Runaway children may not be the countries number one concern, but it is an ongoing issue that continues to happen time and time again. The current laws for runaway children aren’t up to standard because they stereotype teenagers as being defiant when they runaway instead of looking for reasons. The issue has been referred in the past. The conscious hip-hop track “Runaway Love” by Ludacris and Mary J. Blige (2007) on his album “Girls Gone Wild” is one song that really focused on the trial and tribulation that cause children to runaway. The vocal support of Mary J and the structure of how Ludacris rhymes tells the story of three young girls that runaway from their children is what makes the song powerful and gets their point across clearly.
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Throughout the song the beat of the song stays consistent. The use of acoustic guitar, bass, and keyboards helps set the melancholy mood of the song. The tone given by Ludacris, while he raps, is one that matches the mood. He sounds like he wants the audience to feel sorrow and pity for these girls that he sings about. The lyrical aspect of the song is great for the mood and tone. He tells the story of three girls that are in troubled situations at home and runaway from home due to the severity of their situations. He starts each verse the same by stating the girls name and age and telling the audience that the girls think the world is cold. For example, “Now little Lisa is only 9 years old; She's trying to figure out why the world is so cold”. The key words that should stand out to the audience are only and cold. The word only is used to show the audience the innocence the ages of the girls are experiencing these types of troubles at. The word cold is used to signify how the girls feel about the world. Ludacris then ends each verse with the same line as well. For example,” Lisa is stuck up in the world on her own; Forced to think that hell is a place called home; Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack; She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back.” The phrase is meant to have the audience feel sorrow for the girls because the trouble the girls are experiencing and the lonely feeling that their feeling at such young ages. Ludacris does a find job with his musical and lyrical match ups and with this he produced a great song that helped thousands of runaways around the United
Throughout the song the beat of the song stays consistent. The use of acoustic guitar, bass, and keyboards helps set the melancholy mood of the song. The tone given by Ludacris, while he raps, is one that matches the mood. He sounds like he wants the audience to feel sorrow and pity for these girls that he sings about. The lyrical aspect of the song is great for the mood and tone. He tells the story of three girls that are in troubled situations at home and runaway from home due to the severity of their situations. He starts each verse the same by stating the girls name and age and telling the audience that the girls think the world is cold. For example, “Now little Lisa is only 9 years old; She's trying to figure out why the world is so cold”. The key words that should stand out to the audience are only and cold. The word only is used to show the audience the innocence the ages of the girls are experiencing these types of troubles at. The word cold is used to signify how the girls feel about the world. Ludacris then ends each verse with the same line as well. For example,” Lisa is stuck up in the world on her own; Forced to think that hell is a place called home; Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack; She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back.” The phrase is meant to have the audience feel sorrow for the girls because the trouble the girls are experiencing and the lonely feeling that their feeling at such young ages. Ludacris does a find job with his musical and lyrical match ups and with this he produced a great song that helped thousands of runaways around the United