Repitition- Don't Worry Desmond Dekker by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

"Don't Worry Desmond Dekker"

What happened up on Hemming's Way well
We will never change
You used to be a friend of mine
The last 5 years went by so fast
So fast I find it strange
The beneficial medicine of time
And I can hear your laughter
It stays with me after all this time
And I still got your records
Clash and the selector
And don't worry desmond dekker's doin' fine
But doors were shut
The lines were cut
The walls went up so quick
The windows of opportunity were small
Brides collapsed
Divides were wide
Sides we had to pick
And oh yeah, I forgot to call
I, I can hear laughter
It stays with me after all this time
And I still got your records
Clash and the selector
And don't worry desmond dekker's doin' fine
Seeds to the roots to the trunk to the truth
It's understanding when it first began
In the day up to the sky
We climbed up so high
And we carried on the only way we can
Laugh on and live
Learn how to forgive
What we have could be as good as what we get
If you forgot
Now I am still gone
What you gave to me back when we first met
What you gave to me back when we first met
I, I can hear laughter
It stays with me after all this time
And I still got your records
Clash and the selector
And don't worry desmond dekker's doin' fine

Repitition- Welcome to 1984 by Anti-Flag

"Welcome to 1984"

Who would Jesus bomb? Yeah, who would Jesus kill?
The double talk is past surreal
The word of god is now the word of hate
War is peace, and freedom is the police state
Can't you see the writing on the wall?
Democracy lays trampled on the floor...
You better believe that...
Hell yeah I'm confused for sure what I thought was the New Millennium is 1984!
Mr. Orwell from the grave, adding fresh ink to the page
As the unpresident declares an endless war...
Welcome to 1984!
Feels like Nazi Germany, and Hitler on TV,
As the unpresident spews his homophobic speech
Didn't the Allies fought a war to end extremist fascist law
So tell me NOW what the f*** are we fighting for?
I just can not take it anymore
Democracy lays trampled on the floor...
Man, isn't freedom great?!?!
Hell yeah I'm confused for sure what I thought was the New Millennium is 1984!
Mr. Orwell from the grave, adding fresh ink to the page
As the unpresident declares an endless war...
Now we've got...
Armies of peace, armed to the teeth, delivering death to make the world a better place
So celebrate the weapons spending, say a toast to Armageddon, raise some hell!
We're all headed straight to hell!!!
Hell yeah I'm confused for sure what I thought was the New Millennium is 1984!
Mr. Orwell from the grave, adding fresh ink to the page
As the unpresident declares an endless war...
Welcome to 1984!

Trendy

"Trendy"
everybody'sdoin' the fish
yea! yea! yea!
everybody's doin' the fish, yea, yea,yea...
it's not so bad bein' trendy
everyone who looks like me is my friend
please don't hate me because i'm trendy
they're not gonna laugh at me again.
everybody does it
why don't you?
everybody does it...
maybe you should too,cause you don't wanna be left out
you wanna be cool.
it's not so bad bein' trendy
everyone who looks like me is my friend
please don't hate me because i'm trendy
(i'm gonna do it because it's trendy)
they're not gonna laugh at me again!
everybody's makin' fun of me
cause they say, i'm so trendy
cause i do what others do
they'll make fun of me
they'll make fun of you
i don't wanna be leftout...
i wanna be cool!
(makin' fun of trendy peopleis the trendiest thing of all.

"Trendy" by Reel Big Fish uses epistrophe to show their emphasis on the fact that they are trendy. They say "it's not so bad being trendy," then two lines later it says "please don't hate me because I'm trendy." This shows that they are trying to show the ups and downs of being trendy. Reel Big Fish is showing that they know how to start trends and be thier own person. The repition of the word trendy shows that it can be good but also bear a burden. "Trendy" is a good example of epistrophe.

Guerilla Radio

Transmission third world war third round
A decade of the weapon of sound above ground
No shelter if youre looking for shade
I lick shots at the brutal charade
As the polls close like a casket
On truth devoured
Silent play in the shadow of power
A spectacle monopolized
The cameras eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil?
Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil?
Yes a spectacle monopolized
They hold the reins, stole your eyes
All the fistagons the bullets and bombs
Who stuff the banks
Who staff the party ranks
More for Gore or the son of a drug lord
None of the above f*** it cut the cord
Lights out guerilla Radio
Turn that s*** up
Contact I highjacked the frequencies
Blockin the beltway
Move on DC
Way past the days of bombin MCs
Sound off Mumia guan be fre
eWho gottem yo check the federal file
All you pen devils know the trial was vile
Army of pigs try to silence my style
Off em all out that box its my radio dial
Lights out guerilla Radio
Turn that s*** up
It has to start somewhere
It has to start sometime
What better place than here
What better time than now
All hell cant stop us now
All hell cant stop us now
All hell cant stop us now
All hell cant stop us now
All hell cant stop us now
All hell cant stop us now

In "Guerilla Radio" Rage Against the Machine uses anaphora as a means to strongly show their meaning. They say "It has to start somewhere, It has to start sometime, What better place than here, What better time then now." This repition first shows that their rebellion has to start at a place and time then says not and where they are is a place to start. Their repition effectively shows their strong emotion and brings it across in a clearer way. "Guerilla Radio" uses repition in a great way.