How To Love By Lil Wayne

About two or three months ago, a song called “How to Love” by Lil Wayne came out and was an instant hit. Today it is still climbing the top music charts steadily and when it gets to the top, I predict it will stay there for quite some time. I really like this song and a lot of Lil Wayne’s music. It’s not very often that you hear him singing a slower, softer song like this one. This song is a good twist of most of Lil Wayne’s music because most of his music is faster and more of the hard core raps. This song shows listeners a softer side of Lil Wayne. When I hear this song, it makes me think of my past relationships. I wonder sometimes if the girl was taught by the girls’ mother or just her ending up with the right guys for her. I like to think that I have learned a lot from my past relationships. The girl that Lil Wayne sings about is having a hard time learning from her “mistakes.” The music video is very good.  It’s personal, sad at times, and happy in the ending.  It tells a story of a girl whose life wasn’t in her hands very well.  When the girl finds a guy that finally treats her right, she grabs hold of her life again.  The meaning of the song is very hard to understand if you don’t listen very well.  A girl was caught up in some pretty bad relationships with guys that treated her very badly and walked out on her.  She grew up not being respectful of herself and became a bartender and a stripper who drank.  When a guy would look at her, she would think that something was wrong with her and she’s scared.  Lil Wayne tries to explain to her that she is pretty and she deserves better than those other guys.  He tells her that she hasn’t met the “right guy” that will show her how to love. The girl is heart-broken and scared to love again, Lil Wayne is comforting her.  The music video tells the story a little bit differently but it is still the same concept.  It’s very sad that the girl won’t love again.  But in the end she gets a guy and it helps her realize that she should have always had confidence in herself.