No Cable
IDK 2019
No Cable is the 11th track off IDK's album "Is He Real?" which questions social issues and the role of authority throughout its entirety. Specifically on No Cable, IDK questions the media and the way they convey information. Furthermore, he focuses on societies lack of attention, depth, and understanding of events occurring around us, leading people to believe biased info. The Chorus of the song repeats a similar message, as background vocals attempt to speak on social issues only to be cut off by IDK yelling "Change the Channel". IDK compares the world around us as a TV with many stations, and we decide when to "change" our focus away from the issues at hand. The instrumentals of the song are very laid back as if something from a fantasy world. The symbolism is only further portraited as IDK attempts to get through to us, but we are too focused on the joys that come with ignorance.
Genres: Hip Hop, Rap
Particular lyrics
He was just a drug dealer
Record wasn't clean so we see him as a thug nigga
(Police described the shooting victim as a known drug dealer— change the channel)
He was just a crazy man
He blew up the school just to mothafuckin' say he can
(Students evacuating with their hands up, the suspect in the mass shooting— change the channel)
I love this girl, this girl loves me
Even though I'm a girl, too, she my—
(The newly updated Marriage Rules Act gives same-sex couples
The same rights as heterosexual couples— change the channel)
Why I chose this song for this week
IDK talks on how we make excuses for large social issues and attempt to ignore and "change the channel" on problems that do not pertain to us.