Bag Lady
“Bag Lady”
Life’s ups and downs come to all walks of life. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Baggage in life comes in all forms. Time heals all things, but people have to let go of the baggage in their lives that keeps them from moving on. They hold the keys to the doors in their lives and no one can turn the key but them. In the song “Bag Lady”, Erykah Badu gives a wake up call for women to know what bags to hold on to, what bags to let go of, and what bag has the ticket for the bus that will move them on to bigger and better things in life. Erykah Badu said "bag lady, you gon hurt your back/ dragging all them bags like that./ I guess nobody ever told you/ all you must hold on to is you, is you, is you.” This verse says to let go of all the disappointment people find in their lives and put them-selves first and make it all about them. The second verse says "One day all them bags gon get in your way/ one day all them bags gon get in your way… so pack light.” The second verse is emphasizing the fact that women must learn how to let go of the excess baggage that pulls them down in order to survive. The third verse in “Bag Lady” says "Bag lady you gon' miss your bus/ you can't hurry up cos you've got too much stuff.” This excerpt from the song tells women that by holding on to all the negative disappointment in their lives, they will end up missing out on opportunities to improve themselves, that will move them on to bigger and better things in life. In “Bag Lady,” Erykah Badu mentions different types of women with different types of baggage that they hold on to that keeps them down. Badu is saying that bag ladies come from all walks of life. They are or have been at one point in time been the woman in the mirror and they have the power to change who they are or who they have become. The empowering key words in” Bag Lady” are “Bet ya love could make it better.” All Erykah is saying is to know your self-worth, and open the door to
Life’s ups and downs come to all walks of life. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Baggage in life comes in all forms. Time heals all things, but people have to let go of the baggage in their lives that keeps them from moving on. They hold the keys to the doors in their lives and no one can turn the key but them. In the song “Bag Lady”, Erykah Badu gives a wake up call for women to know what bags to hold on to, what bags to let go of, and what bag has the ticket for the bus that will move them on to bigger and better things in life. Erykah Badu said "bag lady, you gon hurt your back/ dragging all them bags like that./ I guess nobody ever told you/ all you must hold on to is you, is you, is you.” This verse says to let go of all the disappointment people find in their lives and put them-selves first and make it all about them. The second verse says "One day all them bags gon get in your way/ one day all them bags gon get in your way… so pack light.” The second verse is emphasizing the fact that women must learn how to let go of the excess baggage that pulls them down in order to survive. The third verse in “Bag Lady” says "Bag lady you gon' miss your bus/ you can't hurry up cos you've got too much stuff.” This excerpt from the song tells women that by holding on to all the negative disappointment in their lives, they will end up missing out on opportunities to improve themselves, that will move them on to bigger and better things in life. In “Bag Lady,” Erykah Badu mentions different types of women with different types of baggage that they hold on to that keeps them down. Badu is saying that bag ladies come from all walks of life. They are or have been at one point in time been the woman in the mirror and they have the power to change who they are or who they have become. The empowering key words in” Bag Lady” are “Bet ya love could make it better.” All Erykah is saying is to know your self-worth, and open the door to