Song: Run This Town (NO CELINGS MIXTAPE)
Artist: Lil Wayne
Genre: Rap
Time period: 2009
Issue: Gun Violence
Song artists point of view: The song artist says in his song "My pistol means business." I think that Lil Waynes point of view on gun violence is the negative. I think that he saying that he is all about gun violence and that he is not scared to use a gun.
In the song he says "my pistol mean business."
The only contextual factors that I could think of is the economic depression that we are going through but I do not think that this would cause Lil Wayne to talk about guns, even if the economy was good I still think he would be talking about gun and gun violence.
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Gun violence has really grown in the last ten years. This is really easy to see in the graph above. I think that gun violence is something that is really a problem in Waterloo Ia. Gun violence around us has especially grown, with over 20 shootings this last summer. In July alone there was 15 shootings and 5 people were arrested. The police want the community to help out, when your kids come home know what they have in their rooms and what they are doing at all times. The police say that this is starting a young age and this will continue to happen unless parents start to care! The community of Waterloo and surrounding cities is directly effected by this because you won't be able to go outside without feeling safe if you know that you could be shot. The issue is getting worse year by year with more killings. I think that we really need to take a stand and try to stop gangs and gun violence! (KWWL.COM)

My opinion is opposite of what the artist thinks.. I don't believe that having a gun and talking with it is very safe or cool at all. I think that there are a lot of people in Waterloo that carry a gun just for compfort and because they think its cool.