Hip Hop Music often speaks out against what is going on in societies today. For example:
So Close, So Far, and So What
Have you ever had a mountain that you couldn’t really climb?
Have you ever had a treasure that you couldn’t ever find?
Have you ever got so close that you were right on the brink?
But were still so far away that you couldn’t even think?
So close, so far, and so what
So close, so far, and so what
I can’t think of anything to say but
So close, so far, and so what
A lonely little miser, a man on the edge
Until you divided his life like a merciless wedge
You made him realize that you weren’t all the same
You made him believe in this crazy little game
But when you had him like clay in the palm of your hand
You balled him up and threw him away under the stands
He never understands, because he got so close
In his lonely little world, you gave him the wrong dose
You see, all you did was perpetuate his way of thought
You had the key to his heart, but you let it be bought
For a very small price, because of your whims
But did you ever stop to think of what it would do to him?
Oh, no you didn’t, that’s easy to see
Nobody ever wants to think that this could happen to me
Back for more, because I want to know
It seems the closer I get the more it starts to show
That is, my inexperience, all of my flaws
But each time I fail is that my one and only cause?
Nobody ever lets me know, I can’t let it go
But if you run farther away, just maybe you’ll start to slow
One of these days, it seems I’m overdue
But it seems like that’s what I say after every one of you
No new story, nothing else to relate
Nothing new under the sun, yeah I know it aggravates
It’s just that, why can’t it be my turn?
My heart’s on fire, but no one wants to let it burn
They’re all scared, but I can’t figure out why
I’m so close, so far, but so what, why try?