The Bigger Picture-Lil Baby

Aaron Amirian

Professor Glick 

English 2100

17 September 2020

The Bigger Picture

• The opening scene is of people marching through the streets rallying for black lives and fighting for their beliefs
• 0:02 people carrying posters that say “say their names” to show the issue of police brutality and unequal treatment toward the black minority group
• 0:06 little girl looking sad showing her poster that says “stop racism across the world”
• Overall series mood to the video
• They look like they are going into war and they are, but this war is against racism in this country
• 0:10 shows news of rallying and people fighting, burning buildings, mobs destroying things
• Voices protests in minneapolis protesting as demonstrators were lashed by tear gas
• Before any actual singing or rapping begins, the video start off with those lines, bringing up the continued police brutality that was used on people protesting
• 0:20 “they want to see those officers involved arrested” while people are marching with megaphones standing up for their basic freedoms
• 0:25 “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe” a slogan used to portray the horrid acts done onto george floyd as he was murdered by police, by placing their knee on his neck till he passed out and died
• 0:36 News clips of things burning and everything falling apart
• He wear a mask that says “no peace no justice”
• 1:04 Him and a bunch of people holding their arms up as they rally
• 1:15 people tipping over and massacring a police car
• 1:23 women holds defund the police sign
• Through all these parts the people look distraught as they going to let this horrid behavior continue
• 1:30 Black women hugs black child as though to show him not to be scared of all cops
• This is illustrating how these action done by police onto the black minority group has struck fear into the hearts of them and their children
• 1:50 White women crying holden poster as she stands with black people
• 2:25 New post “6th day of protest” burning buildings and cars
• Continued showing of him singing with a small black girl looking into the camera conveying he fear and sadness to see these things going on to her people and to the world
• 2:45 Police wearing riot shield equipment and beating black people that are protesting showing that the problem is still present and there is a lot more work to be done before they can stop fighting. 
• 2:49 Women and her partner hold up sign that says “#Breonna Taylor, #Say Her Name, #Black Lives Matter, #PERIOD!!!”
• The black community and the world is outraged and devastated by the killings of Brionna Taylor, George Floyd, and many others that were wrongfully killed by the police due to their skin color
• 3:04 Graphic content of an officer beating a white man that is rallying
• Rallying is his right as an American according to the constitution and it the police’s responsibility to be way more respectful of their constitutional right
• The passion in the eyes of the people of this video shows that they did not do it for the money
• Each and every person in this video looked as though they truly cares for the cause 
• They looked distraught from everything that is going on and they just seem to want to have equal rights and be treated the same as every other person
• 3:30 “Why people die for us to be free”-Lil Baby is expressing that people fought and died so that black people could be treated equally so why are they not treated equally by the police
• This video is beautiful and struck deep with me as it really portrayed how tough it is to be black in america and totally addresses the problem of police brutality
• As an artist Lil Baby has a tremendous platform and its very formidable and brave of him to put his artistry on the line to fight for his beliefs 
• The blatant disregard for the lives of black people is recognized by many people in this country and this video is a direct representation of their frustration as it illustrated 

The Bigger Picture.