Crossroads

I have found many songs that I might want to use for my crossroads assignment. I am really torn and confused on which one to pick! My first pick is a song by Lauryn Hill called Zion. In this song Lauryn sings about getting pregnant. She has to choose whether to keep the baby and be a mother or loose the baby and be a singer. Lauryn knows that both of these decisions will change her life and take her down two totally different paths. Lauryn chooses to keep the baby and sings "I chose to use my heart." Now she is a mother and sings about her baby boy Zion. My second choice is a song that my mom used to listen to and I have grown to love. Tracy Chapman sings Fast Car and in that song she is telling a story of her life. She is trying to make the decision whether to leave her life now and venture off into something new and exciting or to stay where she is and live like that forever. Tracy is curious and wants to leave the life she had then to "be someone." Tracy is willing to take any new path just to get away and start new. She is not sure which path to take but she knows she wants to take one to start new and fresh. For my third pick I chose a Dave Matthews Band song called Typical Situation. This song is a bit more complicated to explain. Dave is trying to show that people do not except people that are different. Dave is explaining that many people try to fit in rather than be themselves and although it can be a hard choice the excepting one is to try to be like everyone else. He never says to be yourself literally but you can tell through his words that he wants you to see that you do not have to fit in even though people make you believe you should. Choose what you want, not what other people want. I like this song because Dave makes a very huge point without singing it directly. I am very torn between these songs and although they all make you think about different paths to take in life, I still do not know if this is what I want. There are so many songs in the world that it is hard to think of as well as choose one.