Free Write

I am looking forword to the snow melting so much. I cannot wait until spring. As soon as the snow melts i can go do things out side which is so nice. Also i wont have to wear heavy clothes anymore which is really annoying after a while. It's also really nice to see the sun most days. Another good thing about spring is rugby starts. Rugby is a lot of fun and it gets me in good shape. We will be starting outside practices when the snow melts. Which is just another reason i want the snow to melt. And it just feels like its been dark and gloomy for ever because winter is very long. The coming of spring usually means the coming of summer and that means school is out which is just absolutely awesome.

Poetry Critique

1. Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God
I don't know but today seems kinda odd
No barking from the dogs, no smog
And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog
I got my grub on, but didn't pig out
Finally got a call from a girl wanna take out
Hooked it up on later as I hit the do'
Thinking will i live, another twenty-fo'
I gotta go cause I got me a drop top And if I hit the switch,
I can make the back drop
Had to stop at a red light Looking in my mirror not a jacker in sight
And everything is alright
I got a beep from Kim and she can sleep all night
Called up the homies and I'm askin y'all
Which court, are y'all playin basketball?
Get me on the court and I'm trouble
Last week messed around and got a triple double
Freaking brothers everyway like M.J.
I can't believe, today was a good day

Drove to the pad and hit the showers
Didn't even get no static from the cowards
Cause just yesterday them fools tried to blast me
Saw the police and they rolled right past me
No flexin, didn't even look in a brothers direction as I ran the intersection
Went to $hort Dog's house, they was watchin Yo! MTV Raps
What's the haps on the craps
Shake em up, shake em up, shake em up, shake em
Roll em in a circle of brothers and watch me break em
With the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven
Seven even back do' lil Joe
I picked up the cash flow Then we played bones, and I'm yellin domino.
Plus nobody I know got killed in South Central L.A.
Today was a good day


Left my buddy's house paid Picked up a girl been tryin to meet since the twelve grade
It's ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic
The Lakers beat the Supersonics
I felt on the big fat fanny Pulled out the jammy, and killed the punanny
Woke her up around one she didn't hesitate, to call Ice Cube the top gun
Drove her to the pad and I'm coasting
Took another sip of the potion hit the three-wheel motion
I was glad everything had worked out
Dropped her butt off, then I chirped out
Today was like one of those fly dreams
Didn't even see a berry flashing those high beams
No helicopter looking for a murder
Two in the morning got the fat burger
Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp
And it read Ice Cube's a pimp
Drunk as hell but no throwing up
Half way home and my pager still blowing up
Today I didn't even have to use my A.K.
I got to say it was a good day.




2. I selected this poem because its a rap song about a good day. It's not about murder, drugs, gangs, or all those other things that rap songs are mainly about.
3. The title of this song is It Was A Good Day. I think this title is very fitting to the song because the whole song is about Ice Cube's day and how nothing bad happened it was all good. The song is just him talking about his day from when he wakes up to when he goes back to his house to sleep.
4. Ice Cube uses a lot of different metaphors in this song. Some of the metaphors he uses are drop top for convertible, static meaning trouble, pad meaning house, berry meaning police car, and break em meaing take their money. I think these metaphors put emphasis on the words.
5. The tone of this song portrays happiness because Ice Cube is glad he had a good day. This is significant because Ice Cube lived in South Central LA and when you live there you dont usually have good days like the one in this song.

Writing Territories

2. Overall I'd say I am not that talented of a writer, but i get by. I wouldn't ever see myself as becoming an author or anything like that but I can get through school writing assignments. The kinds of writing that i enjoy reading are mostly short stories about something exciting. What i like to write is short stories that i can just make up on the spot because i feel that those are really easy and somewhat fun to write just to see what you can come up with. I usually never write outside of school. The topics that intrigue me are anything about action i find easier to read.

3. One person I would really like to meet is Andre Young. He's probably the person i look up to most just because he pretty much got rap popular and more and more people started to like it. If i could hang out with Andre for just one day i would be very happy. Some people know Andre Young as Dr. Dre. Him and Snoop would be really tight to hang out with. Just going to Cali and rolling around all day and spittin rhymes is pretty much my main dream.