Analysis of Music Lyrics

Pure Music Generals - Gym Anthem

INTRO:

Get ready for the work out keep it up now!
1 plate 2 plate 3 plate 4 next day you wake up body all sore
see us man we like going to the gym
when we enter its a hype ting
before I train I skip down on the drink
after that man cant even think
winter season gotta get that bulk
be banging every weight tryna look like hulk
summer times coming so I wanna lean up
I clean up, do it all year round
people say that were nuts
on dis ting from nemo and n bucks
pick it up with the left, right duck & hook
you don't get the punch lines slicker than your hooks
you know I be eating right rest all night wake up at daylight

CHORUS:
'Don't be lazy go to the gym
get yourself down and start pumping
it's easy a one hour thing
all year round keep your body moving!'

"VERSE 2"
Yeah go to the gym burn them calories gotta look slim
I'm on a running ting
gotta look trimmed
full body workout go for a swim
yeah but you gotta eat properly
Tuna pasta, chicken for the protein
keep up the cardio keep the routine
train really hard till you fall to your knees
summer times coming and you wanna look lean
pull out the six pack you know what I mean
drink bare water keeps the skin clean
PMG, what, repping the team
pop of the base if you wanna get hench
work on your chest and do the flat bench
don't forget legs, back and your bi's
shoulders abs and work on your tris

Target Audience

Age: 16+- It is only legal to have a gym membership at that age, as well sensible to start weightlifting after your last growths spurts. Therefore I say 18+ is the realistic target market for this sort type of song.

Gender: Mostly male. I believe that the type of lyrics and the heavy weightlifting suggestions seem to rough for a girl to be listening to however it is not ruled out as some women do workout at a very high intensity etc. But this song is mostly based at Male viewers because of the lyrics and the masculinity to the song beat as well as lyrics. 

Interests and Characteristics : Gym, Grime/Rap music, Sport, Motivational and Inspirational music. If they are of an Asian-Desi background then they will be able to relate to the appearance of the members of the group, as well as if they are British then the lyrics will come easier to understand and they can relate to them.

Analyzing  some of the song's lyrics (highlighted on script):

Intro: 

The song lyrics in the first verse of the song establishes the type of song and the genre of the whole song. First of all they established that this is a motivating track, meaning one of their goal was in fact for people to use this song at the gym. One of the main features of the song is about the weightlifting. There are many lyrics even in the first verse to establish that fact that their song is for people who are familiar with the gym terms. Most of the highlighted lines show exactly this, the keywords from them are; "Plates" "drink". One other feature of this song which highlights the target market of Males is the lyric " Winter Season gotta get that Bulk". This lyric is what many bodybuilders and people who go use the gym often tend to during the winter.

Finally there is aspects of Grime and UK urban rap in this first verse also. Lyrics such as, " when we enter its a hype ting" " on this ting from nemo and n bucks". These words are all typically used in the urban background of the UK, in other word "slang".

Chorus: 

In the intro the first few lyrics were to establish that this song was in fact to motivate some people as a gym tune. The chorus emphasizes on this as most of the lyrics are motivating words and almost set out as instructions and with a demanding tune. Another good thing about the chorus is that it is very catchy and the melody is perfect for something to be listening to whilst a workout as it is loud and simple.

Last Verse: 

Again on the last rapping verse, the song is almost repetitive on the message they are sending to the listeners. The first lyric is demanding and is in the motivating tone, " yeah go to the gym burn them calories gotta look slim", this again is what the listeners will like to listen to whilst working out because it will set their right mind frame. However in the last verse the lyric does tend to vary, for example the song is giving out tips on how to workout and exactly how to keep a diet. This is a great for the audience as they will not only be motivated but in fact now know how to stay intact with working out. And finally the lyric "PMG , what, were repping the team", this lyric is advertisement on PMG the group and makes the audience feel as if they are "repping" the team with them. 

Summary:

The music summary: 

Throughout the song it is obvious that this song is for the people who are active and go to the gym. The song itself is a very catchy song, as well as being motivating and overall the target market of being a song to use at the gym is very successful as i believe it is good enough to ironically be a "Gym Anthem".

The song Tempo:

Again it is very catchy and always hyper, which is very effective as it is for the people who are in fact hyper and active at the gym. The sudden song pauses is not very long and the tempo is always very fast which makes it beneficial for the people working out with this on as their productivity at the gym will most likely increase.

Ideas taken from this

This song is very versatile in terms of what type of video i can make from it. But my ideas on how to use this song will be of a performance and parody sub genre. I can use the performance aspect with the people working out lip syncing the lyrics and the parody part by doing to the opposite to the meaning and showing a character who is the opposite of this songs target market. Such as a very skinny character or an overweight person.