Same Song All Day Long...

This started off as "Friday Whys" and ended up as a regular post:

Why are the dumbest songs the most popular?
Love in this club has to be the most ignorant mess I've heard in a while. And now Beyonce is co-signing on it.... *shakes head and sighs*

Why do the dumbest songs have the tightest beats?
Lil Wayne- Lollipop. Need I say more?

Why have we become so brainwashed into thinking that monogamy, love, NOT sleeping around, honesty, and a woman's worth are LAME?
Anita Baker sang about "Sweet Love".
Michael Jackson told his woman that she would always be the "Lady of My Life".
Phil Collins crooned about his "Groovy Kind of Love".
Dave Hollister told us that he is a "One Woman Man."
Janet Jackson, once upon a time, wanted to "Wait Awhile."
Maxwell serenaded the entire world about a "Woman's Worth."

And now we have our youth listening to men talk about women as if they were prostitutes on the street!

He "let her lick the lollipop."
He doesn't want to get to know you. But you look good in your skimpy attire in the club. So let me get some of that "love in the club" at the risk of pregnancy, AIDS, and your broken heart. Because, who wants a RELATIONSHIP anymore???

I understand that these are merely songs. But music is so impactful. Music is one of the few things that unites us all around the world. There is no denying the power of it.

Blacks, whites, Christians, Jews, and racists can all like the same song. Think about MJ in his hay day. That man had such an impact on the 80s and 90s. He got a whole generation to stop and look at the "Man in the Mirror." But that has been replaced today by sex, money, drugs, clubs, and parties.

And sadly, these things are more mainstream than ever.

Where are our morals? I am a lover of music. My IPOD has held everything from Jay-Z to Alanis Morissette. From the Foo Fighters to The Mamas and the Papas. From The Clarke Sisters to The Dixie Chicks. But I have noticed an increase in the decrease of subject matter that will build our youth up, especially in Hip Hop.

I tried listening to our Hip Hop/R&B station the other day as I was driving home from work. I couldn't do it. I was so disgusted.

I don't want my siblings singing these songs, getting these ideas in their heads, and thinking that its ok to be that way. It's not.

I guess that's where good parenting steps in. Prayer steps in. A good foundation.

I'm not here to blame the degradation of women, the disarray of our youth, or the state of America's society on Hip Hop. But I am saying that it plays a part. And the sooner that these artists, labels, and the industry own up to it, the faster we'll be towards a better mindset for our people.

Just in case yall (that's the Alabama in me :p) didn't know: Chrisette Michele was referring to me when she sang

Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying I walked up and asked
what’s wrong. She told me that the radio’s been playing the same song all day
long. So I told her I got something you’ve been waiting for. I got something
you’ve been waiting for.

I'm still waiting...