Essay on Dear Mr President - Pink

“Dear Mr. President” By Pink “Dear Mr. President come take a walk with me. Let’s just pretend we’re two people and your not better then me. I’d to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.” Pink’s song Dear Mr. President is an emotionally rich song touching on several social issues including the Iraq war, the contraversal No Child Left Behind Act, gay rights, and the hardships endured by the hard working middle class. Release in December 2006, Pink said “This [song] is an open letter to the President of the United States”, George W. Bush, and “This is one of the most important songs I have written.” She stated that it would never be released as a single in the United States, because it was too important to be perceived as a publicity stunt. . Pink was born as Alecia Beth Moore on September 8th, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Growing up in a typical middle-class home, her parents deviorced when she was 3. At 13 Pink found solace in music, then at 15 started writing her own lyrics and performing in Philadelphia clubs. After emersing herself into the clubc scean she soon fell prey to the world of drug (nearly died of an over dose) and petty crime. Pink eventually dropped out of high school and later returning to earn her G.E.D. in 1998.you “How do you sleep while the rest of us cry? How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye? How do you walk with your head held high? Can you even look me in the eye, and tell me why?” With the current death toll in the Iraq war 4484 after President Bush declaired the mission accomplished, Pink make the clear that the war had not been a success and our armed forces where still losing their lives. “How can you say no child is left behind? We’re not dumb and we’re not blind. They’re all sitting in your cells, while you pave the way to hell.” This refers to President Bush's widely debated "No Child Left Behind Act” (NCLB) , in which federal funding for schools is contingent on standardized