I'm so tired of elected officials, politician wanna-be's, and media whores posturing and pretending that they know what's best for the entire country. Are we Americans so ignorant that we need fringe members of the government to tell us what is and what isn't acceptable entertainment for our kids?? What we can and can't listen to? What's good for us and what isn't?? Let's put an end once and for all to this tyranical misconduct and abuse of power and attempt to remove our constitutional right to free speech. The only "gangsterism" I see coming in response to rap lyrics is coming from C. Delores Tucker, William Bennett, and Bob Dole.
             Are rap lyrics the scourge of society? I think not. America thinks not. As these ineffective politicians will see when America returns to the polls! I'm certainly not saying that it's OK to demean or violate someone else. It's not! What I am saying is that rap should not be dragged around and beaten senseless by a bunch of preppy non-thinking wonderbuns who take pieces of lyrics and analyze them out of context in order to build and further their own political agendas. Most rap artists chronicle their existence in their lyrics. Wanna know how Chuck D felt or what he was thinking when "Apocalypse..." was created? Pop it in the old tape deck. What was up with KRS One when he was working on "...Boom Bap?" Listen to the lyrics. And these are just two examples that exist in an industry full of positive rappers.
             The problem isn't rap lyrics. The words that artists use are just words. They often portray real life situations in the music; if a rapper's existence was in a fair, beautiful, calm world, I'm sure the rapper would talk about it in songs. But that's not always reality. How can you tell somebody who lives in a society that cares nothing about him or her, in an environment that's often conducive to destruction and negativity, which offers very little hope, to only rap about happy, positive stuff.
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