The Bigger Picture
Analysis of Lil Baby's 'The Bigger Picture'—exploring speaker, purpose, and audience. Highlights themes of racial injustice, police brutality, and institutional racism following George Floyd's death. Powerful commentary on social change.
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SPEAKER
UL BABY COMPOSED "THE BIGGER PICTURE" SHORTLY
AFTER GEORGE FLGYD DIED. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AN
IMPOVERISHED ATLANTA NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE SONG, HE
DISCUSSES HIS GROWING-UP STRUGGLES AND WORRIES. HE
ARGUES HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING
TODAY. AND HOW CHANGE IS HARMFUL TO SOCIETY AS A
RESULT. IN THIS SONG. HE ADDRESSES CONCERNS THAT THE
COUNTRY CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH. INCLUDING SYSTEMIC
RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
UL BABY COMPOSED "THE BIGGER PICTURE" SHORTLY
AFTER GEORGE FLGYD DIED. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AN
IMPOVERISHED ATLANTA NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE SONG, HE
DISCUSSES HIS GROWING-UP STRUGGLES AND WORRIES. HE
ARGUES HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING
TODAY. AND HOW CHANGE IS HARMFUL TO SOCIETY AS A
RESULT. IN THIS SONG. HE ADDRESSES CONCERNS THAT THE
COUNTRY CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH. INCLUDING SYSTEMIC
RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
UL BABY INTRODUCES A THEME THAT AIMS TO ILLUMINATE PEOPLE’S EYES, STATING THAT
CORRUPTION HAS TAKEN OVER SOCIETY AND THAT PEOPLE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO REPAIR IT.
HETHEN DISCUSSES TWO IMPORTANT ISSUES: POLICE BRUTALITY AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. “I
AND IT CRAZY THAT THE POUCE WILL SHOOT YOU AND KNOW YOU'RE DEAO, BUT TELL YOU TO
FREEZE," HE ADDS, "THEY KILLING US FOR NO REASON." UL BABY WANTS HIS AUDIENCE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS THIS SITUATION IS. HE DESIRES A DRAMATIC
REACTION FROM HIS VIEWERS. HE WANTS TO FRIGHTEN THEM SO THEY CAN GENUINELY
COMPREHEND WHATITS UKETO BE IN HISSHOES. HE ALSO CLAIMS THAT "EVERY COLORED
PERSON AIN’T DUMB AND ALL WHITES NOT RACIST. I BE JUDGI NG BY THE MIND AND HEART." HE
SAYS THIS TO EXPRESS HIS DISBELIEF IN RACIAL PREJUDICES, HE ADOS THAT MORE PEOPLE
SHOULD BE LIKE THIS AND NOT ONLY JUDGE INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR APPEARANCE. HE
IMPUES THAT THIS IS WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR CHANGE. IN THE CHORUS OF THE SONG, UL BABY
STATES "IT S BIGGER THAN BLACK ANO WHITE ITS A PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE WAY OF LIFE.
IT CAN T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. BUT WE MUST START SOMEWHERE MIGHT AS WELL GON START
HERE." HE DESCRIBES HOW INSTITUTIONAL RACISM PERSISTS IN OUR NATION AND IS
DETERMINED TO OVERCOME THIS OBSTACLE. HESAYS THAT CHANGE WILL TAKE ALONG TIME,
BUT THAT IT IS CRITCAL FOR EQUALITY AND THE OUAUTY OF UFE FOR EVERYONE.
PURPOSE
Bin
1 \Udience
The Bigger Picture” was inspired by Lil Bab
experience, but the outcry over Floyd’s death
him the opportunity to speak on the problei
plaguing Black communities hoping that pe
across the nation would act upon a change
BLH
CORRUPTION HAS TAKEN OVER SOCIETY AND THAT PEOPLE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO REPAIR IT.
HETHEN DISCUSSES TWO IMPORTANT ISSUES: POLICE BRUTALITY AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. “I
AND IT CRAZY THAT THE POUCE WILL SHOOT YOU AND KNOW YOU'RE DEAO, BUT TELL YOU TO
FREEZE," HE ADDS, "THEY KILLING US FOR NO REASON." UL BABY WANTS HIS AUDIENCE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS THIS SITUATION IS. HE DESIRES A DRAMATIC
REACTION FROM HIS VIEWERS. HE WANTS TO FRIGHTEN THEM SO THEY CAN GENUINELY
COMPREHEND WHATITS UKETO BE IN HISSHOES. HE ALSO CLAIMS THAT "EVERY COLORED
PERSON AIN’T DUMB AND ALL WHITES NOT RACIST. I BE JUDGI NG BY THE MIND AND HEART." HE
SAYS THIS TO EXPRESS HIS DISBELIEF IN RACIAL PREJUDICES, HE ADOS THAT MORE PEOPLE
SHOULD BE LIKE THIS AND NOT ONLY JUDGE INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR APPEARANCE. HE
IMPUES THAT THIS IS WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR CHANGE. IN THE CHORUS OF THE SONG, UL BABY
STATES "IT S BIGGER THAN BLACK ANO WHITE ITS A PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE WAY OF LIFE.
IT CAN T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. BUT WE MUST START SOMEWHERE MIGHT AS WELL GON START
HERE." HE DESCRIBES HOW INSTITUTIONAL RACISM PERSISTS IN OUR NATION AND IS
DETERMINED TO OVERCOME THIS OBSTACLE. HESAYS THAT CHANGE WILL TAKE ALONG TIME,
BUT THAT IT IS CRITCAL FOR EQUALITY AND THE OUAUTY OF UFE FOR EVERYONE.
PURPOSE
Bin
1 \Udience
The Bigger Picture” was inspired by Lil Bab
experience, but the outcry over Floyd’s death
him the opportunity to speak on the problei
plaguing Black communities hoping that pe
across the nation would act upon a change
BLH
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