So I wonder if I am one of the very few who are decided to talk about how evil music can be upon the soul of us mere human beings. Before passing judgemnt, I too am guilty of opening this door for the devil to spread words of craziness into my ear while I bop my head to the sounds and rhythmn. Beats are entertaining, beats are fun to dance too, beats are LIVE!!!....but the words that follow these beats are what I am concerned about. I remember sitting through a sermon a few yrs back and the preacher said to us, "the music we listen to can drag us straight to hell!!!!!!!!!!" Ouch! Fortunately he made me realize the truth behind such statement! Tupac once said "LIVE BY THE GUN ; DIE BY THE GUN!" he also once quoted in a song, "SEND ME TO HELL, CUZ I AINT BEGGING FO' MY LIFE, AINT NOTHING WORSE THAN THIS CURSED ASS HOPELESS LIFE."
3-6 Mafia stated in their song "3-6 In The Morning" ... "I TOLD THEM BACK UP OR SHE GOT BRAINS ON HER PANTS...DONT MAKE ME SHOOT, LITTLE DID I KNOW THERE WAS A SNIPER ON THE ROOF."
The group Hypocrisy once said: "DESTROY THE PRIEST PLEASE DIE, GODS AWAY YOU WILL DIE, SATAN GOD OF EMOTIONS COME & LEAD US ASTRAY!"
Jay-Z; I GOT DREAMS OF HAVING A 9-MILLA, TO BOBS KILLA....LUCIFER DAWN OF DE MORNING" ------------------ "
Rihanna; from her song Russian Roulette "TAKE THE GUN & COUNT TO 3, YOU SWEATING NOW, MOVING SLOW, NO TIME TO THINK MY TURN TO GO...IM TERRIFIED BUT IM NOT LEAVING, I KNOW I MUST PASS THIS TEST SO I MUST PULL THE TRIGGER!"
ahhhhhh, these are the lyrics we listen to....we listen to lyrics that downgrade each other, talk about killing each other having sex with multiple partners, cheating and even killing ourselves!! Those things are going into our memory banks. We are repeating, singing along...saying them at random bored times and even at times imitating the attitude of these artists (subconsciously) who know they have not & never will endure the things they say! Dont front, our dress code, hairstyles and even so-called swagg you jacked from someone, because all that we do now has been done before...if you did not create it, you saw it put your own twist! (sometimes lol)
Rap music has become the most salient music genre in the African-American culture and growing more in others. Researcher Ralph J. DiClemete (PhD), his study found that children between the ages of 2-18 spend up to or more than 7 hrs a day ingesting some sort of urban media, most of it repetition (e.i; music videos, award shows black movies...) Over the course of a 1yr study they found that children aged 14-18 who listened to rap were .....1) 3x's more likely to hit a teacher.....2) over 2.5x's more likely to get arrested....4) 2x's as likely to have multiple sex partners....5) 1.5x's more likely to contract an STD, use drugs /alcohol!
That's terrible and true and we all know it. NO of course this does not go for everybody because we are still our own individuals, but this is just a short excerpt to prove to my fellow readers that music does = evil/devilish ramifications!
We're humans and we act out, walk, wear, and talk like our environment, so for all my men using the N word as rampant as you do, yes music is the biggest influence...and for all my ladies who think it is ok to call your girlfriends 'bitches', yes music has an influence, and to all my kids who think it is cool to wear 40 necklaces all at the same time and steal fresh white air force 1's and getting caught because you want to look like T-Pain instead of working on math problems, you have something else coming. And for those few people overseas who shot themselves & jumped to their deaths while listening to Rihanna's new 'Russian Roulette' I hope you had a purpose!
I know so many of you disagree with me right now....if so WHY??????
LEAVE UR VOICE!
10.26.2009
MUSIC = EVIL ??????
Posted by Poetically-Inclined at 5:08 PM
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4 comments:
I think that music is quite influential however I dont know if i would see it as evil I think that depends on the stronghold of the person listening...for some it is a gateway to evil, for other more of a release!
I personally listen to the music but dont read too much into the lyrics. Like you said its the the rhythm that mostly gets you. If you have enough sense you do not need to follow the meaning of the song. Mostly now I listen more to my culture's music and even that has some strong lyrics but it's the rhymes and rhythm of the beats that gets you in the mood. But these expliciet lyrics now has been part of society whether we like it or not.
Cus i love ur page...great stuff babes..
Great points...but I wouldn't say the music is eveil per se. The thing is, even if the experiences in the songs are not the experiences of the rappers/artists themselves, it is someone's experience. Like "Russian Roulette" (I happen to love that song) probably resonates with all of those who have been suicidal at one point. I like music with raw lyrics, music that has a lot of expression. Let's face it--the world isn't all bunnies and rainbows lol.
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