Nina Simone

Nina Simone is definitely one of the most important figures America ever had.  The documentary about Nina Symone showed more than a super talented African American Women, but it also shows sides of Nina Symone that people might not agree with, like how she would rather use her talent to make songs about problems that society used to face at time.  It is reasonable to think she had more potential to just right about problem that most affected black community and put black people through lots of injustice and indignity, however I personally believe that Nina Symone, as someone who would not measure her words as she puts them in a lyrics of a song, a women who found in the music a way to bring awareness to problems society was trying to hide because it only affected black people as I mentioned before.  Nina Simone just like Martin Luther King Junior and Malcom Max had a similar purpose even though the way they chose to peruse it.  If people thought it was not a smart action to take as she mostly sang about songs like “Mississippi Goddam” they might not understand her purpose in first place.  Maybe her purpose was never ton be seen as just a great artist with a power voice and great piano skills. Nina Simone always slicked with her true character.  People close to her like her husband and her daughter did mention on the documentary how sometimes she failed as a wife and a mother because she was that “Nina Simone 24/7 and if I was to mention a part of her life where she let thigs got out of control and put her happiness in jeopardy I would say it was definitely how she let her strong personality get in  the way of her close relationships.  I do not agree she should’ve been the type of artist that sings about typical topics.  Even though she ended up losing fans because of her singing preference I still think she did the right thing by sticking with singing about things that made her feel good about herself.  It was who she was, and she was loved for that by the rest of fans that never left her side.  Maybe that is the problems with artists now a days: they let the music industry pick who they should be as a singer instead of who they want to be.