media portfolio #7

Heaven by Mary Mary

[chorus]
I gotta get my self together
cause i got some place to go
and i'm prayin when i get there
I'll see everyone I know
I wanna go, to heaven [4x]
Do u wanna go

[verse 1]
Can you picture a place
Where there's a smile on every face
And all the worries, all the stressin
And all the pressure been erased
Walking down the streets thats golden
Angels sing in perfect weather
Everybody gotta mention
Lord it just don't get no better
I wanna know
OOooooooh

[chorus]

[verse 2]
Any way I can explain it
That in life we go through changes
But we know it deserves a purpose
Yes sometimes it just seems worthless
But this race that I'm running
Weither I run it fast or slow
Long as I just keep on running
I'm gonna make it there some day I know
Oooooh

[chorus]

[bridge]
(There's a place for us)
One day I'm gonna see it
(There's a place for us)
And you may not believe it
But I'm just living my life
(So I can live again)
Everyday I'm gettin ready
(Cause I wanna make it in)
Ooh Heaven

[chorus]

Oh, it gets hard sometimes
And sometimes I lose my way
But God knows I'm trying
To get to heaven someday
To that beautiful city

I wanna go to heaven [6x]

This song brings me back to the discussion we had in class about how the slaves would use religious songs to cope with the things going on in their lives. They used God and spirituality to get through the discrimination and the treatment they received. If they had a horrible life here on earth then when they reached Heaven they will be lifted up to glory with God and have a blessed life then. In the song Heaven it talks about doing just that, getting to Heaven.

Looking at this song starting with the chorus it's saying "I have to get myself together because I have somewhere I want to go, I'm praying when I get there I will see everyone I know. Heaven I want to go to Heaven." Just like then they wanted to go to Heaven. No matter what was going on they had to keep it together because there wasa bigger picture going to Heaven.

In verse one it's the ideal description of a place where the slaves and people who were victims of discrimination wanted to go. Streets that are golden , Angels singing in perfect weather, those are the things that people are looking forward to when they lived their lives to get to Heaven. Verse 2 is a great example of how the slaves felt.[verse 2]
Any way I can explain it
That in life we go through changes
But we know it deserves a purpose
Yes sometimes it just seems worthless
But this race that I'm running
Weither I run it fast or slow
Long as I just keep on running
I'm gonna make it there some day I know
Oooooh
That is so powerful. Things may not have gone the way they wanted it to go but in the end the most important thing is living life right so they can go to Heaven to be with God. That idea and purpose got plenty of black people through the rough times that we look back at now and see as unfair.

My grandma always says "Why would I live in Hell on Earth just to die and go to Hell." If you don't understand she means it's not worth it to do wrong and go to Hell when you can live a good life here and go to Heaven. Life is so unpredictable with people but with God you already know what your getting, Eternal Life.