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Originally Posted by lateralus
Yeah you're right... you can't really compare when Marley was trying to send out messages of peace and justice while all that ganster rap is just hateful and angry and glamorizing crime.
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Some of it perhaps, while some of reggae Im sure glorifies crime as well.
If you look at the two examples given, "F
uck the Police" and "I Shot the Sheriff", is there anything specifically in NWA's lyrics that imply that they are trying to get people to kill cops anymore than Bob Marley is? If you simply read the lyrics to the two songs, they both have the same message, it's like Marley said, justice. The oppressed rising up and overtaking the oppressors (sp?).
And why should killing a cop be any more offensive than killing anyone else? That's ridiculous.