Anti-Lyric Censorship

This is the first amendment to the Unites States constitution, and the most sacred one at that. What it gives us as Americans is the freedom of religion, press, assembly, petition, and most importantly, speech. The founding fathers probably didn’t plan on the emergence of artists like 50 Cent, Eminem, and other such icons with their “explicit” lyrics, but so happens the evolution of a culture and there isn’t much one can do about that. Censorship of these artists, as much as we may disagree with the content of their art, is unconstitutional. And if censorship begins of music, music being one of the most basic elements of our culture, what is to stop this further infringement on the first amendment from spreading to all aspects of our lives? Censorship is detrimental to the fundamentals of our values as Americans, it undermines the authority of the family by allowing the government to decide what is right or wrong for children, and lastly, imposing c

Imposing censorship laws hurts the creativity of artists and their listeners. Music is a free expression of the ideas and emotions of people. Songs may express musicians’ hopes, their joys, and their sorrows. We raise the proverbial question: “Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life?”. Everyday on the news there are story of sexual assaults, murders, and kids getting caught high. The things controversial artists are singing about are true. People who censor lyrics are ignorant for not realizing artists are singing about the world we are living in and society‘s problems. There are still many individuals out there who don’t want to censor these lyrics and depend on them to express their own emotions. Countless number of teenagers listen to music to forget about their problems and relate to a singer‘s lyrics. One lyric from a Eminem song describes the importance of music to kids.

Not only is lyric censorship a matter of legality and constitutionality, but censorship is also a matter of morality and personal preference. Parents, not government, should decide what is appropriate for their children. Violence and sex in the media is a way of life and it should be parents responsibility to tell thei

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