Long ago before the white man could paint The black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around And said **** it I'mma steal this land Take it back, take it way back Take it way way back to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 am. Where a biracial baby was born To a black father and a white mother Father that wasn't there, addicted to Crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs Same as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, I'm gonna tell you about how All this young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was entertain And this boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist Which is crazy 'Cause how in the **** is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make sense But it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a ****** The kids at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as white Being told what you can or can't be This kid went through everything He went through He saw narcotics in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers He was kidnapped, there was crazy **** that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world said What they said? Said, said, said "you wouldn't be ****!" You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' And I, and he, he said **** that, I'mma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two sides He always saw things from two sides He always knew that the message Everybody, was born equal Regardless of race, religion Color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that because he saw that Because he was stripped And torn down by his black brothers and sisters That were uneducated and that did not know And he was stripped And he was torn down by his white side that did not know These people that are ignorant, they cannot see the bigger picture That must fight, and kill, and murder each other But once again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message Of equality, for every man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion Color, creed, and sexual orientation Now imagine this child growing up And seeing the craziest **** Being a part of the craziest **** Running around with the wrong people Running around with guns and knives and fighting and stealing and All this, because he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come home to about 8 or 9 hours of sleep But spend 4, 5, 6 hours of that working on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his name Hoping that it would happen But the, but the, but the world said no! Motha****a, little motha****a no no, no no, no no, no no Ya *****, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black motha****a No no! And he said **** that He said peace, love, and positivity He said equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation Yeah Now I also want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live this life "You just a white boy." "You ain't never experienced that ****." "You from Gaithersburg, Maryland. Nothing happens there." "Oh no, no, we no, we weren't there We didn't live with you, in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your household. We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside." "And since you white, you gotta have money, right?" And this young man persevered, in spite of what people told him he was Wasn't, would and would never be And that man is here today, proud A lover of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation Yeah, yeah And he's here to say Even though we're all born and created equal We're not treated equally There's extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to hell You can believe it's not right You can believe you're superior, fine Just stop killing each other Edited November 18, 2020 by Lanada Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanada Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, slooei said: thx for epic songtext) no problem, btw my EE coordinator approved it Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanada Posted November 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 4:26 PM, slooei said: It's difficult, but - start early. The sooner you start thinking about the topic of the essay, the more time you will have to collect material. When your brain is tuned into thinking about a question, the information seems to catch your eye. The same thing happens when you memorize a new word: it starts to seem that it occurs more often in the text. The point is that you become more receptive to a certain type of information, paying more attention to it. If you can't write an essay, you can always contact the free essay writing service. Good luck. Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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