hare the same motherPillows and covers can't smother the pain that I haveSometimes I feel like I lost my better half, so sadBut that's the way of the ghetto, see your life is 'ready madeIt's an accomplishment to pass eighth gradeSee hate, they hate my city, givin us the pushers and tramps For highs, sellin they book of food stamps At night I light the porch lamp until my lil cousin came inCuz I can't afford to lose another kinThe life of living is thin, you could lose it if it came todayRained away, you be wonderin how to take the pain away. (Verse from Fiend, Take My Pain, Theres One in Every Family, Fiend)The main debate of rap music is that it is a bad influence on today's children. Many rap albums are tagged with the Parental Advisor Logo and that allows parents to determine what is appropriate for their children. Just like the advisory labels on HBO, if the parent doesnt change the channel then that child is subject to all kinds of explicit images. But people are not attacking HBO for showing naked bodies on the screen. They feel that rap music is the anti-Christ and will brainwash young children into being killers. Everyday a child can turn the television on the news and witness an act of violence that has occurred. The average American child will see 8,000 murders before he finishes elementary school! (Bill Walsh, Media Watch http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/FA/MLArticleFolder/defining.html) Listening to rap music does not do any more harm than the news. They both depict what happens in the world everyday. Parents do not tell their children that they cannot watch television because Jeffery Dahmer may influence them to eat a fellow human. So therefore, parents shouldnt think that rap music is bad and may influence children to go pick up a gun and start busting or stand out on the corner and slang cocaine to make a buck.Rap artists only lead people into the world as they know it and by censoring the lyrics, the government i...
