Blog 1-The Bigger Picture

Greetings everyone,

My name is Brian Lazo Bautista and I am currently a freshman at Baruch College. I am from Queens, New York and this is my second semester at Baruch College.  My graduation year is 2025 and my major is still undecided due to me not specifically knowing yet what career I want to pursue in the future and exploring my options by networking at Baruch College. Furthermore, I am extremely excited for this Spring semester and more specifically my learning experience in the course ENG 2150. The picture I chose is a musical masterpiece by the artist Lil Baby. The name of the song is “The Bigger Picture” and it’s a protest song addressing police brutality and systemic racism in America in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. This track was released just days after Baby went out and protested on the streets of Atlanta on June 8, 2020. At the protest, Baby was a leading force, leading the crowd on his bicycle (as depicted on the single’s cover art) as well as handing out protestors supplies, money and speaking in front of the crowd when peacefully protesting  at the Georgia’s State Capitol Building about Justice for George Floyd . This piece of artwork resonates with me because it explained and made me acknowledge the powerful message of JUSTICE and the ongoing battle of the racial injustices in this country till this day.  The need to put an end to repeated senseless acts of police brutality towards Black people, specifically the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. To me, The Bigger Picture is a way to bring awareness to Black Lives Matter , Police Brutality and uniting all races together through the power of music.