Friday, January 30, 2009

never let me down & wordle


lyrics from j ivy from kanye west's never let me down

it was a while ago when i first saw this type of "word collage". i think the first time was actually a video of the monologue from pulp fiction. i found a better example from v for vendetta and embedded the link below.



the one i created above is called word collage, it's been popularized as a visual way of showing the importance and repetition of words in a given text. it's been used in presidential speeches as of late, but can be used for anything. i'm not sure if the site that did it for me, wordle, actually chances the size based on importance. it was would be great if it did.

the lyrics themselves are inspiring in their own right and include them below.

We are all here for a reason on a particular path
You don't need a curriculum to know that you are part of the math
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
That's why I expose my soul to the globe, the world
I'm trying to make it better for these little boys and girls
I'm not just another individual, my spirit is a part of this
That's why I get spiritual, but I get my hymns from Him
So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical
I'm not a miracle, I'm a heaven-sent instrument
My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental
That's why I'm instrumental
Vibrations is what I'm into
Yeah, I need my loot by rent day
But that is not what gives me the heart of Kunte Kinte
I'm trying to give us "us free" like Cinque
I can't stop, that's why I'm hot
Determination, dedication, motivation
I'm talking to you, my many inspirations
When I say I can't, let you or self down
If I were of the highest cliff, on the highest riff
And you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life in my grip
I would never, ever let you down
And when these words are found
Let it been known that God's penmanship has been signed with a language called love
That's why my breath is felt by the deaf
And why my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind
I, too, dream in color and in rhyme
So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house
Cuz whenever I open my heart, my soul, or my mouth
A touch of God reigns out

- J. Ivy



[via wordle.net]

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