Song Analysis 2

Just Can't Get Enough

Black Eyed Peas

Boy I think about it every night and day
I'm addicted wanna jump inside your love
I wouldn't wanna have it any other way
I'm addicted and I just can't get enough

I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough

Honey got a sexy all steamin
She givin hotness a new meanin
Perfection mama you gleamin
Inception you got a brother dreamin dreamin

Damn baby I'm feignin
I'm trynna holler at you, I'm screamin
Let me love you down this evenin
Love you love you ya you know you are my demon

Girl we could form a team and
I could be the king you could be the queen and
My mind's dirty and it don't need cleanin
I love you long time so you know the meanin

Oh baby I can't come down so please come help me out
You got me feelin high and I can't step off the cloud
And I just can't get enough

Boy I think about it every night and day
I'm addicted wanna jump inside your love
I wouldn't wanna have it any other way
I'm addicted and I just can't get enough

I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough

Honey got me runnin like I'm flow joe
Signs her name on my heart with an X-O
Love's so sweet got me vexed oh
I wanna wish it right back like presto, yes

Meantime I wait for the next time
She come around 'fore I toast to the best time
We all the while back and forth on the text line
She got me fishin for her love I confess I'm

Somethin bout her smile and that combo
Got me high and I ain't comin down yo
My heart's pumpin out louder than electro
She got me feelin like Mr. Roboto

Oh baby I can't come down so please come help me out
You got me feelin high and I can't step off the cloud
And I just can't get enough

Boy I think about it every night and day
I'm addicted wanna jump inside your love
I wouldn't wanna have it any other way
I'm addicted and I just can't get enough

*This is mega switch up*
I just can't
Not
Sunk in your bed rock
Caught
Up in your love shock
Knocked
Out by your cold shot
I'm stuck in your head li-

Can't get out won't when
Makin me feign, give it to me
I want it all, know what I mean
Your love is a dose of ecstasy

Addicted
I can't get
Away from
You
Afflicted
I need it
I'm missin
I want your lovin right next to me
And I can't
Erase ya out of my memory

Song Analysis

People have been going out at night dancing to have a good time since the dawn of time.  Many of the upbeat songs played while everyone’s dancing are very optimistic and happy, usually to set a good atmosphere to the people there who are trying to have fun.   There have been many songs about good relationships and people out having fun because that is what people want to hear while they are trying to have a good time.  There are songs such as “I’ll make love to you” by Boyz II Men in 1994 and “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce in 2003.  “Just Can’t Get Enough” by The Black Eyed Peas is a modern version of the everlasting concept of optimistic love.  In the song “Just Can’t Get Enough”, The Black Eyed Peas use repetitive assonance and clever allusions to tell the story of an optimistic couple madly in love. 


    The repetitive assonance used throughout the song does not add to the deeper meaning of the song, rather it helps make the song as catchy and upbeat as it is.  At the beginning of the song the assonance “Honey got a sexy all steamin/ She givin hotness a new meanin/ Perfection mama you gleamin/ Inception you got a brother dreamin dreamin” starts off the use of assonance and also starts the upbeat rhythm of the song.  Another example of assonance is “I’m trynna holler at you, I’m screamin/ Let me love you down this evenin”.  Assonance is also used during the chorus, “Boy I think about it every night and day/ I wouldn’t want it any other way”.  The assonance used allows the audience to sing along and dance, which is one of the main goals The Black Eyed Peas have.  


    Unlike the assonance used, the clever allusions throughout add to the deeper meaning of the song.  One example is “Inception you got a brother dreamin dreamin”.  This is an allusion to the famous academy award winning movie Inception in which they go into people’s dreams and change their thoughts.  The allusion “I wanna wish it right back like presto, yes” uses the term presto the same way that magicians would use it in one of their magic shows.  The third allusion used is “My heart’s pumpin out louder than electro/ She got me feelin like Mr.Roboto”, which is alluding to the famous electric song Mr.Roboto.  Electro songs are often very loud and contain a lot of drumming and loud instruments, so for his heart to be beating louder than that is a lot.  While the repetitive assonance adds to the rhythm and beat of the song, the clever allusions add to the deeper meaning of the song and when put together they are wonderful.  This is a perfect example of the modern optimistic love song at which everyone wants to sing and dance when they hear it.