michael franti and spearhead "yell fire" and beats poetry

The work of art that I chose was a song called Yell Fire by Michael Franti and Spearhead. This song/band reminds me of the beats group in the fact that it deals with many of the same issues that the beats poets write about. Also although there is music behind the writing, the poetry that I read and this song have the same sound and flow. The song Yell Fire talks about American society and the problems with it. It refers to Wall Street criminals, how our culture pops pills and thinks that medicine will always make us better, greed, materialism, and others. In the chorus Franti seems to be saying that by bringing these things to light and saying it is time for a revolution, he wants to enlighten people to the problems in this world that they might not even realize. This song relates to the movement in the fact that both deal with non-conformity and being aware.