Some people believe that song lyrics which glorify violence and criminal lifestyles should be banned. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a ban.

Recently, it is commonly held belief that more song artists have been composing

music

about topics which were not in favour

for

Suggestion

of

individuals as these describe some inappropriate violence and crimes. As a consequence, people are in some controversy whether these songs should be banned or not. In

this

essay, both sides of the arguments are discussed and analysed. On the one hand, it is undoubtedly that listening to

such

music

like drugs and alcohol make people feel uncomfortable and being targeted. In fact, these lyrics are published and played on the radio and can

also

be accessed easily from everywhere.

For example

, when you drive a car and suddenly a rapper sings about killing people and consuming drugs or alcohol, while your child is listening to it as well.

This

would bring the child to learn these kinds of lyrics and words, affecting them in the future to a great extent. Not only would affect it to young people, it may

also

target some women or even homosexual- orientated individuals who feel disrespected by the content of the

music

.

Therefore

, songs that contain a lot of cruelty and criminal

lifestyles

Suggestion

lifestyle

topics should be banned from the society.

On the other hand

, some people claim that

this

does not have any effects on the individuals and would more limit the genre of

music

. Since

this

kind of

music

is a new trend among the genre of hip hop and rap to compose songs which are about crime and violence, more and more artists concentrate on these topics. If these are prohibited to publish, it certainly minimizes the freedom of speech. Everyone is allowed to express their feelings and thoughts, regardless of positive or negative words.

Furthermore

, it should be

mention

Suggestion

mentioned

that these lyrics are not related to any individual, it is just a style of singing and composing it. To sum up, a ban on song lyrics that promote

such

unusual behaviour or words would protect some specific people.

However

, it would

also

infringement

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infringe

on freedom of speech.