effects of listening to violent lyrics are not exactly clear, psychiatrists at the American Psychology Association (APA) believe the young persons concerned are influenced by these lyrics because they are at an age when they cannot make informed decisions but are in the process of developing their own opinions. If explicit lyrics are exposed to adolescents, it will encourage them that rape, drugs and violence is acceptable. We see that music does influence its listeners; it is visible in their behaviour when they become divided into different crowds. Their behaviours change, they dress, act and talk differently but accordingly to the genre they are interested in. Consequently, it is hard to deny the need for censorship, especially when there has been studies conducted and now suggest "Violent lyric
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