Title
Author
Lyrics ​F the police comin' straight from the
underground
A Young brother got it bad 'cause I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority
F that trash, 'cause I ain't the one
For a punk motherlover with a badge and a gun
To be beatin' on, and thrown in jail
We can go toe-to-toe in the middle of a cell
Summary: about how the police treats people
Main Idea: the police dont care about blacks
Black culture:​ ​ police brutality and discrimination
Photo:
TPCASTT Template
TPCASTT: Poem Analysis Method: ​title, paraphrase, connotation (diction),
attitude (tone), shift(s), title revisited, and theme
Title
At first glance, what
do you think the title
means?
hate against the police
Paraphrase
Try to summarize
the poem in your
own words.
some of the police do not care for the younger colored
generation or even the colored community
so police think
Connotation
They have the authority to kill a minority
Author’s diction
they is saying that the police dont care at all
(word choice):
identify meaningful
words & discuss the
implied or associated
value
Attitude/Tone
What is the attitude
of the author or
speaker?
aggressive
Shift
Is there a place in
the poem where an
idea or attitude
seems to shift in a
new direction?
Explain.
Title Revisited
List any new insights
you have on the
significance of the
title.
Theme
What is the overall
message of the
poem? Remember
to make this a
statement, rather
than one word.
no its still aggressive
n/a
the police dont care at all