What music played a special role in the other Wes Moore’s life? What role does music play in your life?

What music played a special role in the other Wes Moore’s life? What role does music play in your life?

Music played a vital role in Wes's life, it made him feel identified because the lyrics made his mind forget what was happening around him. Music was his escape and what made Wes connect his two worlds (that of school and that of his neighborhood). Music in itself is a relief for the soul and an escape for the lives of many because it identifies many situations that the person may be going through or that have happened to them.

For my part, music is essential in my daily life, I use music to drive to work, to the gym, when I go for a walk, to clean the house, when I am happy, or sad, and even when I am angry I listen to music, when I am stressed because music manages to change my mood, improve how I feel and makes me stop thinking about the bad situation that may be happening. Music also helps me have fun times with friends. I feel that music serves me in all moments and states of my life.

I feel that Wes uses music to connect his two worlds and to be able to understand a little how to unite the double life that he leads. It is evident that for Wes music is the midpoint in which his school and personal life become one, and that also for other young people of his time could feel identified because the lyrics told the reality that young people lived and how society is damaged by drugs, alcohol, and cocaine have destroyed what little good was left in the society of that time. They also mention how music helps you relax and that was what he did with Wes, even if his mother was talking to him, he would put on the music and not listen to anything that was happening around him.

For my part, music relaxes me and makes me forget those things I don't want to think about. When I'm driving, music prevents me from getting stressed by traffic or some recklessness people commit while driving. The same when I'm at the gym, I focus more on my exercises when I have my music and it prevents me from getting distracted. Wes and I have something in common and that is that we use music to avoid stressing ourselves with everything that happens in the environment and to be able to connect our different worlds into one.