You have been assigned a rap song that tells a story. You are to relate the events of the story in
standard English. It is not enough to summarize the song, you must relate all the events in the song
being sure to “translate” the slang into standard English. Additionally, you MUST discuss the
narrative elements of the story (setting, tone, characters, and climax). Often there is a video that
accompanies a song but, just as often, the video does not follow the song’s lyrics. You should be
sure to relate the events of the song and not video (unless the video accurately recreates the events
depicted in the song).