Music with a Message

Song: the A team, ed sheeran

1. What do you think this song is about?

a. Crack cocaine
2. Why did you choose this song? What does it mean to you?
a. It was a old song i remembered
b. It’s very nostalgic to me because I used to listen to when I was younger
3. What is/are the message(s) you get from this song? Is it a positive or negative message
about sexuality? Why?
a. The message is about crack cocaine
b. Negative and it’s about drugs not sexuality
c. Ed Sheehan visited a homeless shelter and heard some of the stories about
crack cocaine and their addictions and felt bad so he wanted to send a message
through a song for people not to do crack cocaine because it will ruin your life.
4. Cite at least 2 specific lines from the song that represent the message.
a. Go mad for a couple of grams
b. White lips, pale face
5. How does this song affect people? How is it different for a teen vs. an adult?
a. It can affect teens in a good way because it could prevent them from doing
hardcore drugs
b. It can affect adults or teenagers too but mostly adult because if they are using a
gateway drug right now marijuana, alcohol and etc. it could prevent them from
doing more drugs