The Life Of Gerald Gilliam - 1137 Words

The Life of Gerald Gilliam in Song G Eazy, or Girard Earl Gilliam was born May 24th 1989 and is a producer and hip hop recording artist. When he was in first grade his parents split up and he moved with his mother to North Oakland. When he was 12 years his mother started seeing another women named Melissa Mills. Although he was initially embarrassed, Gillum eventually began to enjoy Mills’ company. However, Gilliam s life soon took a tragic turn when he came home after school and found Mills dead from an overdose of. This experience became the foundation of his song â€Å"Everything Will Be Okay† and was the catalyst for a lifelong tendency of Gilliam s to base his music off his real life experiences. A particularly good example of this is†¦show more content†¦Another great example of Gilliam s use of imagery is the repeated chorus â€Å"Swimming in money†. ( Owens.) With this line Gilliam to is not only appealing to the current popular rap culture, which is predominantly made up of son gs talking about money and the subsequent use of it, but is also mocking said culture, himself included. Gilliam almost appears to be at loss for what he should do with this money, as he comments on Which automatically makes your mind think of a bathtub full of money or cash. But what I really think he s saying is that he has so much money he doesn t know what to do with it, evidenced by the lines â€Å"They all take the money for granted. But don t want to work for it tell me now, isn t it funny? Nah†. ( Owens.) A final great example of imagery is when Gilliam raps about â€Å"Having dreams that I’m folding cake†, ( Owens.) a scenario that could take many forms. Although initially many people would hear as a relatively straightforward idea, Gilliam wanting cake, there is a much deeper meaning behind this line. Gilliam grew up poor, and as shown in the famous (yet misquoted) line by Marie Antoinette, cake is oftentimes seen as a delicacy afforded to only the r ich. This line in particular sets up the main theme of â€Å"Me, Myself and I†, which is Gallium s determination to make it on his own. Gilliam really hits on this theme during the chorus, where he repeats the line â€Å"Solo ride until I die, cause I got me for life† ( Owens.) , hitting home his this