Lyrically Incorrect

Serious Lyrics

This morning I was driving to a meeting when I had a major revelation. I was rocking out to some serious tunage when a repetitive, overplayed song by Taio Cruz came on. "I'm only gonna break, break, break, break, your he-art. I'm only gonna break, break, break, break, your he-art... If you fall for me, I'm not easy to please, I might tear you apart, told you from the start...." he sang as I dodged a blinker-less Mazda on the highway. There may even be another "break, break" in there somewhere, but just in case I missed one, hopefully you know what song I'm talking about.

At some point early to mid song, I changed the station and ironically Kelly Clarkson came on. "Since you've been gone....How come I never hear you say, I just wanna be with you? I guess you never felt that way...."

So here was Taio Cruz warning all the girls, not to fall for him, because he will just tear them apart. After all, he told them from the start. Say whaaat? And then Kelly is yelling through the speakers how she can "finally breathe for the first time" and asking why "he" whoever "he" is, never says "I just wanna be with you."

It Gets Worse....And The Curse Plays Out


In light of my recent post "Barefoot and Pregnant" how do you think this exact example corresponds? I was surprised to see such a clear illustration of "Your desire shall be for your husband..." (Genesis 3:16). So where does that leave us as women? Certainly not all brokenhearted?

There are many songs out there that are degrading of women, some that you may even sing along with. Another example is the song "Get low" by Lil Jon. It says that women should "crawl" and "give me back my doe, go get ya friend...stupid b---- standing there....". Some of the lyrics to this song are so vulgar and degrading that I am unwilling to post them on here.

I am not a prude. Don't get me wrong, I like to "get low" myself when I am dancing, and I like to have fun with the best of them. However, unless women refuse to subject ourselves to this sort of cycle, perhaps things will never change. We will always fight it, until all of us make a stand.

You and I

It wasn't until I caught myself literally singing along with this guy who was warning all the girls, that he would break all their hearts and tear them apart, that I had this profound revelation. I'm not saying that either Lil Jon or Tiao Cruz as artists are good or bad, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I only want to bring this up in order to provoke you to think. Think hard about what you are feeding your feminine spirit on a daily basis.

Does this mean that you or I will never listen to a song that is blatantly degrading of women again? Unfortunately probably not. But I can tell you that I definitely don't want to rush out and promote this kind of stuff by buying a CD or downloading it on my I-Pod.

You and I probably don't have the buying power to put degrading artists out of business but....Perhaps out of a small step in the direction of self-love and self-respect, you might find yourself changing the station from time-to-time.

I would love to know your thoughts on this. Please feel free to post comments.