In “New World Water”, Mos Def makes his poignant message accessible to a wider audience through its medium. The use of music as a means to convey pressing and significant subjects serves to present the themes in a more digestible way. The accessibility of a song exposes these ideas to people whom they might otherwise not reach. Music has the ability to arouse strong emotions in the listener due to its immersive nature, which allows the message to resonate with people who may not grasp the severity of the situation through words alone. The format itself, including the instrumental and the…