You realize that hip-hop is urban folk art, and as much an indication of the conditions in impoverished areas as bluesman Robert Johnson's laments in the 1930s.
Eventually he discovered the Lament Configuration, a puzzle box designed by a brilliant engineer over two hundred years ago and infused with dark magic.
In a lament that is eerily apposite in the lurid age of social media, Wordsworth decried the craving for extraordinary incident which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies.
" Don't be afraid, " cried Felicite; and murmuring a sort of lament she passed her hand over the back of the nearest ox; he turned away and the others followed.
Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.