Forever Jones He Wants It All Analysis

Rhetorical Essay
“He wants it all” by Dominique Jones Forever Jones’ song, “He wants it all” is one of my favorite songs. I appreciate the message that is given to me by the lyrics as I am reminded that I should not withhold anything from God. I feel that Dominique, the author, along with her family, sends home the message of the lyrics through her dynamic vocal illustrations. The combination of persuasive lyrics, instrumental expression, and dynamic video performance of this song by Forever Jones. Forever Jones is a Christian gospel group that is made up of a family that originated 30 years ago in Yakima, Washington as Dewitt and Kim Jones began to “cultivate the habit of family prayer and worship” (emigospel.com). They have recently
Dominique plays the piano softly, emphasising the voice is “longing for a child that will give him their all”. Then the lyrics introduce the voice as God walking over the earth. “He’s searching for a heart that is desperate” and is “longing for a child that will give him their all”. After the verse, the song merges into the first chorus by stating that the messenger, God, asks who will love him with their whole heart “today”? The word today becomes the emphasizing part of the song that gently demands for an immediate response from the chorus goes on with God’s speaking and rhetorically asking for someone to “serve me, serve me with your life now” because “he wants it all today”. Advancing to the second half of the chorus, the lyrics get specific by God asking a child, or anyone for that matter, to “bow down, let go of your idols,” because “he wants it all today. He wants it all today”. During the repetition of the second half of the verse, the instrumental background remains low and beautiful to show the voice is gentle and kind. However, Dominique progresses from a low piano credenza pairing with the chorus’ end, to an instrumental and vocal explosion into a bridge, the part of lyrical transition for dynamics in a song. Dominique vocally expresses the “voice’s need” to find someone desperate to long for him and give all to him. Dominique invites the listener to respond as she sings the second bridge and she is persuasive in vocal expression repeating the line “he wants it all today, he wants it all, so give it all”. She then returns to the first verse and rounds off the song, reminding the listener of why her voice is so persuasive and gentle: “There’s a voice that cries out in the silence…give it all, He wants it