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Analysis of grammar in English songs

Rage Against The Machine - No Shelter

The main attraction, distraction

Got ya number than number than numb
Empty ya pockets, son, they got you thinkin' that
What ya need is what they selling
Make you think that buying is rebelling
From the theaters to malls on every shore
The thin line between entertainment and war
The frontline is everywhere
There be no shelter here
Spielberg, the nightmare works so push it far
Amistad was a whip, the truth was feathered and tarred
Memories erased, burned and scarred
Trade in ya history for a VCR
Cinema, simulated life, ill drama
Fourth Reich culture, Americana
Chained to the dream they got you searchin' for
The thin line between entertainment and war
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
Hospitals not profit full
The market bulls got pockets full
To advertise some hip disguise
View the world from American eyes
The poor adore, keep fiendin' for more
The thin line between entertainment and war
They fix the need, develop the taste
Buy their products or get laid to waste
Coca-Cola is back in the veins of Saigon
And Rambo too, he's got a dope pair of Nikes on
Godzilla, pure mothafuckin' filler
To keep ya eyes off the real killer
Cinema, simulated life, ill drama
Fourth Reich culture, Americana
Chained to the dream they got you searchin' for
The thin line between entertainment and war
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
There be no shelter here
(The frontline is everywhere)
American eyes, American eyes
View the world from American eyes
Bury the past, rob us blind
And leave nothing behind
American eyes, American eyes
View the world from American eyes
Bury the past, rob us blind
And leave nothing behind
Just stare
Just stare
Just stare
Just stare
Relive the nightmare
*The yellow-colored sentences are fragments of lyrics that have errors in grammar.
Analyze the Grammar

From Rage Against The Machine's No Shelter, there is one piece of grammatical error. The

fragment of the lyrics is "There be no shelter" or in bahasa that means "Tidak ada tempat

berlindung", sounds less fitting or sounds less precise.

However, because they are used to hearing this grammatical error, many of the audience of

this song may be indifferent to the grammatical error of the lyric fragment.

According to my analysis, the lyrics of "There be no shelter" are not correct. The word "be"

in this fragment is more suitable to be replaced with the word "is". Let's see, "There be no

shelter" to "There is no shelter". The use of the word "is" is more appropriate and more

melodious to hear.

Closing

This is my analysis of the grammatical error in the lyric fragment "There be no shelter" from

the song No Shelter by Rage Against The Machine. That's all, thank you.