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SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SONG LYRICS WICH GLORIFY VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL LIFESTYLES SHOULD BE BANNED. DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SUCH A BAN.

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Nowadays, there are more and more song
lyrics
 that talk about stories of criminal lifestyles and their advantages in term of money, authority and respect.
Initially
, started from rock
music
, it has evolved now into trap or rap
music
. Because of
this
, some
people
 argue that these songs which glorify violence and a negative lifestyle should be banned. In
this
 essay, I will try to explore any possible advantages and disadvantages of
this
 topic and
finally
, I would state my own opinion regarding the matter. On the
hand
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,
usually
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people
 only recognize anger, criminality, vulgarity and rudeness in that type of
music
 texts. They are sure that piece that incites violence must be banned. In fact, some advocates of
this
 statement acknowledge many disadvantages that “Gangster
music
” could transmit to our society.
Initially
, it is often referenced to bad themes,
such
 as drug, abuse, racism and murders. In
this
 way, they could teach
people
 to
listen
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 these
lyrics
, to start trying these bad experiences.
Secondly
, they are worried above all about the range of
people
 that will continue liking
this
 kind of sound. In fact, according to a European survey,
this
 range is between 11 to 24 years. For these reasons, they would like immediate intervention from governments authorities.
On the other hand
, there are
people
 that realize a lot of advantages in
this
 type of
lyrics
.
In contrast
 to their counterparts, they explain that
this
 kind of
music
 could only improve the vision of the true reality of our world and how to understand the negatives behaviour of human beings.
In addition
, the most outstanding feature is that usually, the songwriter would educate his listeners to avoid violence and
this
 life too. To conclude, it is true that these themes are negatives.
However
, I think
that is
 important to read these
lyrics
also
 in order to understand that they are things that exist in our communities and is important to ratiocinate about that.
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