The five songs that I feel best capture my college experience thus far would be Millennials by Charity, Runaway by Cheyenne Lavene, Ama Be Happy by ArchDuke, How It Feels To Feel Nothing by Phora, and the entire Hamilton soundtrack. I would call my playlist "We Gon' Pull Thru". My artist name would be Rakaya. I picked Millennials because I really relate to it. She opens the song talking about how she has a bunch of student loan debt and how she is considering moving back home. She talks about how hard it is to live check-to-check with a minimum wage job. She talks about seeing people that are the same age as me who are taking trips, buying houses, and having kids when I am just trying to keep enough money to pay my bills. Although I am not a millennial I can relate to what she is saying in the song. I am about to graduate soon with a bunch of student loans and I’ve worked plenty of minimum wage jobs to try and pay my bills. I picked Runaway because I can really relate to what she is saying. I live off-campus this school year and I found out how hard it was very quick. “I been feelin' so stressed out First of the month rent due I ain't got a dime on me what am I to do Maybe if I look the other way Everything would turn out to be ok, yea” That line specifically gets me every time. With being a full-time college student it's hard to still work in order to be able to pay your bills. It adds on an extra layer of stress that would be nice to just run away from. I picked Ama Be Happy because it helped me with the loss of my father. I heard this song for the first time in the airport on my way home after getting news of my father’s passing. “Ama be happy, Ama be good, You better believe it Ama be happy, Ama be good, Get that understood” The chorus is what gets me through the tough days. I chose How It Feels To Feel Nothing because I have battled with depression and I think this song sums up how it feels when you are low and don’t feel anything. “The ones that act like they gave a sh*t about me As soon as I turn my back talking sh*t about me But I need love even if its fake so they still around me” I really felt this line because over the past year I’ve had to cut out a lot of people from my life. For a while, I just kept them around so that I wouldn’t be lonely but I realized that it wasn’t healthy and that I shouldn’t have anyone around me who isn’t helping me. I chose the Hamilton soundtrack because I couldn't just pick one song from the soundtrack. Hamilton is my go-to when I want to just let go and enjoy something. It's 2 hours where I can escape from reality and just enjoy myself.