"Glory"

(with Common)

[Chorus - John Legend:]

One day when the glory comes
It will be ours, it will be ours
One day when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be sure
Oh glory

Glory is repeated
throughout song for
emphasis.
Slant rhyme is

[Common:]
used here to
Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon
emulate true
Formed against, yes glory is destined
rhyme
Metaphor comparing Every day women and men become legends
the Civil Rights
Sins that go against our skin become blessings
Allegory is used
Movement to rhythm
The movement is a rhythm to us
to simplify the
Freedom is like religion to us
Simile comparing
meanings of
Justice is juxtapositionin' us
freedom to religon
movement
Justice for all just ain't specific enough
Freedom and
One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us
Personification is
Justice
Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us
shown here giving
That's why Rosa sat on the bus
a human action.
That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up
The action is
When it go down we woman and man up
revisiting
They say, "Stay down", and we stand up
Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up
King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up
[Chorus]
[John Legend:]
Now the war is not over, victory isn't won
And we'll fight on to the finish, then when it's all done
We'll cry glory, oh glory
We'll cry glory, oh glory

Imagery is used to
describe the
background Martin
Luther King emerged
from.

[Common:]
Selma is now for every man, woman and child
Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd
They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now
Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
From dark roads he rose, to become a hero
Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal
Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through
Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany
Now we right the wrongs in history

Allusion to
John 19:2 in
the Bible

End rhyme is
used to show the
relationship
between Martin
Luther King snd
his ideas.

No one can win the war individually

It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy
Welcome to the story we call victory
Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory
[Chorus]
[John Legend:]
When the war is won, when it's all said and done
We'll cry glory, oh glory

"Wake Up Everybody"

(with The Roots, feat. Common & Melanie Fiona)

Simile comparing a
song to the sweetness
of the Psalms in the
Bible.
Imagery causing the
audience to imagine the
world as group moving
through a maze for a
long time.

Metaphor comparing
seasons which
represents time to the
enormity of the asian
continent.
Personification
giving love the
human ability to
reboot

Wake up everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin'j ahead

Repetition is shown when

Wake up is repeated for
emphasis.

The world has changed

So very much
From what it used to be
There is so much hatred
War and poverty, whoa, oh

Slant Rhyme is
used to group the
lines about
speakers life and
routine.

Wake up, all the teachers

Time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen
To what'cha have to say
'Cause they're the ones who's coming up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children
Teach 'em the very best you can
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be, na, na, na
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah
Just you and me

End rhyme is
used here to
group all the
evils in the
world

Wake up, all the doctors

Make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer
And who catch all the hell
But they don't have so very long
Before the Judgment Day
So wont'cha make them happy
Before they pass away
Wake up, all the builders
Time to build a new land
I know we can do it
If we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do
Is put it in our mind
Surely things will work out
They do it every time

Allusion to 2
Corinthians 5:10
in the Bible

The world won't get no better

If we just let it be, na, na, na
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah
Just you and me
It's the God hour, the morning I wake up
Just for the breath of life I thank my maker
My mom say I come from hustlers and shakers
My mind builded on skyscrapers and acres
He said take us back to where we belong
I try to write a song as sweet as the Psalms
Though I am the type to bear arms and wear my heart on my sleeve
Even when I fell in God I believe
We the days that
Weave through the maze and the season so amazing
Feed them and raise them
Seasons are asian
Earthquakes, wars and rumors
I want us to get by but we more then consumers
We more than shooters
More than looters,
Created in his image,
So God live through us,
And even in this generation living through computers
On love, love, love can reboot us
Wake up, everybody
Wake up, everybody
Need a little help, y'all
Yes I do, need a little help
Need a little help, y'all ay
Wake up everybody
Wake up everybody
Wake up everybody

Analysis of Glory
The song Glory co-written by John Legend and Common was purposed to serve as an ending
to the movie Selma, a movie about the famous Civil Rights movement demonstration led by Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. The song was made to honor the struggle of past activists in an entertaining and artistic
way. The overall message is a call to action, that is aimed at the younger generations. The call is to
continue the struggle of the past activists and celebrate their successes.
The song starts with a nostalgic tone that celebrates the past success of the Civil Rights
Movement. The song eventually switches to a tone centered around the incomplete success of the Civil
Rights Movement. The song ends with an optimistic tone at the end talking about a future led by the
next generation.
Analysis of Wake up Everybody
The song Wake Up Everybody co-written by John Legend and Common featuring Melanie
Fiona was purposed to serve as a reminder to everyone that the world wont change unless people
change it. The song adresses most social problems today and asks the audience to find solutions
through working together as one. The song is unique because it doesnt address a particular audience, it
addresses everyone who listens to the song and explains ho everyone plays a role in helping the world
progress.
The tone in this song is static; the tone is optimistic about the future but is paralleled with a tone
that explains the evil inside the world.