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figure of speech in youth of the nation by P.O.D.

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What's the question?

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what is a figure of speech in "Youth of The Nation" by P.O.D.?

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Is there a question? Here are some facts and information.

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This song was inspired by the March 5, 2001 shootings at Santana High School in Santee, California. 15-year-old Charles Williams walked into school with his father's gun and fired 30 shots, killing 2 students and wounding 13 others. The shooting was remarkably close to where P.O.D. was working that day, and inspired this song. In our interview with lead singer Sonny Sandoval, he said: "When we were actually writing the record for Satellite, we were two blocks away from the Santee high school shootings. We had taken a break and went out for some coffee, and we see all the fire trucks and the police department and the helicopters and news. And we're like, something's going on. We turn on the TV and all of a sudden there's a young kid who has trapped everybody inside the school and he's shooting. Here we are, glued to the TV and we're literally two blocks away. All this is going down, and here we were supposed to write music. It kind of just set the tone for how we felt that day."
On April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado killed 13 people in a shooting spree at the school. P.O.D. stands for "Payable On Death," but that's a reflection of their Christian beliefs, and not a call for violence. The band spends a lot of time working with young people and trying to represent them in their music. Sonny Sandoval told us: "We had always been a touring band and we had toured through Colorado, even when Columbine had happened, and we had an awesome underground following, even of kids in Colorado. So when we toured through Colorado, some of the kids that survived the Columbine shootings put on a fund raiser, so we've always been kind of involved in that. We're hanging out with young kids, we're talking with kids, and that was one of the things that was going on when we were touring so many years ago. So it had always been something that was on our shoulders.

And then when this happened it was like wow, what's going on with these kids? And it was like here it is, these are the youth of the nation. So it just sparked that whole story."
Guitarist Marcos Curiel said of this song: "It's always been a topic on tour. I don't want to say it inspired us, but it gave us the motivation to write something. Well, when we were writing this record, we wanted to be secluded so we went to Santee, in East San Diego, where we had this 35x35 rehearsal studio. One day we were on our way to practice, and we saw all these cops, but we didn't know what was going on. Later we found out what had happened (The shooting). It was an emotional situation. The main control room in the studio has a TV, and we're watching the news on there, thinking, 'Man, this is a mess.' I'm the only one that doesn't have kids, but everybody was like, ' Dude, that could have been my kids in there,' or 'That could have been my sister.'" (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)
Parts of this song were recorded very quickly after the Santee shootings. Sandoval explained in his Songfacts interview: "We had the title and we had the music. It was just this very drone like echo of this guitar. And that's just how we felt. And here we are having conversation and the title 'Youth of the Nation' came up, and then we kind of hummed out some ideas of the chorus. But the lyrics for the verses weren't written until we actually got into the studio and started to write out tracks. But I knew I was going to be telling the story of what we experienced and what happened. So it was more about this story of certain individuals, or just this kid who feels like he's lost in this world. The lyrics all came out once we were in the studio."

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that wasnt really what I needed.

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well what do you need? i can try and help

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But thanks for the info!

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a figure of speech from the song

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Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool

He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide

It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then


This is an example of irony. You wouldn't expect the cool guy to commit suicide and have no friends.

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"It's the blind leading the blind" and "You cross the line and there's no turning back" might be it

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Call me the blind, but I didn't see it coming

Pun

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okay so those are the figures of speech and I also need lyrics to support it (the figure of speech) and hahaha @harrypotter2

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me or @harrypotter2 ?

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what do you mean?

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you or them what?

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are you asking me or him for the lyrics supporting your figure of speech

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you he keeps leaving

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What? I gave you two answers. And sorry I'm answering other questions.

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not to be mean to him

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lol. okay here are the lyrics. I put an star by the ones I had

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Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye

I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared

Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school

But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest

Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing

Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class

Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because

[chorus:]
We are, We are, the youth of the nation

Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel

Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself

She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces

Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool

He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide

It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then

*You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

[chorus]

Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain

*That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind

I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know

There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists

[chorus]

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What figure of speech are those lyrics @Ummah.Naja

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*That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies Don't nobody know why (It's the blind leading the blind) and *(You cross the line and there's no turning back) Told the world how he felt With the sound of a gat

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*You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat
and *That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind ?
right?
so what the figure of speech in those? BTW I need 2 figures of speech total :)

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so for the ones @Ummah.Naja gave me its The blind leading the blind as the figure of speech?

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My answers are right :( @SammyBeth Psssshhhh

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I think you should listen to @SammyBeth

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well I need **2** figures of speech therefore I can use both of yall's.

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I change one answer to "But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest Instead of taking a test I took two to the chest"
That person did take two to the chest. thats the figure of speech

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Irony

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I just looked up the definition and that one is definitely correct

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if that will work can both of yall please type the figure of speech and the supporting lyrics?

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http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/Figure-Of-Speech.htm

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I thought I just did :/

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I didnt see yours @Ummah.Naja because I was typing.

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@SammyBeth ^^^ Mines up there

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which one would you like me to use as you stated you gave me two.

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okay Im gonna ask @harrypotter2 for help because @Ummah.Naja isnt making sense to me.

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What is the figure of speech and sound device? <-- need 2 for each.

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Actual Lines from the Song
Paste the lines of each example. <-- for both of each

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Does the example create an image, create a particular mood, make listeners feel something, or make listeners think something? <--for each

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these are the questions.

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Ouch!!!!! That hurt my feelings :(

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Im sorry darlin (@Ummah.Naja ) but you didnt make sense to me. :)

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Okay.
"I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared"
This is an example of a sound device (rhyming- shared and care).
"But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest Instead of taking a test I took two to the chest"
This is an example of a figure of speech (Situational Irony)

@Ummah.Naja is right.

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Those two are also both examples of sound devices :) In the second one- test and rest

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what is @Ummah.Naja tight about Im not following you?

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His example that he shared: "But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest Instead of taking a test I took two to the chest" is an example of Irony. Those are the lyrics.

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Who said I was tight about anything @SammyBeth ? I wasn't serious when I said ouch. Why? would my feelings be hurt about something that is really nothing? that's stupid

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And I'm definitely a she guys. Is it my name or something?

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oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh okay! thank you both!

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and @Ummah.Naja I didnt mean to upset you. I call everyone darlin.

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Its cool. I do the same thing, Cupcake :)

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If I upset anyone I am Truly EVERY sorry!!

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:)

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we cool now?

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I still need one more figure of speech. :)

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@Ummah.Naja or @harrypotter2 please help? JUST ONE MORE FIGURE OF SPEECH FOR A TOTAL OF TWO!

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hello????

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Lol we cool

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you got one more figure of speech in ya? darlin all i need is **ONE** more!

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one more would be (*It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends He put his life to an end They might remember him then*)

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are sweet

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what do you think @harrypotter2 ?

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*and

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hello?

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please? :)

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Yes?

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its saying how even though he doesn't have any friends to remember him by, if he does this act of insanity every one will remember him

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never mind I'll just put I couldnt think of another one.

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Sorry the site was down on my computer! If you still need help let me know