The Prayer

The Prayer

Kid Cudi sings out to us using elegiac to saying that God made him special here for a reason, saying he is ready to go at any moment which is a very big thing to say. The artist Tupac very much influences Kid Cudi using his inward/outward looks of a lot of Cudi's songs.

Cudi goes right in to the song with his point that God made him for a reason and purpose that is talked about in lines 2 and 3. Later on in the song “Prayer”, he explains to us that he has gone through a lot in the past of his life and has made it through. In the chorus it says “I pray the lord my soul to take, 'cuz I'm ready for a funeral.” Those words right there tell us Cudi's views on where he wants to go in the future and that's spending life with God. Who knows whether or not this is just a song or this is really his true personal, religious views on things.

The whole song explains how he wants us to view him as the truth is universal. He explains that everyone goes through different things in there life but you just need to keep fighting for what you want and in this case Kid Cudi wants his soul to go to the Lord. Just these things that Cudi sings about is in relation to Tupac's songs and lyrics is because he sings about his past and stuff in his other songs as well. Also Cudi tells us the today life and social parts of today just like how Tupac did when he was still singing and alive.

Kid Cudi uses hyper bole in both lines 21 and 22, “Girls that I dated, it's ok I am not mad yo, unless you stabbed me in the heart, no love ho.” You can tell how he exagerates to get his points across because I don't think that this is how he would treat a girl first of all and second he wouldn't get that hurt by a women that it'd feel like getting stabbed in the heart. The heart and soul of Kid Cudi is just basically the fact that he is living his life to the fullest and is having a good time with it too, but also on the other hand he will be ready to go when his time comes and “knows” where he is headed we are told.