Thursday, October 25, 2007

Hirotaka Mizuno: Assignment1

I will put part of the lyrics because the whole song will be too long.

[Survivor]

[Survivor] Destiny’s Child

Now that you are out of my life,
I'm so much better,
You thought that I'd be weak without ya,
But I'm stronger,
You thought that I'd be broke without ya,
But I'm richer,
You thought that I'd be sad without ya,
I laugh harder,
You thought I wouldn't grow without ya,
Now I'm wiser,
You thought that I'd be helpless without ya,
But I'm smarter,
You thought that I'd be stressed without ya,
But I'm chillin'
You thought I wouldn't sell without ya,
Sold nine million.

[Chorus]
I'm a survivor (what),
I'm not gonna give up (what),
I'm not gon' stop (what),
I'm gonna work harder (what),
I'm a survivor (what),
I'm gonna make it (what),
I will survive (what),
Keep on survivin' (what),
I'm a survivor (what),
I'm not gonna give up (what),
I'm not gon' stop (what),
I'm gonna work harder (what),
I'm a survivor (what),
I'm gonna make it (what),
I will survive (what),
Keep on survivin' (what).


In this song, a woman is struggling for the fact that close person left from her. This person, the person who had left, believes that she can not do anything without this person. However, in fact, she is singing that she can survive without this person. On the contrary, she is saying that she feels much better because that person is now out of her life.
I feel this song represents many women’s feeling that they can survive without depending on somebody. In this song, she emphasizes that she has no problem about losing this person. It used to be hard for women to survive by themselves. However, now it is becoming more common to survive by women themselves. They have more opportunity for their job, and they can earn as much money as men earn. Such a changing of the system let her create and sing this song.
In the lyrics, we can see that she is totally independent. She denies all of negative expectations of the person who had left. Now she is working and surviving to proof that she can survive without this person.

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