Nobody Likes That 'Boom Boom Jungle Music'

     I would normally say that the musical influence on the youth is relatively none if it weren't for the fact that the average intelligence seems to be sloping downward at an incredible rate.

     Music is entertainment, therapy, and influence on me in the fact that I actually listen to notoriously bad music. Unfortunately, beyond the surface of most musics direct lyrics the deeper meaning is a major metaphor for certain things. An example would be Tech N9ne's "Keep on Keepin' on". A poor example, because it's so obvious, but the lyrics are mainly callin' out haters and doggin' on anyone that hates on Tech. When in reality he shows that regardless of what you think, he's going to keep on doing what he does because it's good for him and he enjoys what he's doing.

     With the youth today, I believe it's causing more and more violence, with the incredibly aggressive lyrics in metal, rock, hip hop, and rap. On the other side of the spectrum with pop, country, and dance music out there encouraging sex all over the place. This isn't good because the youth today is already thinking they're mature enough to pop out children of their own. If you don't have the mindset to understand that listening to this music and running it down to a literal meaning, it could be the death of you or your lifestyle, how can you intend on raising children of your own to understand not to take it seriously. It's meant for entertainment and a way for the artist to ventilate their internal conflicts and feelings. With the way America is running on is downward sliding intelligence, we're in for a crazy time if music stays the way it's going.

     I'm not for music censoring AT ALL, keep that in mind, I don't think there is anything wrong with music at all. I think we need to teach our children that it's not literally what the artists meant in their songs. The youth itself is an easily molded thing, and with the bad influence currently in music. We can fix that ourselves. That way it won't be an issue. Stop over-hyping sex and violence to the youth with music itself will be no problems.