annotation of DMX

ENG 202 extra credit pop song


Artist : DMX
Album : Flesh of my flesh, Blood of my blood
Track : Dogs 4 life




Love is / love and / I en / joy the / love a 5

But when / its con / flict then / it des / troys the / love b 6

You cant / toy with / love, ni / ggas take / it to / the heart c 6

You aint / goin / to find / too ma / ny ni / ggas will / ing to / bark in / the dark. d 9


The poem uses a lot of figurative language. There is a rhyme scheme in last line with bark and dark. The word “Love” is often repeated along with the word, niggas. Love however is not describing a romantic involvement with another person, it describes the tight relationship shared between friends. And the word “niggas” slang for the derogatory racist name “nigger” given to African Americans in the late 1800's, which now a day...