today's american dream

Today’s American Dream “I wanna be a billionaire” by Bruno Mars and Travis McCoy represents the American dream among the young generations now days. Today’s generations’ dream is to be rich to be able to buy anything they want, and at the same time do the charity work stars do in the communities, in other countries, and even the programs they create to make our world a better place. The new generation’s dream is also that with the money they have to be known everywhere around the world. The search for money through fame is the goal every young person in this era has for themselves. This song also shows how ideals, values, and culture have changed over time with the existence of technology and the wanting to create a different theme of music to become unique. “I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad” (line 1). In line one the song clearly says how much the young generations want to be rich and have as much money as possible. “I swear the world better prepare for when I'm a billionaire” (line 8 and 9). Their dream after becoming rich is to show the world who they are and how they got to be there through the lyrics of their music. “I know we all have a similar dream, go in your pocket pull out your wallet, and put it in the air and sing” (lines 41, 42, and 43). On these three lines is shown how today’s generations are being taught that the only way to be successful is to sing or be an artist in some kind of way. Our dream used to be to become a better person through the opportunities that were given for everyone to get a better education and get a professional career through college. Our cultures and ideals are being changed with the existence of technology that includes the evolution on the devices people use to be able to listen to the music they like. The language and grammar in our music has been degrading throughout the years since rap started to appear in new songs. Before people used songs as a way to enlarge their vocabulary and a way to learn new