2) Select pathos to analyze to any lyrics. What emotional response does the artist wish to illicit. A great artist for this exercise is to look at Tupac Shakur or Matisyahu

Lyrics for This Ring By: Tech N9ne

 "This ring/Got me a top notch/Straight hot fox/We sought rocks/And the Ewok Slot/Was caught/Got dropped two/Playing hopscotch/On the block/Ought not twat plot/Yo for hops knot/I brought dots/This ring/Help me remain sane/No dame games/Came from bane/To a changed man/No cane thang/Refrain from gang bang/Slang a praying brain/Reigns family fame/Then came pain/Say hello to TechN9NE/Everybody/Wanna be down with a nigga/Women get a whiff of the money/Thinking of taking it from me/They get up in the club/Giving the love/Throwing the pussy/Full of liquor and bud/Booty hopping around up in the MO/Get to looking around/ Every ho wanna lick a nigga low/Infatuated/With niggas with dough/Get em in the sack/And try to make 'em let it go/Tech N9NE/Be autographing bitches/In front of rapping niggas/Who think of having figures/They get to grabbing triggas/They can't imagine villains/When they come back and get us/We get to whacking niggas/I ain't never/Wanted no parts of this/I don't never want to break/Another heart for this/Why the devil/Gotta make it/Why the Lord/Wanna make something that'll kill/Something so marvelous/This ring/Brings demeaning demons/In G-strings/Songs we sing/Make 'em fiend semen/And green things/Clinging/Dreaming/Thinking of being/Mrs. Thing/With this ring/But if I wasn't Tech N9NE/Bitches wouldn't even wanna be/With Tech N9NE/If I did no music/Then would you/Respect mine/This wedding band/And music/Draws a line between life/And Tech N9Ne//[2nd Verse]/This ring/Was supposed to protect a nigga/Best for niggas/Who couldn't stop having sex/With bitches/Bless the Mrs./Who stress to kiss us/Even though we spend our/Checks with strippers/Obsessed with clitorises/This ring/Made a nigga feel macho/Cry for/Lie for/Die for/My ho/Nigga I go face Diablo/With a hostile gospel/If I can't have tres or cuatro/Little vatos/Imma let a lot flow/What they sell /Up in Osco/Up a nostril/That sound like/Tech N9NE/Nigga where the weed/Where the mutha fuckin'/Blow/And the hoes/Next to me/Is ecstacy/Asking me if I wanna roll/Bitches never gave a fuck/About a fling/Makes it exciting/When a married nigga/Wanna fuck around/And bitch know he's down/For the fling/I've been tested/And a lot of times/Been invested/Didn't know this Tech shit/Would constantly get a nigga/Molested/Been approached/By some of the best tricks/In the game/And they came strong/But I hanged on/To this ring/And I hope my son/Don't sing the same song/Hook]/ This ring/Brings demeaning demons/In G-strings/Songs we sing/Make 'em fiend semen/And green things/Clinging
Dreaming/Thinking of being/Mrs. Thing/With this ring/But if I wasn't Tech N9NE/Bitches wouldn't even wanna be/With Tech N9NE/If I did no music/Then would you/Respect mine/This wedding band/And music
Draws a line between life/And Tech N9NE/ Quincy J. told me/Superstars are good providers/But/Two times out of ten/When we're on tour/Family's not beside us/What/Can a nigga do/When he makes ends/Add more to the time they spend/While he make ends/Everything else breaking/And the bond at the house/May end/And your wifey steady yelling/'bout quality time/And you think/With all the fame and fortune/Shit ought to be fine/But what happens/When the divorce papers/Just gotta be signed/And you lose half/And your children/Cause you gotta be N9NE/I wanna relax with them/And spend time/To the maximum/But if silence is golden/Then me making noise/Is Platinum/I gotta be Tech/And Daddy/And Hubby/But music/Women mixed with family's ugly/I know and you know/That hell will be/Hot for a nigga's infidelity/But until then/God forgive me/For any promises that I broke/Family/Can I be/Forgiven/For all the liquor and weed/That I smoke/When I succeed will I cope/Will I still breathe/Without both/This ring/Tech N9NE/I don't know/But when I go/I'm leaving out dope/ [Hook]//This ring/Brings demeaning demons/In G-strings/Songs we sing/Make 'em fiend semen/And green things/Clinging/Dreaming/Thinking of being/Mrs. thing/With this ring/But if I wasn't Tech N9NE/Bitches wouldn't even wanna be/With Tech N9NE/If I did no music/Then would you/Respect mine
This wedding band/And music/Draws a line between life/And Tech N9NE"

 

 I choose a Tech N9ne song because his songs are very powerful and have an emotional connection with his fans through his songs. One of his emotional songs is called this ring. Throughout this song you learn he is married, but he has a character to keep up with, Tech N9ne. While being on the road he knows that his wedding ring, his marriage, reminds him that he does bad things that he does while being away. He wants to be faithful with his wife, but keeping up with Tech N9ne and his marriage is hard to do when he is doing shows for months at a time. The ring allows him to revisit the things he is doing to his wife. Having sex with other women, doing drugs, and being on the road for months at a time allows Tech N9ne leave Aaron Gates at home. He wants to give up Tech N9ne and be with his wife, but being Tech N9ne is what brings home money for his family.  A few months later his wife and Tech N9ne got a divorce. With his other persona Tech N9ne allowed to give up his family for being on the road.