My Favorite Writing

I believe that through lyrics, you can truly express what it is you want to say. The words are short and straight to the point, if not alluding towards the message in unique ways. Mood could be easily set by how each phrase come out with the aide of melodies and beats. A good example is the first verses of the English version of a song titled “Map the Soul” from the 6th album (also titled Map the Soul) of South Korean, Hip Hop group Epik High.


“I remember my first glimpse of a face,
I saw you smile,
Then I smiled I was straight blown away,
Mesmerized by your beauty from your feet to your hands,
How can one be so beautiful I don’t understand,
Heaven sent, God’s gift without a doubt in my mind,
Sometimes I wonder why our paths decided to collide,
We started out as perfect strangers,
Boy meets girl,
From infatuation to love,
You’re my whole entire world,
Destiny, taps me on the back say'in, hello
But really it was your touch,
Know'in that I’d never let you go,
Then you spoke, I never heard a voice so sweet,
Heavenly and from her words, man, I knew, this girl was deep just like me,
When times to worry, and times to pray we’ll sit and stress over life or just burn the day away,
I know fo’sho, when in our past lives, we had to be friends liv’in and dy’in together,
know’in that we’d meet again, It’s just a bless’in, to have you in my life,
I was destined to be with you a privilege to amazing no questions,
And I’m know’in soon enough we’ll get where we’re go’in,
Just thinking about it, I can feel my heart growin,
And am I tripp’in or is it that I finally see,
I don’t know, but my heart is saying that the one for me, please believe me,
I’m exactly where I want to be, this rhyme is written from my heart to you,
Sincerely…”
Epik High -Map the Soul (Worldwide Version) feat. MYK & Kero One


When I first heard the beginning lines of MYK’s rap, I was instantly caught, forgetting the thought of pressing the next button of my music player. Just in those few words, the lyrics were able to call my attention, wondering what words would come next. In just a few words less than a whole short fiction piece I was able to learn that this man fell in love at first sight with a woman and has found the one. But these weren’t simple words such as “I met a girl, it was love at first sight, and we’ll be together forever”; they were deeper, showing how passionate he was towards the woman. The words give off a majestic feeling, setting a romantic mood – as he calls it, destiny – but at the same time points out reality. These are words that are sincere; phrases that aren’t easily thought up just to serve the point of rhyming or going along with the beat.